Former tennis player collapses in London marathon
The oft-mentioned quote, or phrase is that "the marathon is a distance to be respected", or something along those lines. The great Bill Rodgers said that "the marathon can humble you". Still, many people under-estimate the distance and don't put in enough training, and this is what can happen.
Anyway I got this off The Sun, a popular tabloid in the UK, on Andrew Castle, who was a former professional tennis player in the 1980s- early 1990s. He was never a top player, and from recollection his ranking was in the 100s. Goes to show, that the marathon humbled him.
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GMTV star's Marathon hell
By SARA NATHAN
and COLIN ROBERTSON
GMTV’S Andrew Castle told yesterday how he collapsed during the London Marathon — and was so exhausted medics could not find his HEARTBEAT.
The former tennis champ dramatically broke down towards the end of the gruelling 26-mile run.
He weaved and staggered into fellow runners before falling over by a roadside barrier. Police then carried him to be treated by St John Ambulance volunteers.
Andrew, 42, said: “The blood pressure was very low and they couldn’t find a heartbeat — I was being sick everywhere.
“It was a very funny place to be and all sorts of things went through my mind. It was close to an out-of-body experience.”
“It hurts everybody who does a marathon — but I should have walked for five or ten minutes and I’d have been able to finish.”
Andrew described how he “hit empty” after 24 miles of Sunday’s event. He said: “I got this tunnel-vision thing and fell into the man on my left.
“I tried to straighten up and fell into the bloke on the right. The next thing I know I was walking to the barrier — I held on to it and these people said, ‘It's Andrew from GMTV!’ I fell at their feet.”
Last night an onlooker told how Andrew collapsed in front of them and went into spasms.
He said: “His hands were shaking. He was really struggling. He didn’t have a clue where he was.
“My girlfriend is a former nurse and said he was having a seizure. He was in spasms and a real state. I didn’t realise he was so bad at first and told him, ‘Just think that you’re ten-all in the fifth set’. But he was finished.”
Andrew has been forced to take two days off and will not return to the GMTV sofa until Wednesday. John Stapleton has stepped in for him.
Yesterday viewers heard Andrew tell co-host Fiona Phillips that he joked with pals that the marathon would finish him off — adding: “I was texting and saying, ‘Which organ would you like when I’m finished?’ ”
Anyway I got this off The Sun, a popular tabloid in the UK, on Andrew Castle, who was a former professional tennis player in the 1980s- early 1990s. He was never a top player, and from recollection his ranking was in the 100s. Goes to show, that the marathon humbled him.
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GMTV star's Marathon hell
By SARA NATHAN
and COLIN ROBERTSON
GMTV’S Andrew Castle told yesterday how he collapsed during the London Marathon — and was so exhausted medics could not find his HEARTBEAT.
The former tennis champ dramatically broke down towards the end of the gruelling 26-mile run.
He weaved and staggered into fellow runners before falling over by a roadside barrier. Police then carried him to be treated by St John Ambulance volunteers.
Andrew, 42, said: “The blood pressure was very low and they couldn’t find a heartbeat — I was being sick everywhere.
“It was a very funny place to be and all sorts of things went through my mind. It was close to an out-of-body experience.”
“It hurts everybody who does a marathon — but I should have walked for five or ten minutes and I’d have been able to finish.”
Andrew described how he “hit empty” after 24 miles of Sunday’s event. He said: “I got this tunnel-vision thing and fell into the man on my left.
“I tried to straighten up and fell into the bloke on the right. The next thing I know I was walking to the barrier — I held on to it and these people said, ‘It's Andrew from GMTV!’ I fell at their feet.”
Last night an onlooker told how Andrew collapsed in front of them and went into spasms.
He said: “His hands were shaking. He was really struggling. He didn’t have a clue where he was.
“My girlfriend is a former nurse and said he was having a seizure. He was in spasms and a real state. I didn’t realise he was so bad at first and told him, ‘Just think that you’re ten-all in the fifth set’. But he was finished.”
Andrew has been forced to take two days off and will not return to the GMTV sofa until Wednesday. John Stapleton has stepped in for him.
Yesterday viewers heard Andrew tell co-host Fiona Phillips that he joked with pals that the marathon would finish him off — adding: “I was texting and saying, ‘Which organ would you like when I’m finished?’ ”
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