London marathon

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May 01st 2012 23:24
My friends from Japan stayed my flat for a week. Although they were interested in the London marathon, they did not know when it would be held. I checked it on the web and found that it would be held on the Sunday when they stayed in London by chance. So we changed our plan on Sunday to see it.
One of my friends had not seen Big ben, yet. Then, we decided to go Westminster Bridge, which was located just beside of the Big ben, to see the marathon. We got up early to enjoy sightseeing before enjoying marathon. We got off a tube at Leister square station and walked to Westminster Bridge. When we passed in front of St Martin's in the Fields, we heard hymns by chance. It was a time to start a service. The hymns with sounds of a pipe organ were so sublime. After enjoying the sounds, we went to Westminster Bridge through Trafalgar square and Admiralty Arch. We took photos in front of them and Big ben, we moved beside of the course of the marathon. It was not busy yet, because it was so early to see the marathon there; it was 9 p.m. when is the stating time of the marathon. We got a good position which was located at the corner of the course just behind TV crews and professional photographers. When the first runner came, there were dense crowd of people behind us. We got a best position to see it and we could see the runners who were far from us, they run to just in front of us and turned to left before the nose of us.
The game was impressive. Many runners run and many many peoples cheered along the course. It was not a mere sports event, but a kind of a festival. We were lucky to have an oppotunity to enjoy such festival.