That sucks and nothing I can say will make any difference.
As you say, try and enjoy the atmosphere and don't bury yourself into a hole as it will gain you nothing.
Gutted for you with all that work put in
I also got food poisoning in Porto many years ago, but not on the day before the marathon. Unlucky.
Maybe try Amsterdam next time. Everything is deep fried there.
To my mind that was a PB- most people would have called it a day long before 30k. Hope there is another opportunity before long.
Thanks everyone.
Turns out it was a bug. Rest of the family followed suit a couple of days later. Don’t know why that wasn’t the first thing that sprang to mind given I’d a baby starting nursery last week!