Daily Diary

Lyndon marathon

Posted 23/04/2007 by The Daily Diary

With countless City lawyers this week (22 April) running the London Marathon – including Linklaters’ Tony Angel – for some a gentle 26-mile jog across the capital is no longer challenge enough.

Step forward Kirkland & Ellis London restructuring partner Lyndon Norley.

Already a veteran of several races past, Norley is taking part in no less than two marathons this year. He eschewed this year’s London jamboree in favour of next weekend’s Hamburg event, which itself is a mere dry-run for the real challenge in September – the Medoc Marathon in France.

While all runners know the importance of staying properly hydrated, Medoc organisers take the issue even more seriously. Competitors have six hours to run the course, which includes no less than 18 wine-tasting pit-stops. The event originally involved one tasting per mile, but has since been cut for health and safety reasons.

Whether that prevents Norley from taking any unscheduled Paula Radcliffe-style ‘comfort breaks’ on the side of the road remains to be seen.