By the time the runners approached us for the third time the sun had started to shine and we were all beginning to dry out . .

Some of the people I was with are friends of Danish runner Jess Draskau-Petersson . . we had a Danish flag attached to the railings in front of us . . and here Jess couldn't help smiling back across at us . .

The runner on the right, Juventia Napoleao, was one of just two athletes representing Timor-Leste in the 2012 games. She was last for much of the race, but kept plugging away and in the latter part of the event overtook Ireland's Catriona Jennings, who was struggling with an injury (see the photo on the right above). Juventia wet on to knock 4 minutes off her pb and finish in 3:05:07 . .