Sesemann excels in melting Munich marathon
By Will Jennings in Munich Philip Sesemann ploughed through the heat to complete a memorable multi-sport European marathon in a melting Munich.The Leeds athlete, 29, crossed the line in 17th on the opening day of the European Athletics Championships after leading home the British team with a time of 2:15:17.The 26-mile contest represented both a team and individual event and alongside Mohamud Aadan, Andrew Davies and fellow Yorkshire star Andrew Heyes, British runners finished seventh as Israel beat hosts Germany to gold.The temperatures in the city were soaring and Leeds City star Sesemann admits those conditions significantly scuppered his progress.Sesemann, who finished seventh in last year's London Marathon, said: «That was really, really hard.»My preparations were good — I dreamed it was an opportunity to take a risk and see whether I got to the second half feeling good.«I got to the second half and felt awful.»It was really, really tough and the last 20km was absolutely horrible.«It was worse than I thought — I don't know if it was the heat.
