[James]

She only entered to garner further publicity for herself.

We'll now be subject to endless 'My marathon hell' stories.

My thoughts, also. What I want to know is why the papers continually indulge her with publicity.

From the Sun...

Jade's Marathon collapse

By KERRY SHEEHAN and GORDON SMART

PANIC-STRICKEN Jade Goody wailed “I’m dying, I’m dying” as medics helped her into an ambulance after her dramatic London Marathon collapse.

The chubby fast food addict was carried from the course by race stewards after she passed out in the street.

Paramedics spent 50 minutes frantically trying to regulate her breathing before rushing her to hospital for emergency treatment.

A spokesman said the Big Brother dimwit — who told BBC1 presenter Sue Barker she had gorged on Chinese takeaways, curries and beer in her training diet — would be kept in for observation.

Jade, who also said she had done virtually no training, jogged just eight miles of the 26.2-mile course then spent FOUR HOURS walking another ten.

Spectator Richard Lankshear, 22, saw the mum of two after she keeled over on the Isle of Dogs.

He said: “Jade looked like she was turning blue as she was put in the ambulance.

“She could hardly get her breath and then got hysterical.

“She was clearly overheating and you could see lots of steam coming off her. She looked in a bad way and was obviously in a lot of pain. She was shouting to medics, ‘I’m dying, I’m dying’!”

As her ambulance arrived at East London’s Royal London Hospital with its lights flashing, Jade emerged sobbing — wrapped in a foil sheet for warmth. The 24-year-old star, who recently launched a fitness video, was running for the NSPCC set to raise about £500.

She had turned up at the start line 15 minutes late after dashing back from a holiday in Spain.

Jade began the race happily, but after jogging a few miles pulled over with leg pains. She then decided to walk the rest of the way — but “hit the wall” at the notorious Docklands stretch.

Before the race, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay had poked fun at her booze and takeaways “training regime” quipping: “That means you’ll finish next Sunday.”

Fan Tim Harper, 33, of North London, said: “She was clearly in a lot of distress. She was crying and clutching her stomach.”

Jade’s collapse comes just one week after a hospital cancer scare. Her spokesman said she was given the all-clear.

She had earlier spent two days in hospital with a mystery illness. Last night relieved Jade returned home to Ongar, Essex.

She said: “I was just so exhausted I couldn’t carry on — but the doctors say I’m OK. I’m gutted I didn’t get my medal, but I’ve only got myself to blame as I did hardly any training.”

One expert said Jade should never have run the race.

Personal trainer Michael Noke, of Fitness First gyms, said: “For a marathon you start training three to five months before and do lots of cardio-vascular work. To run without training could seriously affect your health.”

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Spectators told how Jade, wearing grey shorts and a Gucci bum-bag, slowed to a walk before collapsing five hours into the race.

Lisa Solwell said: "She looked like she was in serious pain. She staggered and fell against the side. She was crying and hyperventilating."

Mum-of-two Jade said from her home in Ongar, Essex: "I'm fine now. The medics checked me and said I was all right. If I do it again next year, I will train harder."

From http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16984583