lost balance and trod on a bottle that some kind soul had unwittingly discarded in the middle of the road. My ankle turned over and one loud expletive later I was left nursing a very painful and rapidly swelling right ankle. Hoping to 'run it off' I

painful miles.We had trained for months for the marathon, and so would not miss the big day whatever the weather, but the crowd come and support the runners on their own which is terrific.My worst moment was having my ankle clipped by another runner

trying to keep to target pace quite difficult and it was almost impossible to avoid abandoned water bottles and other obstacles. I trod on a water bottle and nearly sprained my ankle - by some miracle the pain was temporary and I was able to carry

. At about 21 miles I felt a sharp pain at the back of my left knee, which almost stopped me in my tracks. The only mile marker that I didn't see was 22 and I was getting quite depressed when I thought 21 was going on forever. Then, to my relief I saw 23

. Lots of physio and stretching and next to no running as didn't want to make the problem worse. My target altered from "under four hours" to "it would be nice if I could run it". It wasn't helped by twisting my ankle the day before. Realistically I

station. I momentarily lost balance and trod on a bottle that some kind soul had unwittingly discarded in the middle of the road. My ankle turned over and one loud expletive later I was left nursing a very painful and rapidly swelling right ankle. Hoping

runner behind me stumbles into me and as I recover from his collision I feel my ankle give with a sharp pain. A couple of minutes later and there's nothing serious with the ankle, just a strain as I went over so it’s off again with the thought of 15 miles

to get a foot flat on the floor beforehand! All in all, a completely amazing, painful, emotional day! Englandergirl, 5:03 I had a great second marathon – despite worrying that I wouldn’t be able to complete it. I tore some ankle ligaments six weeks before

due to the old ones rubbing against an ankle injury. During the week leading up to the event, get woken up at 4 in the morning by your 3-year-old daughter who has been sleeping perfectly through the night for several months. On Wednesday, get a phone

on beating the Cheeky Girls... Robert Littlejohn, 5:05Good news - I did it in 5:05.The lows: a very painful toe just as I went over Tower Bridge, getting overtaken by Paddington Bear, a caterpillar, a camel and a rhino.The highs: seeing the family at mile 15