Time not givenRight then I was looking desperately for my banana, feeling cold and wet and my knee was killing me, but so what it was a marathon and I was going to finish.  Thanks to Ceal and Fraggle for my banana and being able to spot me.Brill day

Time: 4:50The best moment for me was seeing my husband at mile 17 brandishing a banana towards me!  ... Closely followed (of course) by reaching the mile 18 cheering point and being presented with a bag of jelly babies.The worst moments were miles

like 1hr.  I was running between two rhinos for a while; I did see the phone box and the fire brigade, the Flintstone, superman and thunderbird and bananas in pyjamas and many many more fun costumes.  It was a live festival the whole time with bands

of my hotel window to see beautiful clear sky. On went the factor 50. Everything was organised from the night before so after two pieces of toast with honey and the theft of two bananas from the hotel's restaurant I was off. A hugely crowded 8:30 train

overwhelmed by the support that people were willing to offer to nobodies like me. At 15 miles some guy gave me a banana and it was like eating rocket fuel. I wanted to run every step, time was less important, so I ran 10-minute miles from start to finish and

over the railings, reaching asfar as possible to offer bananas and jelly babies, a companionable form offishing, whereing the "catch" is supposed to escape with the bait unhooked.Familiar faces stop, and hugs all round share the sweat between runners

and Canary Wharf....By mile 15 my legs were really heavy, and no amount of water, bananas, energy gels or jelly babies (provided by the heroes of the RW support team) were waking them up. I had felt much better than this in training, but it wasn't 18 degrees

was suffering from sun stroke, so in retrospect not too bad at all. HodProd, 4:08 It was my first FLM since '99, and how I've missed the atmosphere and anticipation of the great event. Really looked forward to the race and trained well, recovered well, ate

my first go at eating banana during a run wasn't so good. Ashley (Team 10 support guru) had advised using pub loos if necessary, so my stomach cramp was dealt with without either queuing for ages or 'doing a Paula'. The crowds were astonishing, I don

. Logistical problems - what problems! I would say this is the best event that I have been involved in, absolutely fantastic. year.Nobes, 4:08 Feeling rough at mile 21... My first marathon was a fantastic experience, surrounded by thousands of other like