The London Marathon is truly one of the greatest races of all time. I’m a person who loves a challenge and I certainly love an adventure and my race yesterday was certainly that. The first half of the race was fine. At the halfway point I thought I

Well, I've done it! What a day...After a night's sleep interrupted by several wakenings to battle against the nerves, I woke at 6am for a good breakfast of oats, banana and toast with jam. It was going to be a long time before I ate again.I set off

I did it, I finished the Virgin London Marathon. It took me 6:38:12 but I succeeded.I had been inspired by a motivational speaker, Miles Hilton-Barber, back in October 2008.  His talk made me want to push my personal boundaries. I have a 50th

I’m going to get it out of my system. I don’t want to be negative - but I have to say this. I hated the Virgin London Marathon (VLM) just as much as I loved it. Not because of the pain or the hard work during the run and the training, but because