and balloons blowing in the wind. Four hours passed, then five and six,  blimey, we were worried sick. The rain came and the supporters went. The air in the balloons vanished and the banners went soggy.Then he appeared. My heart sank. I was so very happy to see

’s World. In the 2007 London Marathon, 91% of the field slowed down during the race in one way or another. Only 9% ran an even pace or negative splits. And couple this with the heat, basically the whole field was blowing up. I was just blowing up less badly

for the Alzheimer's Research Trust.By Mile 23 the wind was blowing my yarn around too much and I found I was slowing right down. I realised that if I didn't speed up then I wouldn't get round in under six hours. So, I stashed my yarn and hook in my apron pouch, put

It took five years of waiting, four months of training and over five hours for me to do - but I did it! Even now as I’m sitting here writing this, I cannot quite believe that I’ve done it. Saturday started off with the train to London and the expo