overwhelmed at a quite a few points during the day, but the most memorable ones were walking into Greenwich Park at 7.30am and seeing the masses of runners already stretching and chatting to each other; seeing my family cheering and waving at the 17-mile mark

Time: 5:56My Personal Race Report: Flora London Marathon 2004"So I thought best that I write down what the event was actually like.  To almost everyone reading this, running a marathon is something that is on their "before I get old, to do list

:45, the hooter went and we were off and running! Well, not exactly running, more of a slow walk really. It was pretty much like that for a while, until people had room to stretch their legs break out into a slow jog! MILE 1: Was slow. There was still not a lot

this event such a humbling experience when you see so many other people overcoming life's hurdles just to be taking part: a local policeman from our area who had overcome leukaemia to run this year, or the blind man being led. It makes my pain seem so little

on the Tuesday after!Key to success? Put your name on the front and back of your running top! Mind over matter - my cough "miraculously" disappeared for 8 hours!A day which I will never forget, a truly life-changing event, worth every ounce of effort.Kerzo, 7

.Two years ago I was coming to the end of a long spell in hospital following pancreatitis. I watched the marathon and said to myself that I would be able to beat the man in the deep sea diving gear. I didn't see him this year; a womble or three overtook me

and as it turned out to be good (I couldn't go before the race because the horrendous queues meant I would have missed the start). I guess I would have lost at least 10 minutes at the first set of loos as the queues were six or seven deep for each toilet. So a