other, "Where are they?" as the minutes ticked past and no other runners appeared.2. Some of the wheelchair athletes struggling to get up the slope at Mudchute, and cheering them as loudly as possible to will them on.3. Sweaty hugs and smiling faces from

, and they were purgatory, the crowds along the embankment managed to lift me to get easily to  the finish though! It was also very depressing at the 13 mile mark seeing the elite runners coming the other way, 9 miles ahead of me!, mind you that feeling was later

the 09:45 start, they had already started opening up the barriers which separated the pens. There were 9 pens, one behind the other. In front of pen 1 were the men’s elite runners, the pen 1 were the sub-2:30 hr runners, pen 2 contained sub-3 hour runners

in various layers and woolly boots it was glorious and I even managed to get a sunburn (but only down on side of my face of course so I look like Phantom of the Opera!) Must have made things difficult for the runners but they all seemed to be doing

and better training. The London Marathon is clearly a wonderful event, essentially a serious race for the elite runners followed up by a charity fun-run. But it wouldn’t be possible to justify closing down central London for a day just to please a few

the Highway the lead group of elite men came past on the other side having done 22 miles. They got a huge round of applause from the runners alongside me and it reminded me that I was taking part in the same event as them. Fantastic.Worst moment: my calf

it was the most amazing day she'd ever had, she couldn't believe the support everybody gave, and for me she summed up the FLM. It really is the people's marathon, not about getting PBs or elite running, but something for everyone.I learnt to respect the distance

before the start a runner for ‘Changing Faces’ came up to us and said “you’re running for Debra, that’s a great charity,” which coming from a supporter of Changing Faces was a real accolade.Debra is the UK charity for those with the genetic condition

brilliant! What an awesome day - the atmosphere amongst the runners from the start to the finish was nothing but spectacular, and as for the crowd, well, words cannot describe their amazing support. I managed to produce my best marathon time of 4:30. But my

5 HOURS+ (Page 6) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Northern Snail, 5:36 It’s 8.30am on a warm sunny Sunday morning and I'm stood at the Blue start area on Blackheath common with thousands of other runners waiting for the start of the 25th