SUPPORTERS (Page 2) Page 1 2 34-->Nicko I marshalled at mile 11, and the smiles and thanks I got mean more to me than the medal and T-shirt they gave me for helping. I give mine away to children anyway - this year it was Ratbag
Time: 3:53To give a little background, in October 2002 I was a lump of inactive lard, heading for 16 1/2 stone. I decided that at the age of 45 it was about time I reversed the trend of decades and got myself a bit into shape. I therefore went on a
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
SUPPORTERS (Page 1) Page 1 2 34-->-->H.supporter “...Phantom of the Opera...” Read the full quote1834-->H (left) and WolfyWolfy and I came down from rainy Manchester to support at mile 17 and had a fabulous day. Despite wrapping up warm
4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 5) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Dazza b, 4:09My best and worst moment was after 23 miles when I discovered it hurt my knees more to walk than to run. The pain was bad, but by plodding along I managed
.Running the second half only 1:13 slower than the first was a real achievement for me, and required a lot of focus. My heart rate was a steady 153 bpm for the first 10 miles, but then rose slowly but surely, reaching 171 in the last mile as I concentrated
4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 14) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Sub 5.00 Jaq, 4:58 -->I had the best day possible. I woke up feeling calm and rested, with no niggles. The sun shone all the way and I ran with a great guy from Woking
4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 1) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 12 13 14 15-->Peter Freeman, 4:02:44Best moment: hearing the announcer say: ”here’s a guy coming home in giant butterfly wings!” Then I believed I would finish. Red Bull might
4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 13) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Howard Hopkins, 4:06 -->I moved to London in 1980 to work for the BBC and watched with awe when the First London Marathon was run the following year. I started training
their 22-mile marker on the other side of the road.14, 15, 16 miles and we are still going strong with a never ending chorus of cheering and support from the thousands of spectators lining the route.17 miles and there are the signs for the Runner’s World
