to be in position in the Mall by 9.30am and it was pretty amazing to see the sheer number of people working behind the scenes. The lorries arrived at about 10.30am and each one had 1,500 bags that needed sorting into numerical order. It was hard work but we got them

ever seen -  to think that was her second marathon in a week! Amazing!  Sadly they were too fast for me to get a photo.We had a brief break for lunch (at 10:30am) and then it was back out to watch the elite men and women finish their races. They all

" feeling like a rather selfish response. But hey, I'm (just) fast enough to get in on merit and I think that’s part of the race isn’t it – the elite (2.04 this year!!), the Olympic athletes, the Championship runners and the club runners right on through

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

, first in my right calf then my left, which made me look a bit of a wimp as I winced and yelped.That was my Virgin London Marathon 2010. We all had a great weekend. We’ve raised a lot of money for Myeloma UK which is what we set out to do and I beat

running for cover but by the time we were being told to enter our start pens it had cleared up and our expectation levels continued to rise.After six months of fundraising and training, it was finally time. 35,000-plus runners set off for the 30th London