crack at it in 2005! Many thanks to the Runners World forumites who were at the 18 mile mark but also to all the friends I have made on the forums who got me through the tough training in February and March! BirdypieIndex of all quotesNext quote

number of pits stops, meant I saw a different side of FLM – the inside of a number of pubs en route.Great support was received from another forum pal Tiger, who popped up several times throughout, and then the 10 magnificent forum support teams at mile 17

at 5 milesGoal- sub 3 (yet agin)Time- 3:04 somethingI raced and paced well, all went to plan but my training needs tweaking- a fast 10k towards the end of this year should do the trickCelebrating-  Out with the forum chaps of course.Index of all quotes

and photographed with the page 3 girls of a national newspaper at mile 20. And celebrated the event with the mile 18 supporters at the pub afterwards, and by spending the day on the forums.Index of all quotesNext quote

Time not givenMy thought processes at Mile 18 ... This is where the forum support group was last year but someone at the Thistle last night said that they would be a little further down the road. Someone else is shouting  ""George "" ... it must

Time: 4:16What a brilliant day!Best moment was seeing familiar faces at mile 18 from the Runners World forum, and hubby Chris too!Worst time was from about 20-22 when I had to convince myself that I could really do it...took some doing, but I did

Time: 4:25I do like it when a plan comes together.This time last year I was approached via the Forums by a young lady wishing to run The Flora London Marathon, having just watched friends taking part and being overcome with insanity by the whole

pulled over to pose for photos, got interviewed for a newspaper, stopped to talk to family and friends dotted around the course and spent some minutes with the forum supporters at Mudchute. The can of Stella given to Snoop and I at Mudchute made

delightful person with a wonderful sense of humour giving warm words of encouragement.  Thank you.Goal - This was my 3rd London Marathon and I wanted to run 4.59.59 as the previous 2 times I had run in just over 5 hours.  Determined to run/walk 5:1 all

supporter “...I saw a very different side to FLM being a supporter as opposed to a runner and realised how so many people really do need the support of the crew...” Read the full quote1837-->Wolfy (right) and H.SupporterWhat a great day we had