Time: 4:51Many thanks to the 11min/mile pacer starting at the blue start. I was doing well untill about 19 to 20 mile mark and then I hit the wall, well I think it was. My legs went solid and could hardly move them, but I had another sachet

Time: 3:59My first London Marathon and what a day.  This great picture was taken at the end of the South Colonnade in Canary Wharf, just when runners were starting to really feel the pain a bit after getting soaked earlier.  I finished just under 4

Time: 4:55My training went well until Easter weekend when I had a heavy cold for 4 days. Did 1.50 at Silverstone Half and 3.15 at Oakley 20. I felt fit enough to do sub.4.30 until I got underway, when I realised the effects of a cold were worse

Time: 5:44Brilliant experience although desperately wet, especially the last 2 miles in torrential rain where something else. I was amazed that people were still actually cheering me on despite the rain and the fact that after 5 and a half hours I

Mile 18 supporterDecided to go to mile 18 and watch the race this year and I'm glad I did.  Spectating, thanks to Meerkat, was brilliant.  Have never seen the race from that perspective and although I was itching to get out there and run I really

Time: 3:48Caught and tagged on with Sean and his colleague (3.45 pacers) from about 2 miles and stuck with them until 22/23 miles. Couldn't quite hold the pace over the last 3, but finished in 3.48 which is my best mara for 4 years. My splits were 1.54.15

honestly say that there wasn't a worst moment as it was my first Marathon (London or otherwise) and it all went to plan. I had dreams of running sub 3:15 but only had two proper half marathons to base it on as only started running seriously last July '03. I

At the Alphen (NED) 20K held on 12 Mar 2006, Haile Gebreselassie ran a 1:11:37 for 25km, well under the previously fastest reported time of 1:12:45 set by Paul Kosgei (KEN) at the Berlin (GER) 25km on 09 May 2004.How can a runner set a record for 25

Time: 4:22Amazing experience! I managed to trim two minutes off my Loch Ness time last September, which I’m well chuffed about. Ran the first half in the general vicinity of the very excellent Rob Spedding and his 10 m/m team before speeding up a

emotional!Worst moment: The crowding around Docklands from mile 16 to mile 20. It was raining hard and there was a burst water main or something at around mile 15 so my feet were wet and squelchy. Legs had started to ache and there was still a long way