, it was the London Triathlon that was going on.I only had a vague idea what a triathlon was, that it was swimming, cyclingand running I knew, and that it was only for super-tough hard athletes Iknew. But I didn't know in which order or how far. So being the curious

, though I still managed to run all the way up The Mall in agony and ecstasy. I cried when I got the medal.What I would do differently: a) more training and b) start of slower and try to walk earlier on.The key to my success: one mile at a time - and after

many slower runners were clearly jumping the gates and making it so hard to get a steady pace going that I nearly gave up all hope. But I remembered all those cold winter nights of training and hung in there to finally achieve my goal. Each time I have

pace and very hard to bear: I couldn't stretch my legs out. I started to feel very stiff and aching in my hips and knees because of this. (I have been fighting off injury during training). The rest of the road was free, so why were we sectioned to one

consultation with p56 of the February edition of RW. Things seemed to be getting easier, but when you're training on your own, its kind of hard to know how well or badly you are doing compared to the rest of the world. And the rain, sleet and snow seemed

the FLM a couple of times, I can appreciate the amount of hours of training people put in, and the feeling of euphoria which can overwhelm you sometimes as you look at the crowds waving and encouraging you on. I am now one of those Waving, Cheering

and the Girls from Eims all of whom kept my pace up for a good stretch of the race. Looking forward to next time ?!?!?!?!?!?Supe, 4:31My first marathon, and a fantastic one to start with.Training was going really well until 7th March when I got a knee injury

Rich K, and Daniel and Sean from RW, all working hard to bring us memories of the best running day out of the year.Rio Fair, 5:25:18Wow, what a day! The sun finally shone on us all and the day was brilliant, from getting on the train at Charing Cross

realised that running is not about split times on a watch.Kevin Collins, 3:30I followed the 3:30 schedule from day one, and apart from a 10-day injury break due to training too hard after the Wymondham 20, and seven days altitude training (well, a ski

up the marathon running shoes. I’ll really miss it, and am in floods of tears watching the video, but enough is enough. Time to help son number two train as he is now convinced he wants to do it next year - we'll see.Well done everyone and good luck