of the London Marathon with a fractured leg?!I would very much love to thank all the spectators that shouted and cheered me on and also several kind runners who stopped to ask me if I was OK, whether I wanted any Ibuprofen and told me how proud my cousin would

After cramp struck at 21 miles the next five miles were going to be slow, dragging my leg along, and the weather was getting even hotter! The race was going well and everything was on target until cramp struck like a knife in my thigh; as soon

This was my first marathon and it was great.  I didn't reach my target time (to go under five hours) but I finished in 5:25.57.  I got to that dreaded 20-mile point and then my legs got very heavy.I used a combination of running and walking after

What an experience! This was my second marathon, so I thought I knew what I was doing. The training went really well (thanks to our club trainer), and my Spitfire 20 result led me to be cautiously optimistic about a sub-4:00 time. I read the RW

I decided way back in 1999 that if I was going to do a marathon, I wanted to do the London Marathon. My illustrious career as a Sunday League football player was coming to an end and it was clear that Arsenal had missed their chance to snatch me up

My name is Alex Milne. I am 20 years old and this was my third (consecutive) London Marathon. The previous two went horribly wrong - in the first, I was aiming for 3:10 but finished in 3:30; in the second, I wanted sub-3:00 and finished in 3

I had a place in the London Marathon in 2003 but unfortunately had to pull out after doing all of the training, as I had a chest infection during the taper.  It was particulary sad because Dad was dying in hospital and was really looking forward

sustained while running in the icy weather in January.As 9.45am approached I felt excited but surprisingly level-headed as I knew I'd done everything I could to prepare. There I was, standing at the start of the Virgin London Marathon! It was on my list

I ran the course four times in 24 hours (well 22hrs08mins). I set off from The Mall at 5:20pm on Saturday 16th and ran to Greenwich, then Greenwich to The Mall, The Mall to Greenwich and then the Official Virgin London Marathon to raise funds

So whose bright idea was it to run the London Marathon? After all, there are better ways to celebrate being 50.Anyway, having 'made my bed' I lined up (or rather cuddled up) with all those other runners who'd decided that the best way to celebrate