If you were in any doubt about the magic and madness of running the Flora London Marathon, these quotes and stories are just the ticket. From the lunatic to the life-affirming, they're all the reason you need for counting down to the arrival of next

Send Us Your Story!Tell the world how your marathon went: we'd love to have your short, snappy stories to publish on this very site. If you're a forum runner or supporter, we may even be able to match you up with one of the 400 photos we took at the mile

--"I'll overtake her when I've finished waving to my fans" (Whippit, 2:54)If you want to relive the 2005 Flora London Marathon, or find out what you missed, this vast collection of reader stories is for you.They make magnificent reading. They come

Your fame doesn’t end on marathon day - come and tell the world how the FLM 2009 was for you! Simply drop us a line with your story and we'll add it to our growing gallery of reader reports below.Here's an idea of the sort of questions you could

You've seen the elite pictures from this year's Flora London Marathon - now it's your turn to be the stars. We've selected 40 of the photos we took around the course of real runners just like you. There are 10 to a page, roughly ordered by time

Load interactive route mapCrammed with details of what landmarks to look out for and where you can expect the rowdiest spectator support, our mile-by-mile guide is the best way to familiarise yourself with the course and calm your nerves before the big day.Get to know every twis...

of running wisdom ready to dispense to the runners who join him in London.With an impressive marathon PB of 2:16.11, Jari's looking forward to representing Finland over the marathon distance in this summer's World Veterans Championships. But for now, he

! Huge thanks to each and every one involved." Sue CTHE EXPERTS Steve Smythe Steve worked at Runner's World for 10 years and took over the marathon schedules when Bruce Tulloh retired from writing them. Steve has run more than 60 marathons (26 Londons

five women’s World records at the London Marathon, culminating in Paula Radcliffe’s mixed-race 2:15:25 in 2003. Radcliffe also owns the women’s-only record of 2:18:56 from 2002. Khalid Khannouchi USA set a men’s World record of 2:05:38 in 2002

London Marathon 2008 entries are open, and you're sitting on the fence. Your can't-do demon reminds you that even five miles can leave you gasping at the moment. Your gung-ho self counters that a friend of your cousin's ran 3:28 with just two weeks