Last autumn, we launched a nationwide search for six Virgin London Marathon hopefuls, in partnership with Lucozade Sport. After a long marathon journey for our six lucky winners (and their mentors), five of our Virgin London Marathon contenders

Lucozade Super Six Launch 2009

Our Virgin London Marathon contenders, the Lucozade Sport Super Six, were among hundreds of runners lining up this weekend for the first ever Lucozade Sport Race Your Pace Half-Marathon.The event was made up of two sessions - a morning race

marathon running and there are a lot of other people training for the marathon.Things seem to be going according to plan – I'm ticking off the sessions and finally seeing a little bit of pace. Paul says: Before becoming one of the Lucozade Sport Super Six

a medal too. I really don't know what went wrong - I did the training and I had great support. But I have got a shiny medal - and Gordon Ramsey hasn't. I’ve enjoyed being part of a team, with the Super Six and with everyone on my thread. I still

has missed training, race day should still find him within his target time. Gareth says: A successful run at the Lucozade Sport Pace Your Race event has boosted Andy’s confidence that he can achieve his sub-4 goal. Andy’s main worry was his knee

damage. I’ve got two choices now. I can either crawl under a stone sobbing “Woe is me”, or I can stand at Mudchute with my head held high, hug the life out of my thread buddies and my lovely Super Six mates, to send all of you speeding to the finish line

the sessions – after all, winter miles mean April 25th smiles! I'm up on where I have been in previous marathon campaigns and looking good. Liz says: Being part of the Lucozade Sport Super Six has meant Richard has been incredibly motivated to train - recently

going to happen with a lot of hard work. That said, Kim's never really followed a schedule with conviction before and being part of the Lucozade Sport Super Six means she will get fantastic support from everyone involved. Kim has been getting to grips