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
Time: 2:43Wet, cold, windy, painful, slippery 2-43, championship place, all is well with the world.I just wish someone would explain this to my legs."Index of all quotesNext quote
Time: 3:14"Fast first 10 miles (72.30), consolidation up to 20 (2.28.30), storming last 6, finish time 3.14. Personal Best after 15 marathons at the age of 45. Blinding!"Index of all quotesNext quote
Time: 3:59What a great day - this was my first and definitely my last marathon. Ifollowed the Runner's World training schedule and sneaked under my target timeof 4 hours by 1 min - perfect!! Am gutted that I was beaten by a humantelephone box
Time: 3:43 I'd just like to thank everyone from Runners' World for helping me through my first marathon. I got round in 3hrs 43minutes, two minutes ahead of my target. This was mainly down to the excellent RW pacers and the tips that I picked up
Time: 3:59My time was 3 hours 59 minutes and 49 seconds...so I am thrilled. 11 seconds may not sound like much , but having breached the 4 hour barrier, I think I now have an inkling of the sort of feeling that Roger Bannister had when he broke the 4 minute mile! All those aches ...
Time: 3:26What was the best moment (excluding the finish)? The forum cheer; Having a chat with my family at mile 21 and the crowds in generalAnd the worst moment? Being barged off the road at mile 9 by the RW sub 7:30 pacers (and I was doing sub 7
Time: 4:02Things to do differently next time: -Lesson No 1 - Unless you want to assure yourself of the opportunity to visit most of the Portaloos en route, don't have steak, chips and wine as your Saturday night meal before the marathon.Lesson No 2
Time: 3:57What a fantastic day! My first Marathon - My goal was to just break 4 hours - I managed 3:57:09. Unfortunately I missed the RW pacers at the blue start. A big thanks to Runners World magazine and forums for all the info in the past few
Time: 4:00Was following Runners World Sub 4hrs from the red start - I think they both pulled out (apologies if Neil just hit a bad patch and finished) followed KitKat (Kate) who took up the baton so to speak - not sure if she is a "forumite" - but what a job. Unfortunately lost h...