: Being grabbed by The Sport newspaper girls! My goal: To beat last year's time (this was my second FLM age 49), I did beat last year's debut with an un-official time of 4:42. Last year my official time was 4hrs 58mins 32secs. I would not do anything
21 where I really started to run out of steam and had to stop to stretch my left quad and miles 25 which I am convinced was much longer than a mile. I was beginning to think they had forgeotten to put up the last mile markers... My goal time was 4
. THE worst moment was the doctor's reaction when I told him I still wanted to go on. THE best moment was resuming the race having persuaded the St John's crew about an hour after my fall that I would be ok.My goal was 3:45. I finished in 5:31! Next time I
and 4 packs of lucozade and still not needing a peeQ: What was your goal? And what was your finishing time? A: The goal was to get round without a major injury, unlike last year - (achieved!). Time 4:48Q: What would you do differently?A: Try and lose a
to go. And my supporters had somehow managed to miss me at every one of the points we'd arranged they'd cheer from.Biggest surprise: The camaraderie from fellow runners, especially Derek, who I met at about mile 2 and who ran with me for the whole race.Goal
.Q: And the worst moment? A: Feeling lousy with time and performance going over Tower Bridge, trying to smile for the photos and not getting snapped. Also news that fellow forumite had to pull out on the morning and I couldn’t get through because of dodgy mobile
the roads were being reopened.Biggest Surprise: How much water a furry rabbit costume can hold!My goal: Having an injury, my goal was to complete the race (walking) in order to hand-over in excess of £10,000 to my local hospice as a result of my fund
honestly say that there wasn't a worst moment as it was my first Marathon (London or otherwise) and it all went to plan. I had dreams of running sub 3:15 but only had two proper half marathons to base it on as only started running seriously last July '03. I
collapsing less than 100 metres from the line (and not even looking back to see he was o.k.) Having run 3:08:21 last year, my original goal this year was simply to run sub-3 hours. My training suggested I should do this comfortably, so I had a secret goal
.Most memorable moment was running round Cutty Sark and thinking "Wow I am running the London Marathon"....something I first said I would do when I was 15....took a while, I am 34 now.My goals changed frequently in training but when I got to the start I decided
