and was not seen again. At mile 16 the Runner's World eight-minute mile pace team overtook, panicking me as I was still two minutes ahead of schedule, and thought they should be behind me. I stayed with them until the next water stop when I got hemmed
miles, but I ran all the way. I did it in 4 hours and 14 mins. I was astonished at the amount of people who came to cheer runners on. I really enjoyed the whole weekend, just needed it to be a little bit cooler (I think cows prefer a bit of light drizzle
in one day! Key to my success: Increasing my longest runs to 20 miles.David Lombard, 3:47The best moment: running down the Embankment, oblivious of individuals but aware of a mass support.The worst moment: seeing fellow runners unable to keep it up
who witnessed the event, either as a runner or a spectator will know why: it is quite simply the greatest running event in the world!RFJ, 3:51The start area was great. I met up with Tea and Toast Man, AlanM and Dunnarunner as planned on the 3:30 forum
able to get into a rhythm and for passing, but thankfully I participated with my jovial "come what may" head on and had a ball. The highlight was meeting the Runner's World Team 3 at mile 17 - Meer, JJ, Littlesteph et al were just the tonic at the point
Runner's World. I had put a good chunk of mileage in, mostly by running the 7.5 miles from work to home two or three times a week, but I hadn't gone 'long' as recommended, and some of the races I'd planned along the way had been scuppered by bad weather
, and just kept going. And moreover, the encouragement you get from so many spectators and fellow runners alike: amazing..... A: My most memorable moment was at about mile two. I hooked up with a chap from Citibank (it was terrible that I didn't get his name
soundly that night.jci, 4:42 I have an hour to wait in the runners’ start area. The conventional advice to those in a pre-event situation is to banish all negative thoughts. Well, I was very lucky to get a place in the ballot; the sun is shining from a
