Time: 4:17Thank you to 9 minute mile pace setter starting from Blue Start (Martin?). I followed directly behind you for 17 miles and watched every bounce of your bum bag. Then at mile 17 I went to the left to look out for my family in the crowd -I
Time: 4:50The best moment for me was seeing my husband at mile 17 brandishing a banana towards me! ... Closely followed (of course) by reaching the mile 18 cheering point and being presented with a bag of jelly babies.The worst moments were miles
Time not givenThanks so much to the 8 minute mile pacers - I was doing a good run, and on target for the magical sub-3.30, but started to blow it 4 miles from the finish. I was thrilled to see the pacers arrive alongside me. It was hell to try
Time not givenHighlights of the day - Runners World Forumites at mile 18. Lady holding the banner with the Lance Armstrong quote "Pain is temporary, failure is forever". That came at just the right time. Enjoying the last 2 miles at last
Time: 5:04Terrific Day. Funniest Moment - My mate Dave shouting "You could win this!" at mile 16 (I finished in 5:04!) Worst Moment - Losing the 11 min mile pacer at 20 miles Biggest Surprise - finding out I was being paced by someone who can run a
and photographed with the page 3 girls of a national newspaper at mile 20. And celebrated the event with the mile 18 supporters at the pub afterwards, and by spending the day on the forums.Index of all quotesNext quote
Time: 3:29I finished the Marathon in 3:29:55, a new PB for me. I was delightedto finish under 3hrs 30, and felt great until the I reached the 20th mile. Thelast 6 miles seemed to go on for ever. Thank you to the Runner's World pacinggroup which
Time: 4:51Many thanks to the 11min/mile pacer starting at the blue start. I was doing well untill about 19 to 20 mile mark and then I hit the wall, well I think it was. My legs went solid and could hardly move them, but I had another sachet
Time not givenHit the wall at mile one and never recovered, only racing my clubmate kept me going.Hoped he would start walking at mile 23 so I could put a consoling arm around his shoulder and we could both walk in together, but he kept going
Time: 3:29Despite the best intentions and a plan for even running towards my 3:30 target, I ran 10 miles at a pace I couldn't sustain then ground out the remaining miles with gritted teeth in the rain trying not to look at my watch or the mile