-30 after 12 miles. The worst when my right knee's motivation went awol at 14 miles and I started to slip back to 11-30min/miles.  It was good to see, after the finish, Eric Pollard from Emmerdale. I was glad not to have been pipped at the post by Floella

Time: 3:53To give a little background,  in October 2002 I was a lump of inactive lard, heading for 16 1/2 stone. I decided that at the age of 45 it was about time I reversed the trend of decades and got myself a bit into shape. I therefore went on a

the pub; a round trip of 1.8 miles.There you are, I'm a slow runner who is hoping not to have too muchtrouble building up to marathon distance, I swim like lead and I have tobuild up my cycling from 0.9miles to 112miles (minimum). EAZY!!Ironman target: I

5 HOURS+ (Page 8) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rach, 5:20 FLM '05 - my third and slowest marathon! I managed to meet up with my mate Snoop at the four-mile mark. The plan was that he would pace me round to a 4:30 PB. The first half went

.Ironman experience... I've been doing them since 2000PB's10K - 42:50Half-Marathon - 1:46Marathon - 3:46Ironman - 11:35Favourite Races... Ballbuster duathlon, North downs run and Luton marathonSee my RW profileMy handy links • Mike's Amazing Cakes• RW's Q+As page

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 6) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Bourne2run, 4:23:22 What a fantastic day, the sun was out and so were the crowds, in their thousands. All for my first Flora London Marathon: what more could I have asked for

5 HOURS+ (Page 5) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 mssloan1962, 6:10 The best moment was realising my wisdom in bringing along some of my own toilet paper! The loos along the route don't have a very big supply and us mere mortals can't just 'go

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 11) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Tefal Elvis, 4:06 This year's London Marathon was my first 26.2-mile race of any kind, and I was running specifically to raise money for Tommy's, the baby charity.All my

their 22-mile marker on the other side of the road.14, 15, 16 miles and we are still going strong with a never ending chorus of cheering and support from the thousands of spectators lining the route.17 miles and there are the signs for the Runner’s World