Time not givenOne of the most exhilarating & emotional days of my life. The Forumite support at Mile 18 was unbelievable, and I saw so many other Forumites either running or supporting along the way. I appreciate that London is not the only marathon in the UK, but for a first-t...
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... Overtook him in the last mile came...
Time not givenThis was my first FLM and I sincerely hope I will be back again next year!The organisation was marvellous and the supporters must be the best in theworld. Did they come from 'rent a good crowd'? The best bit for me was aftermile 25 when I thought I had missed my fam...
Time not givenWell, what a day. Wind, rain, puddles, soaking wet feet, sore, sore muscles, but what an incredible experience and what an amazing crowd! The rain didn’t keep the runners off the streets and it didn’t stop the crowd from showing up, standing in the rain for hours a...
Mile 18 supporterDecided to go to mile 18 and watch the race this year and I'm glad I did. Spectating, thanks to Meerkat, was brilliant. Have never seen the race from that perspective and although I was itching to get out there and run I really enjoyed myself and met loads of f...
Time: 4:25An amazing (and painful at times!) experience. Started to hurt badly at 24 miles... thought I was going to burst into tears at 25 miles with the emotion of it all.. coming up to the finish the crowd were superb. They could see I was just about done in and all these peop...
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 7:30) The biggest surprise? hittin...
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 weeks and months - I faithfully f...
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...
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 - Watch where you are going at ...
