Belfast last year in 3:11, but did not really do the full training. This year I followed the sub 3hr schedule and felt really confident that I could break 3hrs. I ran 2:51, so can I say a big thank you to Runner’s World for getting me there. One
reached over the railings for a kiss!I passed through halfway at 1:55, bang on my plan although at this time the heat and sunshine were having an effect on me, other runners were already walking and struggling. My heart rate was much higher than
the marathon with disabilities or under stressful conditions and made me realise that this is what the London Marathon is all about – it makes a winner out of every runner.This race was a great event for me personally and one that I shall remember forever. Kiwi
) -->As a Runner's World supporter virgin I wasn't sure what to expect from the support teams. They were great in making us feel welcome and useful. Here Meerkat, Lady Lucan, Meldy and Legless deserve a special mention. It was interesting to meet some
and the URWFRC for organising us at Mile 17! It was great to meet so many other Runner's World forumites, both trotting past (pausing only for a chat and a handful of jelly babies), and lending voice to the cheering.I spent a joyous race handing out baggies
.The hardest part has just got to be the stretch after Tower Bridge, going in the opposite direction to the faster runners; hats off to them, though. And cheers to all the lovely pub patrons who raised their glasses to us.Plans to do it differently next time
the way to Amarillo" again I may well implode.Mark and I had a game plan and it was all going well until the Cutty Sark, where the congestion of runners made it impossible to stick to any plan, so I told Mark to stop trying to make up time, to which he
slower movers.Nigel Lapthorne, 5:57 I haven't done any real form of exercise for the past 14 years, and at the age of 36 I have now completed my first marathon in 5hrs 57. No world record but for someone who has bandy legs, quite an achievement ;-)Q
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
instead of sitting behind the fence sipping tea)But after I debriefed I found I was fascinated with the whole world of marathons, like how many people do it. How there were 35,000 runners with a single shared desire, how much of a spectacle the whole thing
