Time: 3:19What a fantastic day!  Despite being on the first coach to be refused access to the start, having to walk the last 10 minutes to the start, being extremely cold and wet pre-race, and all of us losing the pacers, we had a brilliant day

daily.The support and training back up I received from Debra was second to none especially as they are relatively small charity. They organised a training day, subsidised accommodation the night before with pre pasta meal and post race event consisting

Time: 3:52GUTTED!Having written and chatted for nearly three months on the sub 3:45 thread a number of us managed to meet up pre-race (Ping Pong Boy, Save Ferris, Scotty, Sarah Gregory, Peter Bedwell & Ashley Smith among others) and because I wore a

the next week for the 1982 Marathon, but failed to get a place in the ballot. My running tailed off after that, but it has been a dream to run the race ever since.I started running again three years ago and applied for a place in the 2003, 2004 and 2005

at the start and got an unprompted burst of applause from everyone near them and when all the thousands and thousands in Greenwich Park cheered when the race started. Thank you everyone for such a special day.John Halliwell, 3:08Back running marathons after

. It was incredibly sad.Getting from the finish to the repatriation area - 40 minutes of sheer hell. Being hemmed in by near stationary crowds was claustrophobic and not what I needed after running 26.2 miles. My kit bag seemed twice the weight pre-race

was the advice given by Keith Anderson and his team on the Trailplus training weekend in January. Not only his training plan but also his advice on clothing, nutrition, hydration and pre-race planning. I would recommend the weekend to anyone who is training

train. Then a 20-minute walk to Greenwich Park where the start is, and an equally long wait at the toilets so Mark could shed a bit of pre-race weight. By the time we got to the start area the gun had already gone, so we hopped over the barriers

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

2km. My only problems now seem to be sunburn and three small blisters on my toes.I can thoroughly recommend the Wymondham 20 for those in the Eastern/London regions as a Pre London warm-up race.London once again came up trumps with a superb new