and was never in my stride. I didn’t get a chance to stride out until things got wider and more spread out and that was only in the last couple of miles. I suppose that enabled me to give up on the stress of a target time and prevented me from hitting the wall

. If I could do things differently, I would try to do some research into cramps and how to prevent them.Andrew Newman, 4:05:21On my Things To Do List:1. Run the London Marathon...COMPLETED!!!It was a great view to see thousands of strangers at Greenwich

stride. I didn’t get a chance to stride out until things got wider and more spread out and that was only in the last couple of miles. I suppose that enabled me to give up on the stress of a target time and prevented me from hitting the wall.Secret weapon

whether we were fast and loose, or a bit slower with muscles tightening by the second.This was my ninth London, but my first for six years. I'd forgotten the impact the event has on your senses and had thought that I would make this my last London

deciding to run the last mile from Westminster all the way to the finish. I have no idea how I did it as I had picked up a recurring leg injury at 16miles that prevented me from running. The crowd was fantastic, and as I came round the corner along the Mall

, but no more than at six miles. Other than that, I was feeling pretty strong; I was starting to wonder if I could run faster (though - luckily – I was prevented from ever trying by the mass of people around me).At 17 miles, I started to worry - 18 miles

, and the last four miles were an amazing finish to a great event. Coventry Cat, 4:22What an amazing day!I woke very early, way before my 6am wake-up call, opened the curtains at my hotel to see the clearest of blue skies. I stuffed breakfast down before greasing