Time: 4:04Sunday was my first marathon. I came in at 4:04 and am currently in great pain but.......it was worth it!!! I started at the blue start and hooked up with the 9.00 minute mile pacer. I was running for Children with Leukaemia and stayed

the roads were being reopened.Biggest Surprise: How much water a furry rabbit costume can hold!My goal: Having an injury, my goal was to complete the race (walking) in order to hand-over in excess of £10,000 to my local hospice as a result of my fund

Time: 5:03Best moment was definitely running around the Cutty Sark, the crowd support was amazing with loads shouting my name. I could not resist a huge grin and a wave.The worst moment was around the 20-mile marker when I knew that I would have

- 24 miles away?'Well mate, I was ecstatic, had the greatest day! So, if you read my poem - as I hope you do,All most runners will say is - 'Shame on you!' WABOOn behalf of all of us who for one reason or another chose to do a run/walk schedule, I

under 3 1/2 hours Finishing Time: 3:24:00, a PB, but only just! What would I have done differently: Not slowed down in the last 6 miles? Key to success: Getting tanked up with sports drinks at the start and throughout the run. Doing a triathlon 2 weeks

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 3) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Mark1, 4:20My first marathon, well chuffed that I finished still running, best experience was the crowd support without a doubt.Worst experience was getting past pedestrians

people deep.The worst moment: having to move to a walk/run strategy far earlier than expected (16 miles).The biggest surprise: as a first-time runner, the crowds in the last mile – oh yes, and the weather!What I would do differently: perhaps slower start

to concentrate on the taper, I am peaking too early and then losing it in the taper. Maybe two weeks walking around Disney getting up early and going to bed late, and only doing two 5 mile runs in the middle, plus a spot of jet lag was not the ideal taper

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 12) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Susan Brown, 4:02 --This was my second FLM and I thought I could not replicate the emotions and pain I had felt the first time - but it proved me wrong.I find this event

5 HOURS+ (Page 7) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Debbs, 5:52 I had a brilliant day - the best day out I've had for ages!I decided to run FLM for St Joseph's Hospice in Hackney, which looked after my dad for the last few weeks of his life