Time not givenThis was my 6th London and possibly the worst! My training was a source ofconstant interruptions due to pressure of work and family. By raceday I justhadn't put in enough miles and my longest run had only been an 18, so by thetime I
lonely and disheartening. Running in an event, however, isFANTASTIC! and makes all the hours running in the dark, when you'drather be asleep, worth it.Since signing up for IMZH, I have had to find a pool and someinstruction on self-propelled water motion
driven my wife to Vauxhall to be with her and wish her well. I got back home at about 4:45 a.m. but couldn't sleep with all the excitement. I had just run through Canary Wharf when the news came through via my wife and mobile phone that my beautiful
Time: 3:53TAXI!!!! TO THE MALL PLEASE! Now where does my kit bag go?? What’s my number? 12549….. there were dozens of huge lorries with baggage numbers on. So did my final preparations by ensuring that I had my bumbag containing mobile phone
. 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
would do differently: I would train harder and put in longer runs... 15 miles was my longest training run!Dottie Lottie, 5:46 I was quite hacked off with my finish time - 5:46 - but thrilled to have got to the end... Best moment: sprinting down the Mall
My Tri ProfileAge.... 28I have been running for... 3 yearsStrengths... Lots of grit - like to mix it up - have discovered I love cyclingWeaknesses... Sometimes find my life gets in the way of my training and mmmmm chocolateIronman experience... Have
to the Tube station at 7.30am from a random bloke who'd been running earlier who noticed my kit bag and wanted 'to help save my legs for the race', continued with the Tube driver wishing all the runners all the very best of luck and continued all day
on the Tuesday after!Key to success? Put your name on the front and back of your running top! Mind over matter - my cough "miraculously" disappeared for 8 hours!A day which I will never forget, a truly life-changing event, worth every ounce of effort.Kerzo, 7
Time: 5:19A tale of a London Marathon Virgin(by Alison Dale of Lincoln Wellington AC)Like many people I would sit down on a Sunday morning in April every year and watch thousands running the London Marathon, and dream that one day I would be there
