almost recovered apart fromthe sore legs & joints. The moral of this story is:1. Store your dry kit inside another waterproof bag inside your kitbag.2. If you are feeling unwell, seek assistance before it becomes serious.3. Don't ever listen to a rail

the pub; a round trip of 1.8 miles.There you are, I'm a slow runner who is hoping not to have too muchtrouble building up to marathon distance, I swim like lead and I have tobuild up my cycling from 0.9miles to 112miles (minimum). EAZY!!Ironman target: I

the feeling of waiting amongst 15,000 other runners waiting for the gun to go off. Runners, young and old with varying backgrounds all attempting this giant feat for very personal reasons... the excitement was amazing. Many had photos on their running kit

, 20km, half way (which was 13.1 miles – half marathon distance obviously, or just over 21km if you use kms!) another mat at 30km, one at 40km, and obviously one at the finish, which is just over 42km, or 26.2 miles! Handy, so that everyone but the very

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 11) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Tefal Elvis, 4:06 This year's London Marathon was my first 26.2-mile race of any kind, and I was running specifically to raise money for Tommy's, the baby charity.All my

5 HOURS+ (Page 3) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dolphinrunner, 5:14 What was the best moment: Turning a corner and being confronted with the awesome sight of thousands of runners crossing Tower Bridge. And the worst moment was the severe

seen one on TVPB's10K - 46.23Half-Marathon - 1.53Marathon - 4.21Favourite Races... Sprint tri then marathonSee my RW profileMy handy links • Mike's Amazing Cakes• RW's Q+As page --About meI started running after a "giving up smoking" attempt in 2001

time - 2:41:46. Secondly, getting to the 20-mile marker and knowing that I could have a "mare" last 10K and still get a AAA Championship Place for 2006.What I would do differently: With hindsight I suspect that my long marathon-paced runs did

5 HOURS+ (Page 5) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 mssloan1962, 6:10 The best moment was realising my wisdom in bringing along some of my own toilet paper! The loos along the route don't have a very big supply and us mere mortals can't just 'go

and I. Jane was looking for a running partner. That was 4 years ago. After numerous 10km races, 2 Great North Runs, a half marathon in the Lake District and the Edinburgh Marathon in June 2003, which at 19 miles Jane told me " I have no intention