on the London Marathon, so with a spring in my step I ran the Bupa Great Birmingham Run in 2:34:29.I started training for the marathon in January 2012 and became very aware, early on, that the challenge I faced would be both physically and mentally demanding. I
was one of my best investments - without them, I don't think I would have finished.The wheels on my bus started falling off around Mile 22. My right toes started hurting and I had to run-walk for the next two miles. I managed to get back in my stride
I've been running for about eight years and completed the London Marathon in just over 5:30 in 2007. I'd trained three days a week and my longest run was 18 miles. I didn't realise the impact the food you ate the night before could have (cheese
Having had three attempts getting to the start line of the London Marathon (breaking my ankle eight days beforehand in 2008 and ending up with a trapped nerve in my back for three weeks in 2007), this was finally my London Marathon year.The greatest
It was the same old story - I'd not done quite the running I anticipated at the start of the year, so rolled up expecting to finish between 3:15 and 3.30. I also thought I ought to be able to pace myself without a watch (the real reason - it had
This was my third consecutive London Marathon and I was better prepared than ever before. I was hoping to beat my previous time of 5:12 but was more than a bit dismayed by the weather report! As I got my pacing horribly wrong in my first marathon I
This was my first marathon, although I've run a few half-marathons in the last five years. I started running just after the death of our daughter in January 2007, as a way to help me deal with my grief and also to raise funds for Children's Liver
running for charity (Breast Cancer Care) in what was certainly the pinkest shirt on the course. The run started off OK, got over the start in 19 minutes and started the slow process of going past the other runners. Things were going well, felt really good
I had a real rollercoaster of a run: my training had been cut short in mid-March from a horrid virus that laid me low for 2 weeks, but I had run up to 20 miles in training by then anyway, so I was determined to run.I started well, not too fast
away and I felt pretty good on the starting line.Running with so many people wearing personal messages about lost or huring loved ones, I tried not to let the emotion get to me too much. Besides, I had agreed to run for two charities and raised a few
