Time: 4:29Highlight - Mile 18 - Huge cheer by all forumites, chilled champagne courtesy of Ultra Meerkat, Jaffa Cake, but best of all the hugs from Ultra Meerkat and Flipper. Finally a huge cheer from everyone as I left.Lowpoint - being so cold

on Birdcage Walk and the Mall. My time? A truly pedestrian 6.13 - almost 90 minutes outside my only other marathon time. The chest infection picked up during the taper had not cleared and I started coughing up lots of gunk at Horse Guards and haven't stopped

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

3:00 TO 4:00 (Page 4) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 --MattyH, 3:16:14How to do your first marathon: Do the Flora London Marathon, on its 25th anniversary - the best race in the world. Ten days before the race, buy a new pair of running shoes

marathon on their birthday, it was fantastic. Best moment: the forum peeps singing 'Happy Birthday' to me at mile 17.Worst moment: stomach cramps at about 14-16 miles, but had some Immodium and they went away (Paula take note!) Most memorable: my two sons

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 8) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Mad Moo, 4:14I was a marathon virgin, a bit old as I am nearly 40. On race day I got up in a mad panic, looked at the alarm clock - past five o'clock and we were late

can keep with this’ so eased back. My ankle seemed OK, and was maintaining a good pace, going through half way around 1:43.mile 16: right leg started to hurt.mile 18-19: Quad went very tight, stretching was no use.mile 23: stopped at St John’s for quad

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

3:00 TO 4:00 (Page 3) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 --Tony P, 3:43:14This was my first marathon. I was looking forward to it with much excitement and I must admit that I was not let down! The crowd support was excellent all the way

4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 9) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Gillyhen, 4:26London was my first marathon. I did a half-marathon in 2001, and since then had been trying to get a place in London. It lived up to my every expectation