to meet other forum members at the start - and thank you especially to Plodding Hippo who helped me keep calm and gave some sound words of advice!Probably the most memorable moment (maybe for him than for me!) was, having missed the toilets at the start

hols. A bit of running, home a day, then down to London. Didn't feel nervous, felt great, knew what I was letting myself in for. At the green start plenty of toilets for us ladies, bin bag on, off we went. Went through 6 miles in 42 mins, felt great

falls to the ground and gets jeered at by other spectators!Biggest surprise(s): Finding sufficient toilet paper at the start area, though I had brought my own. Only taking a minute to cross the starting line.Other memorable moment(s): Being warm enough

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

elite could see just how much they slowed down in the last half of the marathon!!!The toilets had enormous queues!! Women were queuing outside gents toilets and nobody even batted an eyelid! The queues were obviously quicker at the gents, as is always

words of advice!Probably the most memorable moment (maybe for him than for me!) was, having missed the toilets at the start, having to pop down a side road behind a wall to have a toilet break. I was determined not to lose what looked like at least five

? Get in the toilet queue at the start much earlier so that I can enjoy the build-up rather than missing the start gun.Biggest surprise? I didn't see the first mile marker, so thought I was running way behind my plan... then I saw mile two!At 5:27 I

in 6:07, the time to beat was 5:44. I enjoyed the experience more, ran better, had a plan and only a toilet queue upset that plan...It's a marathon miracle.Julia Williams, 5:28:08 The weekend was brilliant right from the start: my twin and her husband

and a PA system playing music and chat. I decided I ought to queue up for a toilet, which took up 45 of my 60 minutes, but was well worth it. If you haven't run in a mass-participation event before it's hard to describe what it feels like. The pace

hours, having done my first, 2002, in 4:20. I was on a delayed train from Charing Cross, so I didn't get to the red start until bang on 9.45am. I then realised I needed the toilet, so left the start and ran to a Portaloo. I didn't expect to be sitting