All was going really well for a sub-4 hour target, until I needed to use some of my Lucozade Sport running gels, after then the stomach ache and tummy cramps set in, a very needed pit-stop to the toilet lost me vital time! 4.07 was my official time
with everyone else, 15 minutes later we were off! Me: ex-couch potato, three stone lighter and with just over a year of running, doing the London Marathon!It was clear that Linsey was a much quicker runner than me so I told her to leave me but she didn't want
I was in Pen 8 of the Blue start after 6 years of applying. I couldn't believe I was about to "do" the marathon - one of my bucket list challenges. Anyway me and this other lady had been sitting in this bus stop in the pen and then slowly we began
The London Marathon is truly one of the greatest races of all time. I’m a person who loves a challenge and I certainly love an adventure and my race yesterday was certainly that. The first half of the race was fine. At the halfway point I thought I
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
enjoyed it at the time, but I desperately wanted to get better. I hated that I wasn't good at it. I'd always had the London Marathon at the back of my mind as 'something I wanted to do before I was 30'. So after my first 5K, with time ticking on
before, with 10 weeks of actual running, and a maximum distance of 19 miles under my belt, here I was attempting the London Marathon, wondering what on earth I was doing! After the trip in from Abbey Wood to Blackheath, Em and I walked across the common
! From an almost standing start, I knew I would have to train hard to cope and it was a rocky road. I had done a half-marathon before but hadn't run for months. Luckily I had a decent physio and was driven by fear of failure.I thought I had some idea what
"If you're ever losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon." Kathrine Switzer - Woman's Marathoning Pioneer. An observation that I certainly felt when I went to watch my sister run London in 2009.I applied to run the following year
helped.On Saturday, the family and I arrived at the Expo in time for a nice lunchtime picnic before going in and really setting the excitement ball rolling. That said, driving through London and having seen the signs warning of road closures and various
