The Virgin London Marathon is always one of the highlights of the global running calendar and yesterday’s race didn’t disappoint. Many PB’s were attempted, many achieved, some missed but regardless an eventful day was had by all with Guinness World
. I finished in 37:30 and when I returned eight weeks later I improved my time by over two minutes.My next goal was a 10K race and while researching 10K runs, I stumbled across the registration for the 2012 London Marathon and, on a whim, applied for a
My name is Brian Kent. Like some of you, this was my first marathon. Looking back, the 16-week training programme I set myself certainly kept me focused and re-joining a gym certainly helped. Six one-on-one sessions with a training instructor
My name is Alex Milne. I am 20 years old and this was my third (consecutive) London Marathon. The previous two went horribly wrong - in the first, I was aiming for 3:10 but finished in 3:30; in the second, I wanted sub-3:00 and finished in 3
, first in my right calf then my left, which made me look a bit of a wimp as I winced and yelped.That was my Virgin London Marathon 2010. We all had a great weekend. We’ve raised a lot of money for Myeloma UK which is what we set out to do and I beat
of the London Marathon with a fractured leg?!I would very much love to thank all the spectators that shouted and cheered me on and also several kind runners who stopped to ask me if I was OK, whether I wanted any Ibuprofen and told me how proud my cousin would
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 and I had no idea what to expect. It was amazing.At the start I got caught in the loo queue so was in a cubicle when the klaxon went. I didn't see the numbered pens as I rushed to the start so ended up running in pen 6
(over the course of about 6 months) to knock my 5K PB time down from around 24 minutes to 19:56!Admittedly, this time is not official. It was measured during one particular Thursday in April, at a 5K handicap race against the people at the Virgin London
.I decided to run the London Marathon this year after speaking to the CLDF Chief Executive at a memorial service last summer. It seemed a fitting time to run again to raise money for them, as it would be the fifth anniversary of Ellen's death. Luckily for me
