'd never run on my own before. I tried to walk it off, a lovely man dressed in a grass skirt asked if I was ok and told me the only answer was to drop out. That wasn't an option; all those people who had supported us were watching, our families near and far

Time: 5:56My Personal Race Report: Flora London Marathon 2004"So I thought best that I write down what the event was actually like.  To almost everyone reading this, running a marathon is something that is on their "before I get old, to do list

it was time to put up and shut up. But I did it, and missed my target of a sub-4 and came in at 4:07...and that was it. I'd done it - I'd run a marathon. Move on.And I did move on - and carried on running in other events - but crucially I got started doing

"the wall" between miles 22 and 23, but managed to keep running. My feet were on fire, my legs didn't belong to me and my head was pounding.If I had felt like that a few miles earlier I would have had to walk but with just over three miles to go I

if you like) of this great race. The worst moment? Hitting, or rather colliding with the Wall at mile 17. I don't know how, but all my meticulous race preparation just went to pot, and between miles 17 - 24 I simply had to run/walk, unlike last year

who witnessed the event, either as a runner or a spectator will know why: it is quite simply the greatest running event in the world!RFJ, 3:51The start area was great. I met up with Tea and Toast Man, AlanM and Dunnarunner as planned on the 3:30 forum

'll be back next year... It was one of the best days of my life!Westwoody, 3:47My favourite part of the race this year were the crowds, who were out in force. I stopped running at 22 miles and started to walk, but the crowd started shouting at me to run

that the start was at Blackfriars not Blackheath caused some difficulties in rendez-vous with the rest of the family!Best moment: finally seeing my family at Mile 18 - a great boost at that stage of the run.The RW e-mails have been really good and have helped

at all felt like a huge achievement after struggling with my training all this year and only three weeks ago planning to pull out. This one was most definitely for him.Wixey, 3:28:47 This was my first competitive run of any kind. I have to say I'm very

at this point were really enjoying themselves.Then a quick DLR ride to Mudchute to join the other team 8 supporters, where it was great to cheer on not only the runners allocated to team 8 but all forumites running. Some were having a hard time