" cannot not be recognized as legitimate for world record purposes.this article is extracted from edition 1106 of the Analytical Distance Runner, the email newsletter of the Association of Road Racing Statisticians
in more Vaseline than a cross-channel swimmer...” Read the full quote--I felt like I was setting a new world record as the crowd cheered me around the whole 26.2 miles. Wearing the bright yellow star of the Starlight Children's Foundation with my name on
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
, runners of all ages and abilities, and of course the stories just emerging of those who took 19 hours+ to complete the course on prosthetic limbs.To be in a race surrounded by these people as well as world champions and record holders is quite awe
Belfast last year in 3:11, but did not really do the full training. This year I followed the sub 3hr schedule and felt really confident that I could break 3hrs. I ran 2:51, so can I say a big thank you to Runner’s World for getting me there. One
was doing otherwise and wouldn't have recorded anything near my time of 4hr 09 mins.Duracell, 4:01:11I don't think any other running event will top that! What a day. The weather, the support, the buzz and feeling I got as I ran round were all bloody
at 13 miles, 22 miles and then just coming out of the stairs at Embankment Tube. The abuse they hurled at me and encouragement they gave me got me running again to the finish line and into the record books in 26,793rd place. The worst part of the day
slower movers.Nigel Lapthorne, 5:57 I haven't done any real form of exercise for the past 14 years, and at the age of 36 I have now completed my first marathon in 5hrs 57. No world record but for someone who has bandy legs, quite an achievement ;-)Q
forumees.Andy Summers, 3:42 This London Marathon was one of the most fantastic and memorable achievements of my life. I desperately wanted to run sub-4 and I did it in 3 hours 42 - not world record time by any stretch of the imagination, but everyone's PB
starting pens head off into the distance, but it doesn't matter as we are all using electronic chips to record our start and finish times.9.55am and I'm through the start, no turning back now. The first few miles are taken at a slow trot as people start
