London Marathon

Listed by Mike Burns
  • Rated 86%
  • 26.2mi
  • Road
Entrants (38) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
Go-KL This was a horrible race - my first marathon. The problem was in the training living in South London, basing most of it on a fairly short commute to central London and running sporadically and not concentrating that much on long runs - and those I did regularly ended in cramp - most horrifically so when I pulled up in Regent's Park and had to hobble all the way home. 
Having got quite comfortable running half marathons, I was once again naïve in how to approach the marathon distance. Still though the first miles were awesome, running in such cramped surroundings and being cheered on by so many people.
I was fine to halfway (1:40 ish) buit at 18 miles hit a huge wall that was followed by a huge rain shower and a chill in the air that left my lucky baggy cotton grey shorts and cotton t-shirt 3 times their weight and perishingly cold. 
I shivered and crawled my way to the finish. I wasn't going to quit, I never envisaged such a thing happening and I was most proud to be the first person I knew to run a marathon. But the experience left me physically and mentally scarred for a few months earlier - a knee injury left me unable to run properly for around 6 months. Grantham Running club 2:40:47 3:42:00 3:25:00 3:42:00 54.76
Auld fat Ironman Going ok until 18m then wheels came off.
5m - 34:00
10m - 66:37
20m - 2:19 Clydesdale Harriers, Glasgow Triathlon Club 2:42:09 3:10:58 3:10:58 65.21
cake muncher Placed 569th. Falkland Trail Runners 2:42:41 2:50:00 2:50:00 71.52
Fat Boy 1714th and run ivolved 3 ball juggling all the way!! Carnegie Harriers 2:50:30 3:05:38 3:05:38 65.48
Andy 1 shoe Money Sparkhill Harriers 2:50:49 2:59:54 2:59:54 67.58
iPaul 2:56:56 watch time - 2:58:43 is gun time. Bedford Harriers AC 2:56:56 2:58:43 2:58:43 68.03
Malc26.2 Astley & Tyldesley Road Runners 3:06:03 3:12:59 3:12:59 62.99
puzzler Unaffiliated 3:11:41 3:28:41 3:28:41 58.25
WineRunner52 Road Runners Club 3:11:49 3:11:49 3:23:10 64.79
Insomniac Winchester & District AC 3:11:54 4:31:00 4:31:00 49.51
M. Diddy Team Trisports, North Herts Road Runners 3:12:32 3:49:37 3:49:37 53.23
Decrepit Dad Unaffiliated 3:13:29 4:30:47 4:30:47 45.29
Hodgy Thorney Running Club 3:14:17 3:31:10 3:31:10 57.56
Mike Burns Shetland AAC 3:14:45 3:19:20 3:19:20 66.60
Smugbloke Tri-Anglia 3:17:51 3:38:39 3:38:39 55.59
Cris Garth Unaffiliated 3:19:33 4:21:39 4:21:39 47.59
chrishunt Corsham RC 3:27:19 3:39:48 3:39:48 55.61
deanosaur Larkfield AC 3:29:04 3:55:00 3:55:00 53.35
Cobham Runner Harvel Hash House Harriers 3:32:34 4:26:58 4:26:58 49.31
Hoof it Thetford AC 3:39:20 3:39:20 3:39:20 56.15
Gavvers Wrexham AAC 3:39:44
Slow and Ultra Steady Did this as a silly young man with no knowledge and little training but got round in the end Ipswich JAFFA RC 3:44:00 5:08:30 5:00:00 5:08:30 39.40
Warton Runner Unaffiliated 3:45:58 3:45:58 3:30:00 3:45:58 53.95
supersquirrel Chippenham Harriers 3:46:00 4:29:29 5:00:00 4:29:29 45.11
MidgeRunner 1st time and best so far. Chiltern Harriers AC 3:46:00 3:46:00 3:30:00 3:46:00 53.85
branie99 Silson Joggers AC 3:46:51 3:57:03 3:57:03 51.34
chunky boy Hastings Runners 3:49:54 3:51:16 3:51:16 52.56
sandgrounder Unaffiliated 3:50:02 4:11:00 4:00:00 4:11:00 48.43
Nailsea Plodder Unaffiliated 3:50:03 3:50:03 3:50:03 54.50
Goldeagle Unaffiliated 3:52:44 4:20:17 4:20:17 51.45
Strutbrother Axe Valley Runners 3:56:00 3:56:00 3:56:00 51.79
Achilles Unaffiliated 3:58:00 3:58:00 4:00:00 3:58:00 51.07
Albert O Balsam Unaffiliated 4:06:00 4:41:00 4:41:00 43.26
runForestfanrun UKnetrunner 4:19:09 5:42:56 5:42:56 35.45
hillcrawler Unaffiliated 4:29:00 5:09:00 5:09:00 43.35
redtoenails Unaffiliated 4:33:00 4:33:00 4:33:00 50.00
Marathon Mike Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies 4:50:32 5:27:38 5:27:38 37.31
Detal Unaffiliated 6:02:51 6:28:04 6:28:04 34.59

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