London Marathoners 2018

Well done blackspaniel and loudest. Agree that from mile 18 it was really tough and that the crowds were amazing and overwhelming at points! I came in at 5:01:50 which was also about half an hour longer than I expected. We can all be very proud. And knackered! I'm just about to have a massage 😀

Hi all, back home in Yorkshire after a hectic weekend! Well that was not enjoyable at all from mile 18, god it was so hot, even at the start my face was burning from the sun. So, as expected, I took much longer than hoped, and finished in 5.15, half an hour slower than my first marathon.

At mile 20 I seriously thought I wouldn't finish, but I did and am so relieved.

The atmosphere was mad, the noise from the crowd deafening at points which was both uplifting and overwhelming. Tower bridge was my favourite bit as I still had some energy at that time.

Well done Loudest it was super tough. My strava tracked me as doing 28.7 miles, that can't be right, but it did feel like it .

It was hot, tough and horrible, but happy with 7 hours and 6 seconds. Covered 26.58 miles..

Good luck to you all for today. I ran last year and it was an incredible experience. Whatever happens just try to enjoy it and soak up the atmosphere.

Good luck to you all tomorrow

Thank you so much! I'll update tomorrow....

Theonly you beat me to it! Good luck to you all this Sunday. I did London last year, my first marathon, and it was amazing! I hope you all have a great day, take time to look around and drink it all in. Don't stress about the forecast heat, just take it a bit easier, use the showers ( I loved the showers!) and there will be plenty of water available. Enjoy!

I was also supposed to be doing London on Sunday but 2 marathons in a week is asking for trouble. I had to take 6 months off running last year due to injury so have deferred my place to 2019.

Just wanted to say a massive GOOD LUCK to everyone for Sunday! I ran Boston on Monday and am really struggling with stairs today! The weather was absolutely horrific (heavy rain/30mph headwind/freezing cold) but I survived!

Have an amazing day everyone and soak up every minute of this very special day! x

Don't worry spaniel I live in Essex. I'm going to be travelling to the expo tomorrow, I'm going bring my two sons and my husband and make a day of it.
I'm lucky on Sunday, my friend is running for St Luke's Hospice and has got me a space on their minibus to the start.

tantrum, I was hoping to do under 5 hrs, but my body rebelled massively at mile 18, so I ended up with 5 hr 30. I definitely didn't enjoy the power station!
However, as it was my first marathon, I'm just pleased I finished and it hasn't put me off doing another one

Massive good luck for Sunday, Loudest and spaniel

God sorry Loudest like I don't know you are doing London!! I obviously mean Love and have so little focus I mixed up two L user names .

So Loudest are you local to London or travelling in? When are you going to the expo? I am travelling down from up north on Friday, going to expo Saturday. Am a bit worried about getting around though with the train strikes. I keep reading what people in the know are advising, but as I have no idea of the area, I am stressing about getting my number!

spaniel I've not done mine yet

Huge congratulations Loudest and botter you must feel proud of yourselves, you've done amazingly well.

Hope the DOMS have not been too bad in the past days.

4 days to go for me..... I can't focus on anything, my mind keeps wandering back to picturing myself at the start line, feeling sick!

I'm ok actually Loudest . I expect tomorrow will be worse. Had to go to work this morning so had to get up and move! That last few miles in the rain where we doubled back started to play mind games with me bottersnikes how did you do? Did you enjoy it? Realised this morning I'd got sun burn!! Must have been before the cold rain.

Well done tantrum, I did Brighton yesterday too (my first marathon), those last miles were really tough in the cold and rain.
Hope you can rest well today.

Fantastic, well done! How you feeling this morning. That hill up to the train station is awful at the best of times!

I did it! 4 hr 57. The 40 minutes walk back to the train was the hardest! It was great actually although I kept crying weirdly felt so emotional to finally be doing it. Miles 22-24 were tough but managed to walk and jog and grabbed some sweets off the crowd for the last bit.

How did it go tantrum?

spaniel I had sun on my 10k this morning. Made it so much harder!

Ooh good luck for tomorrow LoveAGoodToddlerTantrum yes please let us know how you get on.

I just feel like I'm eating loads, not running much and am very bloated! I have been running still, so 3,5 and 3 so far this week, with 8 tomorrow but still feel like I'm being lazy. Can't wait to get there now, I've had such full on couple of weeks, Easter school hol, DD's birthday and I'm revising for an exam on Tues, but I suppose it's taken my mind off the marathon!

Hope everyone stays healthy in the next few days,.

It looks like it might be a bit warm in London, having done all my training in snow and icy conditions it will be a shock!

I'm so glad you said that. Tapering has knocked my confidence massively. I find the first few miles of all runs really unpleasant so I finish a short run at the moment feeling total crap!

Good luck for Sunday LoveAGoodToddlerTantrum let us know how you get on! How have you found tapering? It's making me doubt everything, cos I've not run for 10days
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A massage sounds like a great plan. I've got 4 days to go until Brighton and my DD is home with a stomach bug. I'm being sympathetic but also disinfecting everything so I don't get it!!!

Less than 2 weeks!! I have a sports massage tonight. Hoping my knee gets sorted and I can enjoy tapering instead of panicking!