London Marathon - I appear to have something in my eye

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One of the runners started collapsing 200m from the finish. His legs were uncontrolled and he fell. Another runner stopped and picked him up and was pointing at the finish line and urging him on and between him and a marshall managed to get him to the finish line.

I must be hormonal or something, it was just so, so lovely.

Well done to all the runners today, especially my friends husband running in memory of their little boy. You are all bloody incredible.

Anyway the times don't matter as these were just fun runners.

So only the times of an elite runner 'counts' then? Have you never heard of club runners, or personal bests, or just a general sense of achievement???

You have to remember that these men have been training for months and months for this run. Both are club runners and both on for very good times. Of course there times matter, to them and to their clubs.

Look at the other Swansea runner - a club runner, not elite, and running his first LM AND he qualified!

Had David Wyeth received medical attention I believe he would have been disqualified, and he was so determined to finish - he was so close. He'd have been absolutely gutted not to finish, from my experience of runners and other athletes I know. Medical staff were following his every move - had things really taken a turn for the worse, and they do know what they are doing and what to look out for, they'd have stepped in and looked after him. But they also know that this man would have been so desperate to complete the race and how important it would have been to him.

And no - another athlete helping you doesn't always mean disqualification - remember the Brownlee brothers in similar circumstances, in a triathlon competition. They was deemed within the rules of the official competition at the time too.

Retores your faith in human nature doesnt it?

Sorry when i said times don't matter i mean it in the sense they are not pro, so it's just a hobby and they won't loose sponsorship or ranking.