Wednesday 20th April 2011

Well the big day has passed and the marathon is now over. After all the training and obtaining a fitness level good enough to treat the London Marathon as just another run, I was over come by Plantar Fascitis . I was suffering with it for a few weeks in my left foot, I stopped training the week of the marathon to rest my foot. However right from the start of the race it was hurting, unfortunately the pain became excruciating and I had to slow my pace right down and finished with a 4:11 time.I shall be applying for 2012 marathon as I'm not happy with that time lol. I might even run the Southend Half Marathon in June....

My partner Lisa did really well for not just her first marathon but her first organised race ever !!

Lisa was a little unhappy with her time of 4:27 but as this was her very first race ever and not used to fighting her way through the masses or running in the hot sun, I think all in all she did very well ! Lisa has now got the running bug and has already said about running another London Marathon for a quicker time lol.....