London Marathon

MayBee70

I don’t think people realise how difficult it is to get to run in the marathon. Or that you have to register before a certain time (maybe even the night before?) which was a worry last year because of the rail strikes. She didn’t raise money for charity as she’d had an injury and wasn’t sure if she would make the race. My son did a half marathon to raise money for a commemorative park bench for a little friend of his sons. I was more worried about him because my daughter has always ran but he only took it up to raise money for the bench. I can’t remember how I managed to find the end of the London race.

I thought I heard that registration for next year closes next Friday.

I meant signing in for the actual race which is either very early on the day of the race or even the night before ( I can’t remember). And if you miss the deadline for signing in you can’t run.

My friends drove up yesterday.

Good luck to everyone running/walking the Marathon today, and hope your son does well Maddyone. 😊

4 hours, 26 mins, 49 seconds. Well done my boy, and well done to everyone else who ran. They were all wonderful. My son has raised £1,796 for the Royal Parks. He committed to raising £2000 so will put the rest in himself. Considering he had an injury at Christmas and had to take three weeks out of training, he’s done pretty well.

Well done to your son Maddyone it's a fantastic achievement.

Bravo to your son maddyone!

Wow, your son is amazing maddy. Hope he wont be too sore in the morning.

4 hrs 59mins 26secs for my son in law!

He raised nearly £2,000 for cancer research in memory of his mum.

👏👏👏 to your son, Maddyone.

Very well done to your son MaddyOne and what a brilliant sum of money to raise for The Royal Parks.
The womens race was amazing and the Dutch girl who won was so down to earth she could not believe she came first.

Every single person who took part and ran are amazing watching all of them was so uplifting they all put there heart and soul into it and all of them deserve a medal

kitty well done to your son in law and what a wonderful charity he chose to raise money for, an excellent achievement.
Thanks to all congratulating my son too, he did really well considering the injury he sustained at Christmas time. He had to up his run lengths too quickly so I’m told, because of the enforced rest over the injury period, so he really did well with that background. Plus his first ever marathon.

I’m sending my congrats to every single runner. What a magnificent accomplishment to run 26 miles. It takes a lot of training over months and years and I think they’re all wonderful to see it through.

My daughter’s got a place in the Berlin marathon in September but she’s got a back injury and so we’ll have to see. She did the Athens marathon pre Covid but no marathons since then.

Well done to your son, maddyone, your son-in-law, kittylester and to everyone who competed.

Well done to your son,*Maddy*.

My son in law also injured his leg a few weeks ago but he was determined to do it.

Aren't they superstars!

Well done brave runners - I hope they all had a great day - running like this is no mean achievement!

My DIL ran in todays Marathon- 2nd one of 3 she’s doing to raise money for MND. My son went to London to support her, so me and Grandad had the kids, delivered here yesterday, returned to their home this evening.
To be honest, think me and Grandad are more exhausted after this weekend than DIL

Well done all 👏

It’s a real accomplishment to finish a full marathon. Good luck to your son. I know you and family are proud. 😃

Depending on his age and condition - if he’s motivated he can go for the gold! 🏅

When his wife died my son ran the marathon for Cancer Research but he didn’t train enough and came in with an hour to spare so he was really pleased especially as his 2 year old was waiting for him near the finish. However nobody mentioned about cutting his toenails and he was in agony and both big toe nails eventually came off! He made lots of money for the cause though and I was so proud of him.

So good to see these mass events returning after the nightmare of 2 years of lockdown. A fantastic opportunity for participants to raise money for so many, worthy charitable causes. Our own Great North Run (half marathon) is scheduled to take place here on Tyneside on 10th September, when Sir Mo Farah will say his goodbyes after a long and illustrious career. We'll certainly be watching, as the route passes within 400 yards of our house.

Well done to your son MaddyOne and to everyone else's friends and family who ran it too. We were travelling through London yesterday early evening and couldn't work out why the train stations and underground were so busy until we remembered it was marathon day! Our mainline train home was packed, full of exhausted runners with their medals around their necks, proud families and exhausted spectators who had covered the whole route. Lovely atmosphere !!

Congratulations to all the runners. It's a wonderful event and great to watch. The elite runners seem to travel at the speed of a racing car. When my son took part, he sent his cheerleaders home on the bus, saying he'd follow on later using a city bike. They were all locked for the occasion, so he decided to walk home...

I could not watch it all as was going to a rehearsal for a concert on sunday 30th april. But saw some of the start etc and what was so wonderful to me is the uplifting sight f so many decent people doing their best to help others and many charities. It has not been just a last minute thought. They have had to train and practice for some time. When we see the news of lying cheating politicians and selfish greedy people only concerned with their own lives to watch all these people making that effort and that we can see that there are more decent people in the world than the horrible ones. We just dont hear about them so much! I wish that they would put a bit of the run at the end of the news which is usually upsetting, annoying or both. Well done everyone who made such an effort.