Well done 
Just seen on Facebook there is a Royal Marine running it with a 26kg fridge on his back. The weight shouldnt be an issue for him but the bulk uncomfortableness of it must be hard going.
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Nice!
Ended up in the Porterhouse a bit further into Covent Garden if anyone went to the Chandos
I follow comedian Ivo Graham on Twitter, mainly because he’s local to Swindon. He did 2:59. From what I can tell not much of a running background, at least no history on PowerOf10.
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Phew. Had a bit of time to digest it all now. I’m probably the slowest runner round here so I don’t have a time to rave about but I got the job done. Miles off a PB but also 7 years since my last marathon.
London is next level bonkers. It’s almost too overwhelming at times.
Tesco express’s finest Recovery food selection…
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Well done, was tracking you, it’s a great race.
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I apparently made it onto tv too coming into the finish. 15 seconds of fame is done 
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Oh and I shouted at Chrissie as she ran past and got a smiley thank you. She’s still completely muscle and in amazing shape.
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Well done all!!! I hope you found time to enjoy the experience!
I guess one of the benefits of a wave start with defined wave start times is that the whole field isn’t trying to get to the start by train at the same time.
For the two times that I did London and the one time I was there supporting Mrs W the trains to Blackheath were absolutely rammed. The most direct route for me to get there would be to get the Tube to London Bridge and then get on the overland to Blackheath, but the trains were always full before they got to London Bridge, so it was easier to go to Charing Cross and get on an empty train there even though it’s a longer journey
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It’s because of this that they can increase the numbers doing it and will keep pushing it. I found the crowds and general people around the city much more than when I ran in 2015.
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It really is quite something. I chatted to an American guy at the finish and he said he’s run Chicago before but London was on another level.
We had pi$$ing rain for about 8.5 miles and then the last 16 was running in wet shoes and socks. Lovely.
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I know a lot of people pick a spot and watch the whole race go by, but the beauty of the London course is that if you’re clever with public transport you can see someone multiple times during their race, especially now with decent tracking and smart phones
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They’ve created this with Manchester too. It’s quite nice to be able to get to a few spots to watch.
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Ooft. 4:10:47 for me today, happy with that, couldn’t have gone any quicker. Definitely all the time on the bike and in the pool has helped, as felt fine in terms of heart rate, breathing and stuff. Just lack the strength in the legs.
Paced it pretty evenly and the drop off at the end wasnt quite as bad as I feared. So for a first effort I’m pleased. Props to my physio for getting me to the start line.
One of the lady helpers was saying this the is the final COVID place roll over so there around somewhere between 4000 and 8000 more runners than usual.
First 90mins flew by, felt great, loving life. Tower bridge was cool. The slog off of Tower Bridge along and round Mudchute/Canary Wharf was really tough going.
Felt better from 17 miles being able to tick them down in single figures, but definitely seemed like my legs were going but I wasn’t moving very fast 
Top tip for getting on main BBC coverage: inadvertently go round and then move in front of a celeb runner on the home straight. Sorry Perri.
How the **** do you guys all run an hour quicker than that?! Absolutely bonkers.
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Well done. 
Well, IME the trick seems to be to enter on 15hrs notice and run a 3.38 but it seems like a one shot deal. 
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Have to say, that was great. Such a huge number of people out watching and supporting, despite the rain. The whole atmosphere was fantastic - there really is a lot of noise!
I ended up taking option 2ish… 3:39 for me - toddling along quite happily and through half in 1:40, then just after Tower Bridge my hamstring decided it wasn’t having it, so that was that. Kept rolling the pace back until it was manageable before it decided to throw its toys properly out of the pram heading back down towards Tower Hill. Cue a long stop-start roll to the finish. At least I spent a bit more time soaking up the atmosphere.
Not ideal, but a (mostly) enjoyable day out.
ETA: the men’s and women’s races sound epic, I need to check out the highlights.
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If you are slow you tend to start running in the mild-discomfort zone and then enter the severe discomfort zone for the last 2-3 hrs of the event. If you are running quickly then you are in the severe discomfort zone much earlier, but it is all over quicker, so overall it hurts for less time. A lot more pain in the training/lifestyle though, to achieve a faster time.
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Next time lad 3:30
We’re not dead yet!!
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I’m one of those. But that is only 10% of the numbers and they’ve known about those numbers the longest - before any ballot or GFA allocation. I’m afraid I think all the big event organisers have seen that wave starts allow them to get more people in therefore make more money. The numbers won’t go down now. It’s a tough ask of the volunteers because it’s a long day!
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