London Marathon 2025

Posted on: Monday 28th April 2025

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London Marathon 2025

Race report by Karen:

Yesterday I completed the London marathon, albeit very slowly! My training hadn’t gone anywhere near as well as it could, so I knew I wouldn’t be anywhere close to my marathon pb, but with the addition of the very hot weather it took even longer than I’d hoped and I finally crossed the line in a time of 6:02:14.

I set off just after 11am and it was already very hot. I knew it was going to be a long day but just wanted to complete the course and try to enjoy the experience. The spectator support the whole length of the course was incredible, fantastic bands, music blasting out, so many people with signs and handing out sweets, constant cheers, it was so loud the whole way round. Chris and the girls did an amazing job of getting around the course and managed to see me 5 times which really kept me going when I needed it most. There were frequent showers on the course which I took full advantage of to try to cool down and I high fived many, many children and tapped a lot of power up signs!

It was an amazing experience and I feel lucky to have been part of it; after I’d finished yesterday I said there was no way I’d consider doing it again – but that was yesterday 😉

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