After four solid months of living, breathing and eating marathon, the 26th April 2009 finally arrived, along with my first challenge.  I successfully ran the Flora London Marathon on Sunday dressed as a Bumble Bee, with an official finishing time of 3hr 52min 41sec, placing 8,414 out of 35,206 marathon runners.

After fighting injury throughout the most part of my marathon training, I am proud to advise that on Sunday I ran the full distance from start to finish, maintaining a steady pace of 8:45mins/mile (5:30min/km), without any trouble from my knee or ITB.  I am well chuffed with my achievement.

I owe a special thank you to the Realbuzzers, as without your support and encouragement over the past few months, I may have never made it to the start line in the first place. I would also like to thank those who came along on Sunday to cheer me on!!

I am excited to share that my current fundraising total for my charity Sense has now reached £3,394.28 (AU$7,058) including GiftAid.

However remember, I am only half way through my Double Marathon Challenge for Charity, with one marathon down and one more to go!!!  I have less than five weeks to recover and prepare both mentally and physically for another hard slog of 26.2miles (42.2kms). This will be the most difficult part of my training, as without finding the correct balance of rest and training, I may be setting myself up to crash and burn in Edinburgh.

I have written about my London Marathon Experience…if you would like to read about it, please visit the London Marathon Page…or alternatively, follow this link: http://zoemarathon.goannatravel.com/london-marathon-2009/

Photos will be uploaded in the next few days.