 1990
3 hours 16 minutes Good first attempt - 20 miles per week just not enough! | 1991 
3 hours 15 minutes A minute faster the lycra tracksters made some difference! | 1992 
3 hours 36 minutes Warm day - 30 mpw training still not enough! |
1993 
3 hours 18 minutes Almost back on form. | 1994 
3 hours 06 minutes Getting my act together now - but 40 mpw is still not enough. | 1995 
3 hours 25 minutes
Good run but just not getting it quite right.
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1996 3 hours 16 minutes Good time but no photos to show! | 1997 2 hours 54 minutes After seven years a change in strategy was needed. I subsequently reduced my weight from 13 stone 4 pounds to 11 stone 12 pounds and increased my training distance from 40 to 60 miles a week which included speed work
| 1998 3 hour 24 minutes I took it easy achieving a commendable time |
1999 3 hours 05 minutes Back on form - A 3rd place PB | 2000 2 hours 58 minutes! My 2nd sub-3 London | 2001 3 hours 21 minutes Pleased, considering 25 mpw training |
2002 6 hours 14 minutes This was my 13th London and not being too suspicious I decided to challenge my wife, Anne to do the run with me. Cutting a very long story short I crossed the line with Anne in 6 hours14 minutes! Perhaps one of my slowest performances but nevertheless one of my most memorable. The story unfolds in a special page dedicated to Anne's Marathon Run | 2003 3 hours 4 minutes A tremendous time considering I had just run all the way from Paris to get to the start line! Find out more of this epic eight marathon week in my: Paris to London page 
| 2004 04 hours 21 minutes Bad run - experiencing a lot of sciatic pain in my right hip |
| 2005 3 hours 40 minutes Still problems with the sciatic pain in the hip. Needs attention! | 2006 3 hours 28 minutes 
Not a bad performance on 2005 - still some sciatic pain slowing me up. Cold, drizzily conditions but excellent crowd support. The best I've seen in 17 years. | 2007 3 hours 48 minutes Earlier in the year I found that if I ran on my toes my sciatic pain ceased! So what about running 26 miles on my toes? I found out that the pain started around 16 miles. I was able to perform a piriformis stretch and again at 20 miles and finished the marathon much better than I had in the last 3 years since the problem started.I now need to work on my toe running and look into some gel inserts in my shoes. Clearly the impact of my heel striking the road was causing all the problems. Here's to the next pain free 50 Marathons!! |
| 2008 4 hours 28 minutes This year the marathon formed part of my "Long Way Up" Challenge. London was my 13th consecutive road marathon in 13 days. Despite having run 370 miles from Land's End my time was respectable considering I also had a septic left toe and ran in some pain for much of the race. 
| 2009 2009 will be my 20th London. Do I stop here or go on to 25?..... | 2010 |
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I would be pleased to chat with anyone about the London Marathon  
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