Hello! Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

On Sunday, 17th April 2011 I completed the Virgin London Marathon! I ran in aid of the Scottish SPCA, Scotland's leading animal welfare charity, in a time of 6 hours 14 minutes 29 seconds.

What a fantastic experience- the sun shone and the crowd support was awesome. Perfect conditions really! I was aiming for a finishing time of under 5 hours, and looked to be on target after reaching mile 12 in just under 2 hours....the humidity and growing heatwave had other ideas though, and soon put paid to that target!!

I was delighted to finish and can honestly say I enjoyed every aspect of my first marathon; aside from resembling John Wayne the day afterwards (more a waddle than a walk), I haven't suffered any ill-effects, not even a blister! Shiny medal pics and official photos from the day to follow.....

Huge thanks to everyone who made a donation via this page and also to those who supported my fundraising offline- your generosity means a lot and will go a long way towards helping the animals who will benefit from it most :)

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Many thanks

Marie