Harrier Pete Lemon was one of four Harriers to compete in this years London Marathon.

On what was to turn out to be an eventful day, Pete ran an excellent race and maintained a steady pace going through the half way mark in a time of 1:36 and hung on well to finish  in a time of 3:39. A really good first Marathon and a sign of great things to come.

Further down the field the warmth of the day was to prove its toll on many runners.  Despite many months of structured training, John McClelland in his first Marathon as an over 60, was unable to find his rhythm and battled on to the half way mark before retiring to fight another day.

Fiona Whittaker in her first attempt at the  Marathon, was also to fall victim to things just not going right on the day. Although things were not going well, Fiona just kept on pushing hard, and despite the best efforts of Kevin Dwyer who was pacing her around the course Fiona had to pull out just 800 Metres from the finish line. Many thanks to the Doctors and the St John Ambulance people who looked after her so well. Fiona is determined to go back and finish the Job in the 2008 Marathon