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Friday, 5 April, 2002, 13:34 GMT 14:34 UK
Your London Marathon messages
Around 32,000 brave runners are getting ready for the ultimate challenge - a 26.2-mile race through the streets of London.
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Wish this year's London Marathon runners well. A selection of your e-mails will be used throughout the BBC's Live coverage on Sunday.
The countdown has begun to the world's most famous road running event, the Flora London Marathon. As well as some of the world's fastest athletes, tens of thousands of runners of varying ability will be testing themselves to the limit on 14 April. It is a daunting journey from Greenwich to The Mall and many runners, raising money for charity, will need all the support they can get. Here is your chance to cheer on anyone you know taking part.
Good luck Stephen, you are the runniest brother in the world!
One week ago, David Mackertich, running today's marathon, competed in Australia's Ironman. Tordy, he's running again and supporting his fiancee, Lucy Pike, who has raised over £3000 for Children's Leukaemia. They have travelled from Kuala Lumpur to take part.
Good luck to Jane Tomlinson - terminally ill with breast cancer.I have just seen you being interviewed on BBC TV. You have so much courage!
Bless you.
Well done to Paula Radcliffe, that was amazing.
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To Simon Brooker, number 38063, Run Faster! You are doing another great job for charity and we are proud of you.
PS Please throw away your shoes afterwards.
Please please say 'Hello' to Pauline Chapman No 2358.We are so proud of her on her first marathon.Love you Grandma from your best Girls!
Hey everyone at London marathon!!! I just did the marathon on my excercise bike! all 26.2 miles in 1 hour 23 and 43 seconds! Im only 12. Good luck to Mrs.Amy who is running today, You can do it Miss!
Pease mention Steve Bowles from Bridport in Dorset.
In September last year he was involved in a serious accident & suffered life threatening head injuries. He was air ambulanced to hospital, and has since made a full recovery. Steve is running to raise funds for the Fire brigade Benevolent fund
Based here in the UK now but originally from Kenya. All the best to the Kenyan runners....Paul, Joyce etc. Bahati Mingi
Good luck to Brian Ellwood No 3573 from New Zealand. Running for the charity AIT. PS. Your mum rang from NZ yesterday but couldn't get through to wish you luck, guess you were out warming up.
Go GrandmaGrandma, GO
You can do it! We love you.
All the best on your debut London Marathon run, Charlie Dimmock, Just keep going, and I know you can do it.
Sergeant John Culwick (Royal Army Medical Corps) No 30,283 is running for Mary Ann Evans Hospice, despite being a Wolves Fan, he is a great bloke and all at work wish him well.
Good Luck to everyone in the race especially my CDT teacher Mr Sumner and Mr Holland a PE teacher also at my school.
Thanks to everybody who sponsored me for the marathon, loads of love to my wife Jane and boys Gareth, Daniel and Owen. I am running for Shropshire deaf children's society, and hope to raise £750. My race number is 10507.
Good luck to John Shuker running his first marathon for charity, from the whole family.
Good luck to Paula Craig in the wheelchair race, a very admirable feat less than one year since the accident leaving her paraplegic.
Good luck Glenn Treacy! We are hoping you will break the three hours. Run well, Max will be watching you.
Good luck to you all, particularly the Poole Runners and the Teignbridge Trotters. I ran the London Marathon five times before I emigrated but I still miss it!!
Yuplahoi boy, Philippe, 42 years-old now and we are running 42 km for you. You must not think that we will run even more km when you are 43.
;-) Your trainingpartners, Patrick (45) and Yves (46).
Best of luck to Mark Pitcaithly (New Zealand) on doing a sub 3hours in his first marathon.
Lynda Jones
xx
Yilma Woldgabreal, Australia
Owen - sub 4hrs - yeah right... go prove us wrong. Looking forward to seeing pics of the feet! We'll be thinking of you, good luck.
I ran the Marathon in 2000 and 2001. This year I am working in Silicon Valley so I won't be running it. Good luck and well done to everyone running it. It is a fantastic, amazing and extremely brave thing to do. Well done to all the supporters as well you don't know what a difference you make to the runners, I am sure that they couldn't do it without you! Just keep going and good luck once again.
Good luck to Patch running with me dressed as 7'0" dog (N0. 31251). Splendid effort last two years raising funds for Support Dog, training dogs for disability clients and rescue dogs for epilepsy seizure alert work. The charity does brilliant work and deserves a mention - cheer us on if you spot us. Good luck to all running - have a good one.
Good luck to everyone on Sunday but especially my dad, Peter Scott running his first marathon at 68 years young! He is running for the Wooden Spoon Society, a charity that supports handicapped and underprivileged youngsters. Go PL go! We're all really proud of you xxxx
Good luck to Stephen, my son who is running his first marathon.
Sally Pinto, USA
Good Luck to Martine Hales (runner 34064), running her first marathon and raising money for the Red Cross. "Come on Mrs H, we know you can do it!!!"
I would like to wish my son, Andrew Hickey, the very best of luck in this, his very first London Marathon. Andrew is competing in the Wheelchair Section of the race. He is hoping to finish in under 2hrs 50. He has been collecting sponsorship for the Delyn and Deeside Sports Club for the Disabled, and hopes to raise in the region of £500. Good luck Andrew, your Mum and Dad are very proud of you. In this Sunday's marathon there are four members of the same family running - is this a record ?? Andy, Tom and Tim Inchley and father Richard Inchley are all from Leighton Buzzard Running Club and are all in Sunday's race in their distinctive yellow and purple vests.
We wish them all good luck
Paul Rogerson, England
Lots of luck to Dave O'Grady, running for HEAL Cancer charity. Thanks for keeping me going with the training.
Good luck to all Hart Road Runners on Sunday - but especially to my husband, Arthur Donnelly, who has always dreamed of running in the same race as Haile G (or was it Ali G?). Olivia and I will be there cheering you on - GO FOR IT!
Good luck to Ken Cooper, probably the fastest 80 year old in London. 2:02 at Reading Half - remember BBC that not all the best runners are at the front and not all the oldest runners are at the back.
To Dr.Pingu-Helen, good luck fm Jayne, Jemima and Ang - we'll be cheering you and other fundraisers. Enjoy!!
Its going to be a very special day - for ALL the runners - as it was for me.
Good running to you all.
I would like to wish my gorgeous boyf Jamie loadsa luck. Hope you raise a fortune for the Riders xxxxxxxxxx
Good luck Bor billa!
May the fourth time be the fastest and easiest! love from Alison, Poppy,Ratbag & Scruffy
Good luck everybody. However, the victory is all ours, Ethiopians. Haile & Derartu will set a record in London.
On behalf of Consignia I will be taking photographs at London Bridge at Lower Thames Street (23 miles). If there are any Consignia employees running, look up - give me a big smile and wave and I will snap your magic moment.
Gloria & Jim Lunn, USA
With all best wishes to Kevin Steele..probably the heaviest man to run the marathon. Go for it Kev, all your colleagues are rooting for you!
Come on Little Bowsh, make your bone idle Big Bruv proud ! You can do it boy
Good luck Simon Pollard running for Children's Hospice S.W.Love Jo Bethanie & Harriet. XXXXXX
Good luck to Graham Thorpe running for Mary and to JJ Shepherd from Singapore running for Mental Health. We'll be there somewhere!
Erica, Uk
Good luck to Colorado Jones. Where's my case of NewCy Brown?
Julia Cooke-Simmons you can do it. You've done the training. You will get there. NO DOUBTS
On, on, Cheshire Hash House Harriers running for Children with Leukaemia and Outward Bound Trust.
Good luck to the three Jeesop sisters, there will be a pint and a cig ready for you when you finish. Kimberley & Richard Good luck to Frances McKinnon. Sure it will be a breeze!?
GO FOR IT YOU YELLOW COW YOU!
To Keith, come on my son.
Keith and I will running our first marathon in aid of cotdeath. I will miss those long Sunday runs.
Good luck,
Mum.
Richard Fawkes, 39253, sporting a red stripe through his hair. He'll be running for Mencap in a red vest. Good luck Fawkes!!
I'm part of Ancient Footwear, a band entertaining one and all at The City Pride pub in Marsh Wall (17 miles). We look forward to giving you a boost and a rhythm to push you along. Keep smiling and waving!
Khalid Khannouchi is still the man! Don't forget that and don't doubt him - he will be there and he will be the one to beat!!
To Julia, wishing you all our energy for the race (we won't be needing any in the pub!) Best of luck, we'll be cheering for you, pints in hand!
Good luck to the Strathaven Striders, Craig and Robert who got in, and to the other Striders who didn't and who are doing the 32 mile Spayside way instead.
I would like to wish my dad Graham Owen the very best of luck on Sunday, as it is his first marathon! So Good Luck Graham Owen! Good luck to Chris Morris running for Muscular Dystrophy.
You know you can do it Chris, love Debs.
Good luck to all Ethiopians running on Sunday in London. I would like to see the "Green Flood" led by Haile and Derartu. Let God be with you!
Good Luck to Julia, Vicky and Lucy, who are all running on behalf on the Shaw Trust. See you all at the finish line! This is a message for my brother Edwin Wilson who is running on Sunday to raise money for a charity called Heartbeat for the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Good luck! Paul, Karen and I will be cheering you on!
Good luck to the four of us, Yves, Patrick, Jan and Philippe. We are running our first marathon at 42! Go, go go!
Ant Bentley - buena suerte amigo! Run Forest Run! Hope it goes well Ant. See you at the finish line!
For all you people who have read this and are wondering what the "Rockstar appeal" is: nine years ago myself and seven pals who were all keen karaoke singers decided to do events such as the Belfast Marathon and we decided to call our group "The Rockstar Appeal" .
We did the Belfast Marathon for six years and then decided to give the London Marathon a go. There are now 18 members in the appeal and we support different charities every year.
Best wishes to all the Thrift Green Trotters (43 of them) running the London. Thanks to Tony for all the training, help and encouragement (watch out for the cow finishing between 3.15 and 3.30).
All the athletes previously thought of as brilliant over
this distance will be made to look ordinary by Haile
on Sunday.
A huge good luck to everyone running for Sport Relief including; Angellica Bell, Gordon Ramsey, Marc Jenner, Darren Tones, Nick Turner, Neil Robinson, Matt Walburn, Mark Boardman and James 'the Whippersnapper' Gillson. We can't thank you enough.
Good luck to everyone running to raise funds for The Stroke Association! Your hard work and effort is really appreciated, and we'll be there to cheer you all on!
Good luck Emma on your first ever Marathon - remember it's only the last hour that is hard! We will all be cheering you round on the day. PS. Wait till you reach Big Ben before making your move on the leaders.
Good luck to me - I am gonna need it!
All the very best of luck to our friend Eileen Carson from Bangor Northern Ireland.
Good luck to Tom Allin who is runnig his fifth marathon this time. I'm sure he can beat his best time, and I cant wait til he turns professional. Go on Allin! Good luck Tim, you've trained so hard I know you can do it on Sunday, just hope your knee survives! Love you, Sue xx
A message for BEV PARKER who is running her first marathon. Best of luck - you know you can do it and we'll all be there to see you achieve your dream! Go for it girl! All our love.
Good luck DAD (Robin Boyd) on Sunday. Well done on raising £6500 for MS. All the best!
I would like to forward my best wishes to Haile and Derartu. Hope you will be once again be our hero.
Good Luck to all those running for the Rockstar Appeal, which now is in its 10th year and is going better than ever.
Good luck to all runners and peace to everyone!
Good luck Danny Miller - running in his first marathon. Know you've been training hard - all the best from across the pond.
Nice to see a healthy support for the Rockstar Appeal it's great to see this small charity get the publicity and support it deserves.
My dad is running the marathon again this year and it will be about the fifth time he has done it. Although he has got a place through the ballot for the last couple of years, he still raises money for Notting Hill Housing Trust. I haven't missed one year of watching him, but I have to miss it this year. GOOD LUCK DAD - I'll be watching you! Love, Sophie XXX
I know the Ethiopians will once again outshine others in making us proud as ever. Our prayers are with you Haile!
Best wishes from Canada to our son, Patrick MacDonald, and his friend Jonathan Harland from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, and now working in London. Both wanted to express the true Canadian spirit to help others by raising money for charity and running in the world famous London Marathon. Good luck and love from home.
This message is for Will McLean and George Marsden. Good luck, we are so impressed with this mad idea! Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday. Lots of love from the Greens xxx.
Go Dickie D, go man go!
Go for it Sam MacGibbon - you can do it!!
Go Craig Moore, from your Aussie rellos.
Good luck to Helen Smith from Ely in Cambridgeshire who's doing the run for charity.
I wish you all the luck. I am also a runner but not as good as you are. Some day I hope to be just like you. As I am only 15 I wouldn't give it up. Have a good time and just enjoy what you have in life and do your best in every thing.
I wish all the best to one of the real heroes of the day, Mike Henry. Seven weeks ago, a tumour which he didn't know existed burst in his brain and had to be removed. He already is back on the roads and will run the London Marathon for Wessex Heartbeat.
Good luck Dickie Dunbar, hope you finish it this time! From Wayne, Marty and all the boy sat the Shamrock Bar in Portadown!!
Good luck Dickie Dunbar in the Marathon, let's hope you improve on last year's time of nine hours 23 mintutes, drastically. From all the boys of Portadown GFC.
We will see the mega smile from Haile Gebrselassie as usual, the question is will it be his 16th world record? Best wishes to Derartu Tulu and Paula Radcliffe, rival but sensational runners.
To the greatest runner of all time, Haile. This is the best time for you to show the entire world that you really born for this, to run; and to all Ethiopian athletes who run for that flag on that day, wishing you all the best.
Jim Riley (Boston Spa) is once again running the London marathon for the National Asthma Campaign... we will be watching you every step of the way! Good luck mate!
Good luck to runner 36510, our daughter Bridget.
Best of luck to Helen, Nick, Fran, Tim and the others from DMVAC, keep focussed, shut out the razzamatazz in the first few miles, run your own race pace, enjoy it, and you'll all be winners. As for those club members who will be leaving home soon after 5.00am to be in place to assist marshalling at the start area as usual - get a life!
Best of luck to Ricardo Dunbardo and Alan who will be running in the Marathon and raising money for the now ever-popular Rockstar appeal.
I know our best athlete will win the race! I'm just wondering who'll be second after the Ethiopians...
Good luck to everyone running London, and also to everyone running on Tresco - see you on Sunday...
This is a message for RICHARD CALKIN....Just to wish you the very best of luck for running your first Marathon! I'll be there to support you and I'll be cheering you on at the finish. YOU CAN DO IT!!! Lots of love and a big good luck kiss, Emsy. xxx
Alan Todd (mentioned by Wayne Kennedy - below) is a relative newcomer on the athletics stage, but a talented athlete all the same. I have the privilege of knowing and racing against him and it's great to see him supporting a charity in the Marathon. I believe he could do big things in the next five years.
Good luck to Alan Todd in the marathon. I hope you raise a fortune for the Rockstar appeal.
I just want to wish my best mate Tonia all the best in the Marathon. It's only her second ever full marathon. She took up running with the Orpington Runners a year ago after quitting smoking. Since then she has just done so well! I am so proud of her, and will be there cheering her on! GO GIRL!
Congrats to Paula Radcliffe on defending your World XC title, and very best of luck in London next Sunday. If I had known you were running the Mini marathon in NY last fall I would have come out to cheer you on. If you don't win this year, don't worry, it will come. Just try not to roll your head so much!
Good luck to Helen Smith from Ely in Cambridgeshire, who's doing the run for charity.
My best bet in the men's event is Tesfaye Tola. The favourite in the women's should be Derartu. Haile should do very well. Good Luck Guys!
Good luck to Team Daisy, running on behalf of Daisy's Dream, a charity supporting bereaved children and their families.
Go for it daddy. Hope your legs hold out! Lot's of love, Sam and Jess.
I would like to congratulate the runners who will be running this marathon on behalf of any animal charity. Animals need to be spoken up for as they are totally abused throughout the world. These people are martyrs and I wish you all the very best of luck.
The best of luck to the NSPCC team. Your commitment and support is inspiring and I look forward to cheering you all on!
I strongly believe that the greatest distance runner of all time, Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, and the sensational two times Olympic winner and the defender of London marathon, Derartu Tulu, will prevail once again at the Flora London Marathon. I hope you shine through the streets of London. You have my prayer.
Good luck to the one and only Haile Gebrselassie. Let God be with you in your first ever marathon. You are always a Champion!
Good luck Haile and Derartu. I am sure you will win.
I live on the Isle of Dogs, around the 18 mile mark, and let me just tell you that if you haven't trained properly, eaten properly and followed the advice about eating and taking on board liquids, by the time you pass me you will be in real trouble, so please please please follow the advice, train properly, take your time and enjoy the day!
My greatest hopes and best wishes are with my hero, PAUL TERGAT. Don't forget the flag.
This is a message to Stuart Roach who has made the foolhardy decision slog his guts out through the streets of London this year. Good luck mate from all the lads in the office - Hope the knee holds up.
All the best to Charlie Dimmock - Fair play to her, although I hope she's got enough support in the right places!
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