the previous record. in what was the event's biggest—ever recorded crowd of 50,000 runners, there were also some famous faces, who took on the challenge to raise money for charity. it's my first marathon. i sort of gave up running a few years ago because ijust didn't really enjoy it very much. and then it was my brother that suggested we should all run for alzheimer's research uk and so we all started training about six months ago orfive months ago. and you've got dad written on your hat, tell me about that. so my father was diagnosed with alzheimer's two years ago, and he ran the very first london marathon in 1981, and he did it in 3 hours, 15 minutes, which is an extraordinary time. so we all thought it a fitting tribute to try and to run itfor him. my body is a little bit a little bit wrecked at the moment. so i know it's a bit, but it's you know, it was a good