The River Race

September 2008 – views from Southbank during Thames River Festival in September 2008

River Race during Thames Festival

Cheering from the river bank

Thames River Festival: dining on the bridge

London Marathons – 2004 – 2008

Each April thousands of people run the London Marathon past my home:

back in April 2004, my favourite view of the runners coming from the Docklands section  (the route is changed now, so I can’t see them from my bedroom any more)

runners on the red bridge in St. Katherine's Dock

Below a rainy Marathon day in April 2006 – the elite runners already returning from Docklands, while more runners heading east, just having passed the half-way mark

2006 - runners in both directions on the Highway

followed by sunshine in April 2007

April 2007 - one of the elite women checking her time

2007 - Elite runners after the first 13 miles

and April 2008

April 2008 Marathon - mile 13

I’ve missed the 2009 Marathon, but more to come…