Julie ran this for the first time in April 2006. After months of training and careful preparation, she had a knee injury with less than 4 weeks to go. Her training stopped, she had to rest her knee and by the time of the big day, it was no better. She ran anyway through determination to finish and did a brilliant 4:58:35. Her running partner Helen finished with 4:45:54.
Good weather for the runners, with cool temperatures and rain most of the day but awful for spectators. We went to see her run and had a good day out, fantastic to see Julie at 24 miles, still running strong.
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Victoria Embankment 
Julie at 24 miles
After the event she is suffering from knee pain and stiff legs but we're all proud of her.
She ran it again in 2008 and knocked 20 minutes from her original time.