When you're beside the final part of the marathon course, what you get before the runners are the Mini Marathons. I'd never seen these before so it was great to see these determined youngsters racing through this historic area. You can't help wondering how many of them will run the marathon in the future . . how many will become Olympians . . and hoping that some of them at least were aware of their surroundings

. . there was a quick photo call for the Bone Cancer Research Trust . .

. . then the first bit of race debris blew across Bridge Street (and was picked up by a policeman) . . and pretty soon after that, the elite wheelchairs came to Westminster . .