Dan Wooller captures MOTD2 presenter Adrian Chiles running dressed in a baggie bird costume, minus the novelty head

Jody Bunting, who has lost 19 stone in the past three years, runs as 'flabby gabby' to raise money for Starlight

Matt Hunt stops at the nine mile mark to play the bag-pipes with fifth Croydon BB Pipes and Drums

Maureen Wickson captures one of the water stations as they help keep the 35,105 competitors hydrated

All that water has to be relieved somewhere, but not in a garden on East India Dock Road, sent in by Danny McLaughlin

Mark Sloan captures two of the older runners as they make their way past Big Ben during the the 25th London Marathon

Bernie 'Rupert' Henderson has time to stop for a photo with his children Beth and Rob at the 17-mile mark

Harmander Singh does his bit for London's Olympic bid by flying the flag for the 2012 bid

Steve Whittaker captures Sir Jimmy Saville as he celebrates completing another marathon in the only way he knows how

David Riches is all shook up as he completes the marathon in a time of three hours and 41 minutes

Barbara Golds vows "never again" after completing her first and last ever London Marathon

Eiona Roberts captures John Habkirk, who suffers from MS, enjoying a well earned rest after completing the marathon