For most participants the London Marathon started and finished on Sunday April 26th.
Major Phil Packer started with everybody else on April 26th, but didn’t finish the 26.2 mile course until Saturday May 9th, 13 days later. Major Packer was serving with the Royal Millitary Police in Iraq when he lost the use of both his legs when injured in a rocket attack. The immediate diagnosis was that he would never walk again a little over a year later he completed the London Marathon walking two miles each day with the aid of crutches. He was participating to raise money for the soldiers’ charity Help For Heroes and aims to raise a total of