London Marathon 2011

Elite athletes, celebrities and a man running backwards were among the 36,000 competitors who took part in the London Marathon.

28 world records have been confirmed so far including the fastest man juggling a football, fastest super hero, cartoon character and person dressed as a nurse.

PC David Rathband, blinded in a gun attack by Raoul Moat was guided by a friend around the course. Model Nell McAndrew's achieved a personal best of 3 hours ten minutes - running for Cancer Research UK. Will Young completed the course in just over four hours.

Olympic gold-medal winning rower James Cracknell also completed the course, less than a year after suffering a serious brain injury.

Thousands of runners will be feeling the pain the day after...