The REAL reason marathon woman deserves a medal: Let down by her ex when she needed him most... and how she found happiness with her husband

With incredible focus and determination she held back the emotion for 16 long days and 26.2 gruelling miles.

But as she finally inched across the London Marathon finishing line last Tuesday she was unable to contain it any longer.

Eyes screwed shut in intense concentration and with the cheers of supporters ringing in her ears, Claire Lomas let out a roar of joy and pain but, above all, of triumph.

For despite being paralysed from the chest down, she had achieved something beyond the ability of many able-bodied people.            Read Full