I'd be more worried about Lady Thatcher's funeral tomorrow than the London marathon. I don't believe this will be a string of attacks on places doing marathons, because they would have attacked the Paris marathon too as that has a potential to be just as large, or any other of the English ones.

If I were running the marathon though, I would be very worried and I'd not let my loved ones stand near the end of the track, just in case. It would be a shame for these people to quit after all of the training they have done, but if they do not feel safe, then I think that is more important - to not do it, that is.

Yes, I have to agree with you about this, I worry that it'll turn into an excuse to riot again especially as the media have been doing their damnedest to hype the event up. So much for responsible journalism! I would be more inclined to think that it was a domestic bombing however you never know anymore.

A feeling of real unhappiness and uncertainty in the world at the moment for all kinds of reasons... makes people very unpredictable.

It's pathetic. People my age (20) were not even born at the time she was in power, so it's just a darned excuse. But I'm worried that someone is plotting a terror attack, rather than the riots - there are going to be around 2,000 odd people at the funeral - most of which are royal or of some importance - whether it be celebrity, politician etc. What a perfect opportunity to place an attack on the UK! Not to mention the kids protesting and rioting, they would be caught up in any bomb blasts too - so the death and injury toll would be huge.

I think terror plots are pretty unpredictable altogether. I mean, what kind of person disrupts a marathon? What significance does this do? Maybe the terrorist was just a very unhappy person and was so angry he or she could not compete and decided to make everyone else's lives a misery? I guess because it'd be least expected to happen there and that's why it happened. Although there was a lot of security - they were most definitely not expecting a terror attack. London shall be increasing its security for the marathon and I have no doubts how much the funeral will be secured - although will they be mainly watching for the yob's who want to cause more problems or will they now have their guard up for a terror attack? If these 'yob's' had any sense, they'd stay clear away - because if there is a terror attack, then many people will die because security will be wasted on these low-lives.

I just see something really upsetting on Facebook. Someone posted a photo with a story (I don't know how true it is) of one of the runners boyfriend, who was waiting up the other end of her - waiting for her to finish so he could propose to her. She got caught up in the blast and died, and he survived. The picture was of him cradling her body. It was horrific. I almost welled up.

Oh my god! Sorry for rambling!

Good luck to everyone who has decided to run. I think you're all bloody brilliant! I'll be watching on the telly.

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