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A runner holds up her finisher medal just after the line
Anika

Lakeside Marathon

Sunday, 1 November 2026
Finish time3:58:44
Distance
42.2 km
Pace
5:39 /km
Photos
5

Anika had one goal for this marathon: finish under four hours. She had missed it by three minutes the year before, and she told almost nobody about the target this time. Her sister Sunita knew, and she made a sign she was too shy to hold up.

Here is the morning in order, the way RaceTale lays it out: the photos from the people who were there, on a timeline, next to the time that mattered.

01 The day

  1. On the course

    • 10:33
      A woman at a crowd barrier smiles at the camera with a blank cardboard sign while runners pass behind herKm 28

      Found a spot by the trees at 28 km. Sign is ready. I am more nervous than she is, I think.

      Sunita · Sister
    • 10:42
      A runner in a green top waves and smiles as she runs past the barrierKm 28

      She saw me! Two hours forty in and she was still smiling. The pace group was right behind her.

      Sunita · Sister

  2. The finish

    3:58:44
    • 12:01
      A runner holds up her finisher medal just after the line

      3:58:44. Seventy-six seconds under four hours, and a medal she held up before she spoke.

      Sunita · Sister
    • 12:04
      Two women hug after the finish, one wrapped in a foil blanket

      She cried, then I cried, then a stranger handed us both tissues.

      Sunita · Sister

  3. After

    • 12:16
      A smiling runner in a foil blanket takes a selfie after the race

      Sub-4, finally. Calling Mum, then eating everything in sight.

      Anika · Runner

02 The route and the pace

The 42.2 km course drawn on a map, with the start, the finish and a marker every 10 km
Pace for every kilometre, averaging 5:39 per kilometre (faster in the second half), above an elevation profile

In the app the route is a live map with pace and elevation you can scrub, built from the runner’s watch file (GPX). Here it is as a picture. The course and the numbers are made up.

03 The replay

A still from the replay video: the runner at kilometre 28 on the course, with the photo taken there

The app turns the day into a short video that replays the course with every photo and cheer at the spot where it happened, with music. This is a still from it.

04 People who cheered 4

  • Under four. You said you would and you did it.Mum · Family
  • That second half was unreal. We watched the splits come in.Rohan · Running club
  • Told you the sign would work.Sunita · Sister
  • Seventy-six seconds to spare!Meera · Friend

How this story was made

Every photo and cheer here came from a phone through one link, with no app and no account. Anika saw them in one place that evening, next to the time she had been chasing.

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