'I broke my ankle mid-marathon but still finished'

Micky Marsden has raised more than £6,000 for PAC which supports survivors of domestic abuse [Micky Marsden] A mum who fractured her ankle in two places just seven miles into the London Marathon has said she is not sure whether she was "brave or stupid" for carrying on and getting across the finish line. Micky Marsden, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, who was forced to use a wheelchair for five years after being diagnosed with sepsis in 2014, signed up for the gruelling race to raise money for Positive Action in the Community (PAC) which supports survivors of domestic abuse. Micky, who is a domestic abuse survivor, said everything was going well until she fell on a water bottle and "heard a crack and face planted".

The 36-year-old said her friend running with her insisted it was not broken but refused to leave her side and was "my rock" to the finishing line. Micky said the first six miles had been "amazing" until she fell on her way to a water station. "I was on such a high," she said.

"Next thing I know I hear a crack and I roly-poly onto the floor. " "I knew it was broken as I heard the crack," Micky said. "I was devastated.

I didn't want to let the charity down as I am the first ever runner to represent the PAC charity in the London Marathon . " Micky and Lucy say they will be friends for life after their emotional marathon [Micky Marsden] However, her friend Lucy Reynolds, who she met three months ago on a WhatsApp group for slow runners, had other ideas. Lucy, 31, from Ipswich, said: "I told her 'up you get.