Even the swiftest of runners would not refuse a little extra support and encouragement when tackling a marathon.

Ideally for Sport-locker.net it would come in the form of a piggy back! Failing that, Lucozade Sport came up with a pretty good alternative.

At the Virgin Money London Marathon, the Lucozade sport motivation zone hosted runner’s families in an exclusive viewing area, what they didn’t know was that ambassadors Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chris Robshaw and Leigh Halfpenny would be there to surprise them too.

Did you run the London marathon? Did you benefit from the Lucozade Sport motivation zone? Let us know in the comments section below or on our Twitter and Facebook pages.