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DRAM (Dundee Running Adventure Marathon) 2008 - Gets GREEN light!Plans are well under way for the DRAM 2008, with an increased entry level of 350 - full details and updates can be found at http://www.eventfull.biz/marathon.html The exact date is yet to be confirmed but will be either the w/end 13th/14th or 20th/21st September 2008 - this will be confirmed within the next 10 days.Full online entry to this event will open on Monday 11th February 2008.PLEASE NOTE: You have received this email because you (or someone using your email address) had previously signed up as interested in a previous Dundee Marathon event.PLEASE ALSO NOTE: This event will not suit traditional marathon runners, as there will be sections where runners will be delayed by police, stewards or traffic lights, hence the "adventure" aspect which has been introduced.If you haven't already done so you can request a copy of the Green Circular map - FREE of charge - please see website for further details.If you have any questions regarding this event, then please get back in touch with us.Regards.Eventfull Management Limited
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Thanks Nessie for posting this.
This is great news, always wanted a marathon around the green circular. I will be signing up as soon as the entries open. An autumn marathon will compliment Lochaber just right.
Just received this email today:
DRAM (Dundee Running Adventure Marathon) 2008 We can now confirm the date for this event is to be Saturday 20th September 2008 (scheduled to start at 9.30am) - this is partly to coincide with the annual Dundee Cyclathon event which is on the following day and uses much the same route. The term "adventure" relates partly to the terrain used for about half of the marathon (a mixture of path and trail) as well as the aspect of certain key points (including the infamous Claypotts junction) where runners may be held up temporarily until given permission to proceed - this may well not suit traditional marathon runners. Further details are still being ironed out regarding the agreed final route, including access to the dock as well as certain options on the actual cycle path itself - you will receive advance notification as soon as online entry opens. If you haven't already done so you can request a copy of the Green Circular map - FREE of charge - please see website for further details. PLEASE NOTE: You have received this email because you have signed up for email alerts for this event - you can unsubscribe at any time by emailing the address below. There is an entry limit of 350 competitors, so if you have any work colleagues or running club mates who may be interested then please feel free to pass on these details. If you have any additional questions regarding this event, then please get back in touch with us. Regards. Eventfull Management Limited
This'll fill a nice gap in my Autumn schedule and it's just down the road too, superb
The latest update on the website says entries will open Monday 3rd March and there's also a link to the route on google maps - the start and finish are in Camperdown Park (possibly the Golf Club).
So there will be at least 5 of us then....
Hey MM, get in the queue. No pushing in allowed. All 5 of us are jockeying for position here.
Less than 7 hours to go.
I know what you mean MrsM. Do you know anything about the people who are organising this? I hope they are not the same crew that used to run the Dundee half. Surely nothing could get as bad as that used to be?
They do seem to run other events, but I do not know how well these have been organised.
Was away to dive in, but have had a call back on an employment opportunity, which could see me leave the UK, so I'll hang on to my £26 a week or two longer until things are settled 1 way or another.
So go ahead, after you.
MrsM - I did not think £26 was too bad, not seen many marathons for much less, and plenty for a lot more.
I have decided to enter, how could I not go for it when the course passes the end of our road - only problem is our youngest is competing in the Scottish Piping Championships that day, so I will have to run quick enough to get there in the afternoon and to see the prize giving.
I think an absolutely fab marathon would be to start in dundee city centre down onto the river and to follow the paths and cyclepaths all the way to arbroath. A finish under the arch of the abbey would be fantastic. The course by running through dundee, Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Carnoustie and arbroath would show the best that Dundee and Angus has to offer for tourists both historically and scenically and would also be a really fast course as it would be downhill and on most weeks of the year downwind. This race doesn't really showcase anything that dundee has to offer and I'd want more than a minature of whisky and fruit of the loom t-shirt at the finish. The old marathon was as tough as tarzan's feet but it was a big day for dundonians. 1000s of people came out to watch runners pass near to where they stayed. The half marathon has naff all support as the majority of it is now through industrial areas miles from folks homes and this green circle route is even more remote. The 2nd half of the race being 10 miles into the wind followed by a 150m climb in the last 3 miles with no support would kill me. I'd be very tempted to stop at mum and dad's house and call it a day.
As to the term adventure. I'm sure running through Fintry, Kirkton, Whitfield and Douglas is an adventure (driving at night through these areas is an adventure!!!!) but it is one I think I'll manage to resist.
Hi guys,
I'm in for this one too - not sure it's such a good idea since I have the LN mara 2 weeks later (assuming I get in the ballot again) but hey ho...
Couldn't resist though since it's just over the water from me
How many of you did actually run in the end? I thought it was a good route and a fabulously friendly event, so it was a shame there were so few runners. The weather yesterday helped, I'm not sure just how grim it would have been down at the docks if it had been pouring rain but Templeton Woods and the shore were delightful bits to run through.
I was really worried that I might get lost. I don't know Dundee and I knew it was likely to get a bit lonely at the back, but there were blue arrows on the ground at all the turn-offs and marshalls at all the dubious points.
I chatted to quite a few people that I've seen at other races but never said hello to and quite a few perfect strangers as well. I find the big maras can sometimes seem lonelier than the little ones.
The organiser said it would run again next year. Barring injury I'll definitely be back, what did you think?
I kind of ran it. Sorrry for gatecrashing your race.
I thought you were running anticlockwise like the cyclathon today and ended up on my new york marathon training run right in amongst you lot. I was the weird bloke who seemed to appear from nowhere in Monifieth to 2nd or 3rd for ages before running in the opposite direction on my way back to carnoustie. I did try to give a bit of encouragement but probably only managed to make you all think you had taken a wrong turning. I didn't trust myself not to fall over something on a trail and break something or try to tank it round in a race and wreck my legs in the process. My hols are taking priority this year and a 20 miler was more than enough in that heat yesterday.
Well done all of you that finished. maybe one year I'll join you properly