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2009 Halstead & Essex Marathon
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Runners World Forumites Meeting Place
This year the RW Forumites Meeting place will take the form of the Halstead Road Runners gazebo. You really can't miss it, it's bright yellow. There will also be a "RW Forumites Sign" sign pinned to it.
8 Hi Five energy gels + 1/2 a packet of fruit pastilles. But I do have to force myself to take the gels early in the run - leave it too late and I get stomach probelms (not helped last year by eating a banana on the start line!).
Haven't pursued the mouse yet - no further signs: beginning to think I imagined it . . . .
Looks like it's going to be another warm one.
Hope to see you all Sunday morning.
Flynn - did I read a pacing group would be in attendance?
6 SIS Gels.
How are you spending Saturday?
Apart from walking the dog & a tiny amount of ironing I will be doing sod all!
I have got a party of 25 coming over to celebrate my mother-in-law's 70th birthday! A big family bash, and they are all camping overnight!
We are going to get the canoes out, and hopefully a big camp fire to keep us all warm and a BBQ for the veggie kebabs. Not the most restful, pre-race day?
5 Gels, 5 Bottles of Lucozade, 400mg Ibuprofen.
Not got my race number yet, although I did only enter at the beginning of last week! Running my second marathon and hoping to knock an hour of my last time!
My plans for tomorrow: eat, rest, eat some more, rest some more, etc., then try to sleep which won’t be easy as race nerves are setting in already.
wild@heart: you scare me with that mega party the day before! At least it’ll distract you from pondering too much about the race
Good luck everyone - I'm going to try & put my name on the list in a separate post. Let's hope it works!
The list - hope it works ...
2:59 = CharlieW (if those "undulations" don't kill me)3:10 = ChrisThePuma #213
3:14 = RFJ
3.15 = Jimo (glorious failure beckons again)
3.30 = barrythejackal
3.30 = George Farrants #6
3:45 = Woodle's Wife, so she can get my tea ready for my finish
3:50 = ORB #23
3:53 = schmidtinator (ideally a GFA 3:45 but I respect the undulations)
4:00 = The Woodle
4:28 = Sir Cowarde de Custarde
4:30 = SBF # 339
4:30 = Ultra Kaz (will aim for 4.30 but know it'll be more like 5)
4.30 = Eastham75 (thinking of going off like a rocket so that i can get a meal in the pub this time;)
4:45 = Tryffydog #10
4:45 = Andrew Johnson #217
5:00 = Tracey G
Tracey
Not sure I can keep up!
I am somewhat erratic. Walking, (running ever so slowly), probably arguing with my wife, who should be on the Witham Water Station @ 6 and 18 miles. I'm not an even paced runner to put it mildly. I tend to push on when I can (which is rarely) and slow down when I can't. Hippo was 20 minutes ahead of me last week and Shades was way ahead of me as well. I might act as an incentive for you gals . You'll be so keen to run away from me (and my complaining about how red wine slows you down) you'll probably all get pbs!
The list ... hope it works
2:59 = CharlieW (if those "undulations" don't kill me)
3:10 = ChrisThePuma #213
3:14 = RFJ
3.15 = Jimo (glorious failure beckons again)
3.30 = barrythejackal
3.30 = George Farrants #6
3:45 = Woodle's Wife, so she can get my tea ready for my finish
3:50 = ORB #23
3:53 = schmidtinator (ideally a GFA 3:45 but I respect the undulations)
4:00 = The Woodle
4:20 = wild@heart (if I don't stop for too many Jelly Babies)
4:28 = Sir Cowarde de Custarde
4:30 = SBF # 339
4:30 = Ultra Kaz (will aim for 4.30 but know it'll be more like 5)
4.30 = Eastham75 (thinking of going off like a rocket so that i can get a meal in the pub this time;)
4:45 = Tryffydog #10
4:45 = Andrew Johnson #217
5:00 = Tracey G
Tracey
I don't think you appreciate the challenge. I was walking after a minute last Sunday......... as soon as the first hill appeared. I usually manage 3 minutes running down the hill at Halstead before walking up the first climb! I did that even when I had my 3:29 pb at Halstead a good few years ago, so it's a tradition! I reckon I'll be bobbing up in front of your group and falling behind until I can't manage to keep going and then you lot will disappear into the distance.
Peter,
Maybe you can join us here and there on Sunday. The wind is meant to drop on Sunday, lets hope it does.
Peter - anyone with a trophy shelf full of all the marathons you have completed must be doing something right!
I am keeping my fingers crossed that the wind does drop down, because it it still blowing a hoolie out there!
wild@heart. All my medals are in the bottom of a cupboard! I never came to terms with the fact that I played football for 30 odd years and won three medals that I still treasure. I had been running four weeks and I had four medals. They didn't seem to be the same currency. I was once first over 50... in the Isle of Man Marathon..... and had to endure the heckles of around five over 60's who had finished before me as I went up to receive my trophy!!! I used to run a marathon at least every week, sometimes more often than that, and got into the habit of not doing anything between runs. I didn't have to and in any case didn't have the time as I had a busy job and a daily three hour commute. I don't run so often now but I still do nothing in between even though I now have the time. Hence the problem. And I'm now a wee bit older than I used to be. I'm a bit like the fisherman describing the fish that got away. The older I get the faster I used to be! I don't want wind, rain or cold on Sunday. I was happy with last year's heatwave as I like the sun but it's other people's turn this year to get their favourite weather.
Yep - pizza tonight, had fish pie for lunch!
Pasta twice tommorow - you?