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The 1st Eden Project Marathon
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Karen Johnson 7
Good Afternoon
I already enter on the Eden website and you go for it.Full Marathon will be fun and hills .But trust me we are mad.That will be my 16th Marathon to date.If you enter on the Eden website try to avoid sending ticket to the event because its £2.00 charge or print the ticket for Free after your Fee?
Good Luck
Hi Karen J 7. I'm up for this marathon and I hate hills with a passion, plus I live in London so our 'hills' are country folks' flat
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I decided that I'd challenge myself with this event as I hate the cold and dark of winter and hills. The upside is I've wanted to visit the Eden Project since it first opened so that's my motivation to get training (or supposed to be, but that Chinese takeaway I had earlier was yummy!).
Do it! You'll be keeping me company.
Hi all,
Seriously considering this one but it will only be three weeks after the London2Brighton 56m ultra. The hills will be ok though as I just did the Trionium Picnic and that was 6500 feet of ascent ! Besides, all that talk about pasties has swung it for me !
How near to full is it?
Would be cool to do the 'first' ever one but did anyone confirm if there would be a medal though ?
David W Bush
Good Morning
Last I look .Its nearly full.If You enter on the Eden Website you can print you ticket off there avoided £2 P&P?
morning
i cant stand hills
hallo, i haven't posted on runners world for about 4 yrs, hey! I'm not doing any events as have dodgy hip for over a year now, but would be fun to come along to support, only an hour on the train Pz-St A, then 3 mile cycle/walk/run to eden, I have memorised the date ...
as for not liking hills, hipps, you LOVE them! don't you?
well I love them, I hate flat, actually I fancied doing abit of training in the humid biome, you can visit free for a year after you've been once, so it's good for locals, well it should've been, but I went with my sons, so we got on the (incredibly expensive) bus from St Austell stn, as the bus was SOOO expensive, paying for combined eden entry & bus made sense ... but at eden they told me we couldn't have the Annual pass cos I'd paid a "third party" - poo
I got over "not doing the event" at Dartmoor a few weeks ago, when I went along to support my sister doing it, so hopefully I can enjoy supporting eden, in my fetch t-shirt!
Hello everyone,
After the stunning success of my first marathon, the Neolithic Marathon in May - um, well I didn't die anyway - and more importantly the mention of pasties I am now in for this one. I did vow halfway across Salisbury Plain that I would never look at another hill again but time & beer is a great healer so back into it all over again !
One very important question that I have yet to see an answer to:
Can I buy Sharps Eden Ale somewhere very close to the finish ?
Hi Cynicuk,
I am also considering this one and did the neolithic as my first XC marathon (...how did you do??). I would have thought that this one would be easier ?
Anyway, the pasties and the ale will certainly overcome the hills !
Hi David,
I staggered home in just over 5 hrs happy to have finished my first, what about you ?
One thing I have learnt from years of holidays in Cornwall along with some running down there is if they think it is "undulating" then the rest of us would call it "bloody hilly" so be very wary of local descriptions when judging how tough or not it might be !
Hi Cynicuk,
I managed 4:12 which ironically is my pb ! I had done London and New York with my twin brother in 2006 and in both cases, he was injured and as we were running together, I had pulled up too giving me 4:38 and 4:32 and Paris four weeks before the neolithic where I tore a muscle in my quad and walked/limped/crawled home from mile 9 taking 4:54.
My latest was the Picnic on Saturday, billed as the hardest in Britain with 6500 feet of ascent (and descent) including over a mile of almost vertical steps. I did it in 6:28 and still can't walk !
Hello,
I seem to have signed up for this one too (and my OH for her first half)
So I guess the list now reads:
Flipperjane
Plodding hippo
Kittenkat
Bikermouse
Mr Noelene
Stuart Little
Stuart Little 2
There 3 P and people I remember from another forum you mention above and by the way you entered
That should be better...
Flipperjane
Plodding hippo
Kittenkat
Bikermouse
Mr Noelene
CafeWanda
TommyGun2
Mark Haseldine
MrPerfect
Stuart Little
Hi guys
I have just booked online ..... see you all there !
David W Bush
I Think the Entry includes in Eden project too?
I can not wait?
Hi Speedy,
I did the eden project a few years ago and it is well worth a visit, running from and to it will be fantastic. I have downloaded the route and am keen to plot it on gmaps pedometer to see what the hills are like !
Looks like a good turn out from RW so far !
DavidWBush
I will use my Nike+ Armband to see the route.According to RW its filling up fast........................?
Can you tell me if any Premier Inn near to the Eden please?
Hi Speedy,
I am about 150 miles away so sorry, I don't know. I will also need to look out for a hotel.
DavidWBush
Are You Well
Sizzaling Summer is nearly karmer this Friday 24 to 26c and warmer this Weekend.This Friday i will do 10miles in that evening and Saturday Golf and Next saturday I.m get my new Bike.So I may struggle to find time for running until my Marathons start again in August
Tomorrow Night I will do 10miles from 7.30pm and I think it will be cooler then but wait for it............?
Rain may come tomorrow.But I will feel very humitedy this weekend through?
We use our Patio more then ever for Breakfast and tea outside sometime?
Speak to you later?
Ahh my eyes - smiley overload !
In answer to your earlier question Speedy37 there is the St Austell Premier Inn that is about 2 miles from the Eden Project, 4 miles from St Austell itself, it has a Table Table restaurant attached - I know 'cos I drove past it last week and booked myself in while I was there.
There is the offer of free breakfast for Marathon runners and their familes or another offer on where you can pay £20 and get some convoluted deal involving dinner and breakfast - it was lost on me tbh.
Oh and the room is £60.
Hope all that helps !
And here it is: St Austell Premier Inn
Cynicuk
Will you do the Run
Speedy,
When you book, just say you are doing the Eden Project Marathon and they will book your free breakfast. Give me a message if there is a problem.
Paul
Nah I am just booked in for dinner and breakfast and a night away !
Of course I am running ! Well a mix of running and staggering if my last marathon was anything to go by....
The woman at Premier Inn central booking said the arrangement will be a local one and to mention it when checking in- it is mentioned on the St Austell Running Club website under accommodation offers.
I make a note of that before I Go down.what about Dinner or not after the Event?
You going to the event
PREMIER INN MORE SAFER FOR ME I THINK AND GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY ie STEAK
I CANT WAIT
I'll be there Speedy and there's a Pasta Party at Eden on the Saturday Evening, which you're welcome to attend.
See you there
If anyone wants a short run around a part of the course on the Saturday, we can sort that out quite easily. Maybe 30-40 minutes as I wouldn't want to run much further the day before.
Let me know and we'll arrange it.