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Am thinking of entering.
Was wondering about accomadation. I see that they provide transport from the ferry to the start. I am not an early bird so was thinking of stopping near to the start, any accomadation suggestions?
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see isle of man steam packet holidays for deals with accomodation. There's probably cheaper deals, but you need someone from the island for help. Hesham will be cheaper than Liverpool.
I would love to do this event as i love the island, but not possible this year.
Has anyone any feedback on this Marathon or done it before? I am thinking of using it as a "best for age" qualifyer for London 2010 - I am a vet so would need to go under 3.15.
I cannot find many other marathons pre August 21st to qualify - this is the cut off for London 2010.
Would the Isle of Man lend itself to a reasonable time!
Any comments much appreciated.
Cheers,
Bill.
Well after Edinburgh going a lot tits upwards after six months of training in the winter i just had to find another to have a go at . Great flights from Birmingham on sat morning returning on sun at 18:00 so no reasons not to have another go and it's ten weeks away so pretty much perfect
. Just need to find a hotel now for sat night.
Anybody any idea how far from Douglas the start is or advice for close hotels ?
I'm thinking the same as you Tarmac Runner - Edinburgh was a disaster and I trolled in 35mins slower then my target time, so I need something else apart from the half and 10km I have lined up. This one sounds okay so I might give it a punt.
Of course the weather could be even hotter then Edinburgh, but at least I will have had time to acclimatise to the conditions between now and then (maybe?).
another one who had a disaster at Edinburgh!!
I started this thread before Edinburgh thinking I might do the race more as a training run rather than actually race it.
However, the heat in Ed meant I was not going to achieve my target. Was aiming for sub 4 but after a few miles knew it wasnt going to happen so decided just to plod around rather than race. Did 4.27, so all things considered it was OK I suppose.
Now I am back looking at this, the thing is though, all the tapering is stressful, then the weather watch and then the dissapointment, emotiionally it takes a lot out of me!! Part of me thinks I will wait til Abo for sub 4 when the weather cant be hot.
The other thing about IOM is that if I miss sub 4 again that will be 3 weeks tapering, 2 weeks recovering so 5 weeks out of my abo training thereby comprimising my Abo time.
I did think though that I might do this but not taper (well do a 2 day taper) then see what I can do racing it without a taper. If I get to halfway and it is feeling too harder than it should then I will drop back and treat it as a training run thereby minimising recovery time. Doing this means there is less pressure as it would not be a target race and if I dont do sub 4 there will be less dissapointment cos I have the excuse that I didnt taper!
Talking of the weather, I have IOM on my phone now for forcasts. Over the last few weeks when I was looking at the Ed forcast I was also looking at the IOM, when Ed said 22 IOM said about 15!! It was always lower. Now that it is cooler Ed, home and IOM all say about the same!
Bill,
The cut off for London used to be end of Sept - I have used Nottingham on 13th Sept before to get my qualifying time and assumed I would do it this year! I have just noticed that the cut off has moved to 21st August this year and it does appear that Manx is the only possible UK one.
I guess I'll have to give it a shot - not sure it will be the easiest for a good time. Lets hope its not too hot.
I'm in
Liz hows the 10 in 10 training going?
You certainly sound, an ultra there a thought have done one before?
I've been continuing my one marathon a month strategy but not found one for June, I might run what used to be the Old Bolton marathon at the weekend, not the same as competing in a race but at least I'll have run 26.2 miles in June.
I've never done one before, but there's only one way to find out, right
I'm doing the training for it and the marathons that I'm doing will help towards this. I just love experiences & I'm loving seeking out new ones. I didn't get on to the 10in10 - which of course I'm sad about, but I guess theres always the future.
The marathon a month strategy sounds like its a good one, I too was looking for more marathons in the north/ north west area.
woody - if you're looking for a road marathon next June, Cork is on the first Monday in June, brilliant marathon.
Liz - sorry to hear you didn't get into the 10 in 10, is your name on the waiting list in case anyone drops out nearer the time?
Aw thank you. No,
I think its because on paper, I appear quite inexperienced, as I only started entering races last year - but I do alot of mileage and I am quite ambitious and work on things both mentally and physically; oh well.
Thanks for that Shades I'll check out Cork out for next year, my post should have read July not June having said that I struggled to find one for June and Ran a LDWA walk that allow runners.
I did run yesterday what used to be the 1980's Bolton marathon.
Liz shame about the 10 in 10
. I cant see any reason why you'd not be accepted 2011 with the races you'll have done this time next year.
If you dont mind off road there is the seabank marathon in June - skegness to boston, it is actually a bit short (25.5 on my garmin) so the 100 club would prob not count it but it depends on your reasons for doing the marathons. It is quite flat, I was slower than my marathon time by about 25 mins but I had just done Edinburgh the week before and I deliberatly took it easy.
Just back from Switzerland having run the Davos marathon, really enjoyed it. Took it easy, it was very hilly so I walked a lot of the uphills as did others around me. Sub 3.30 marathon runners who I was with did it in just under 4 and they raced it. I took 4.26 so am feeling quite hopeful for a sub 4 either at IOM or Abingdon
Liz - don't give up trying to get into the 10 in 10 over the next few years....if you still want to do it. It will help your application too if you can show that you will be able to raise the sponsorship and hopefully a bit more too. If it's any consolation to you I would never do the 10 in 10 again, the risk of long term injury is just too great. I went back to Windermere this year and supported the 10 in 10 runners on Day 9 and I was so glad that I'd decided not to do it again especially when I saw what a state some of the runners were in.
woody - it's hard to find road marathons during the summer, next July there will be Faversham which is about 40 laps of a park in Kent, it's a great event though you need to enter very quickly as spaces are limited due to lap counters.
hellen - well done at Davos, bodes well for IOM
Thanks for the info Hellen and Shades I'll make a note and check them out for next year.
Well done at davos I would imagine the scenary was fantastic. As you say sub 4 should be on the cards for IOM good luck.
I'm hoping for a sub 3.15 but after the run at the weekend is not looking to good.
I'm a Manx local doing this (like a few others) after an Edinburgh disaster.
The course is pretty flat except for about 150ft of climbing between miles 3 and 4 (coming into Bride,) and then a bit of a descent again up to mile 7. Since the marathon is two laps this means you'll be hitting the climb again between miles 16 and 17, and I've been told that it can catch people out the second time around.
Good luck everyone!
Busy day for me, am moving offices at work, then when I get home at 5pm, pack and load the car, driving up to Knutsford tonight (235 miles). Then onto Liverpool for the ferry to IOM Sat morning.
See you all on Sunday
In work today, then dragging the parents to Liverpool this evening & onto the ferry
Yey, See you all sunday x