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Sorry to hear you can't run Frodo
Sorry you can't run Frodo.
Very windy in Llanberis!!! Got number will see you all in the morning!!
Good luck all
Bad news Frodo - next year.
Can I just say WINDY - had to avoid blown down branches on the road on the way to pick up my number.
Got my support team briefed on times and places to bring supplies - like a military campaign this.
Says in the program that the presentations are at 3pm - I might just be getting back then.
If my leg dosn't hold out will be with you Mr Ben!
Frodo -
. Hope you get sorted quickly!
Nice early start for me in the morning - leaving home at 5.30 am
- but prefer this to staying in someone else's bed (so to speak!!). Won't be able to make the pub at night, but will be looking forward to reading all reports on here after the event.
Good luck everyone - last bowl of pasta forced down tonight - can't face any more carbo loading!!! Hope everything comes right for us on the day!
Only 7 more posts to get this thread up to 5500 posts .... that's got to be a record!!!
Frodo - so sorry to hear your news but it's a hell of a long way to hop so you are better off waiting for next year and not injuring yourself further. Good idea to hit the bottle tonight, words are of little consolation.
Picked my number at lunch-time. At first I took someone else's number as there are two of us with my name. Fortunately I realised when they tried to give me an XL t shirt whereas I'm only medium.
Weather is looking superb. The odd shower will cool us down because it could be warm!
Good luck tomorrow everyone - watch out for the black footprint (on a yellow vest) and introduce yourself.
PS the start is two thirds of a mile from the registration building.
Will be looking out for that foot print!!!
Just forced down my last bowl of pasta as well, picked my number up this afternoon back home now writing down peoples numbers and getting my kit together
Well kit is packed, gels are in belt been going over my training logs, running through T-rexs pacing schedule one last look at the weather me thinks then thats it. All that remains is 4hours or so of running round that mountain with the rest of you.......cant wait
See you all at the start, if nothing else its been a blast chating to you all on here and sharing in all your running adventures all the highs
.....and all the lows
I look forward to doing it all again for next years race. For the last time Before Snod 2010 Good running people and God bless us all tomorrow!!!
Strag - Weather looking superb?? Well, it will be compared to what it's been last couple of days or so, can't get much worse!!
Nearly time for bed for me, been for my number, just having a flapjack and coffee, feeling quite sick of these carbs now, don't think I will need too much for breakfast. See you tomorrow!!
SS
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Managed to stash some gels on the route last night hope I can find them today!
(Fell running thing)
1784 for me I'll be in an Eryri Harriers vest
Home now and enjoying a curry and a pint watching Gillette soccer Saturday (wife & kids still out and about) - bath water on!
Nice to see stone_monkey before the start and to run with him (again) at Beddegelert - grateful for the gee up going up Waunfawr - my legs had well and truely gone! Sub 3hr for both of us next year with an injury free year and a decent bit of training!?
Nice to meet Dave Owen - congrats on the PB (given my size it easier for me to run up the Llanberis Pass!?)
Ran with Boxer1 for a couple of miles early on as I took it easy at the start - hope you and AN went sub 3h15m - you were running well
Nice to meet and chat to carrot top in the registration area after the finish.
Really chuffed with sub 3h5m (forgot to stop the watch at the end as I was cramping up big time!). Well done to the organisers for changing the course, although I'm not sure what was happening with the baggage drop off this year!
Sorry I couldn't stay, to meet more forumites, for a pint (or two!?) in the pub - shift change at our house when my wife & kids come back (wife out this evening)
Congratulations, John
Hope everyone else is ok/pleased too - been moping a bit here, wish things had turned out differently for me, but worse things happen in the world
Fantastic day, really enjoyed it and managed to beat my target time of 3:30 easily!
3:23 for me and chuffed to bits.
Met JB at the start and watched as he dissapeared into the distance! Well done John excellent time.
A chill out for a while then off to the pub!!!
Well done JB for getting the first report on - one of the benefits of being a quick runner (3hr 5min ? You're not human !).
Blimey, that Waun Fawr is some hill ! (JB did you run the whole way up it ????). I think, in a way, it's like having kids, everyone says that they'll change your life, & you go "yeah, I know" and then it hits you like a brick wall. Well I think that hill's the same. Everyone says it's a big hill, and you see the profile on the web, and you think "I'll have to allow extra time to run that slowly" but when you turn the corner and see what it's really like you think "What, I'm meant to run up that ???!", which of course I didn't !
Think I did 3hr 46min (failed to stop my watch, but that's what the official clock was showing), which is close enough to my target time of 3hr 45min for me to be well pleased.
Knee held up to the test - it started hurting at 15mile, but I tried the Lance Armstrong trick of thinking "pain is only temporary ..." and ignored it, and it went away at about 18 mile !!!
Glad I missed that huge hailstorm which came in at the end. Can't have been pleasant to run in.
Sorry I didn't manage to meet up with you all, it's a bit choatic at the start to try to find people isn't it. I think the only real answer is to meet up beforehand/after, as some of you have done.
Finally, what fantastic support on the way round. Must be one of the best races around for that; and you could have OD'd on the amount of jelly babies that were offered by the local kids. Well done to the organisers as well.
lol HL - benefit of living less than 1/2hr away! Glad you are pleased with that time - not the easiest of conditions today
as - nice to meet you - hope to meet up for a run around Cdair Idris sometime? Again, glad you are pleased with your time
Thanks Frodo. Snowdonia (today) was not the best place to do a marathon if you had doubts/not 100%.
Had a bath and my wife wants me to walk down to town for an Indian
That Hail was fun!!!
Had a fantastic day met up with T-rex, Panad, and Dyniom (spelt that wrong) said Hi to NQ2 as she flow off into the hills!
The four of us ran together for a while up until mile 13 where my leg started to twinch I new I wouldn't be able to hold that pace without hurting my leg again so I eased of and whatched T-rex run off up out of bethgelet, panad passed me next then Dyniom on mile 20 (nearly caught up to you on the top of waunfawer) then the Hail came and it was a mad scramble to the finnish!!
Didn't get my sub4 finnished in 4:20:49 well happy with that for a first marathon, loved it will be back next year!!!
Thanks T-rex thanks for getting me through the first half of the race, sorry I couldn't hang about my long suffering wife and I where frozen to the bone by the time we got to the car.
You guys were great!!!
Hope everyone else makes it back safe.
3:35:15 for me. Over seconds seconds quicker for me than my struggle in 2007 so I'm well chuffed. More than taht, I'm b****y elated.
Didn't meet uop with any forumites but I hope you all enjoyed the experience. That last downhill section was the toughest for me - steep, wet and often muddy. Calf's were pinging on the final run in on the High Street.
The beer in the pub after tasted particularly good
Home,warm&dry again now,legs not too bad as long as I keep moving!
Great results everyone - hope you all enjoyed it!
SRM - My calfs were going on that final run in too!
I managed 3:46:03 so very pleased - 28 mins faster than last year. Lost a few mins at 24 with hamstring cramp
. Enjoyed the downhill at the end again, really hammered that 
. Started too fast and then went too hard downhill into Nantgwynant, seriously worried at Beddgelert but managed to keep going. That was some downpour as I headed back to the car!
Enjoy that "recovery" drink everyone
All this talk of pingy calves is making me realise I made the right decision!
Well done, people
Sadly I decided mid week to be a DNS; Trying to shrug off a chest infection. I can mill around ok in training but my chest rattles as soon as I stop so I was concerned what may happen if the weather was like my last 3 outings at Snowdon Marathon!!
Can I ask what you all thought of the course change? Did it make it better / faster / more interesting?
Now realise that I did see a couple of you today
SRM - I was quite close to you at one point late on (can't remember exactly where) as I saw the black foot on the back of your shirt (shows how much time I lost on that hill !! ). Well done on your time BTW.
Greg - you zipped past me in the run-in. Pity we didn't run together - although it sounds like you got down that last hill a lot faster than I did
4:55 for me, I am well chuffed, mainly because I ran the whole way,even up from Waunfawr, although slow, but I flew down the river that was the path down to mile 25 and followed that all the way to the finish, really felt strong at the finish, surprisingly.
Report to follow as I am off to join the clan at the Pad.
SS
Firstly, may I say a big thanks to the volunteers, they did a great job making sure everything ran smoothly. A special thanks also to those handing out drinks and energy bars.
I managed 3hrs 53mins, having never done Snod before I was aiming for a sub 4, so I am well happy with my time.
I shall miss all the banter and advice I have gleamed from the thread over recent weeks, its a pity it's over. BBT hopefully I may see you in Brecon for the ultra in December, if don't good look.
Take care everyone.
I didn't manage to meet anyone from the thread which was a shame, I was looking out for some of you I thought I could identify lol
Well goodluck with all your future running guys