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Hi MS7
As you will understand, we have been following the Liverpool process. I spoke to LCC this morning & there was no marathon proposal put to Cabinet today, so there will be a minimum 2 week wait until the next meeting for any formal decision.
Regarding race times, at 4:15 to 4:30 you will be in good company as part of our main pack, with a couple of thousand runners behind you.
Hope you decide to run Chester, we guarantee that you will not be disappointed. Just look back at some of the reviews from our May race to see how RW runners rated us.
2011 will be a much bigger race taking in Chester City centre. Aiming always to put the runner first we plan to grow the race to 10,000 within 3 years. Take a look at our web site for more info & how to enter.
Good times!
Hi JoeyDude
Entry is £38 for affiliated or £40 for unaffiliated. Entries now open on the website.
Seems an alright price,
Might be doing this one because it's about an hour away from where I live and my 18th birthday is on the 29th of June so there isn't another one after that date, But hopefully i will be starting my Royal Marine training in July so am unsure if i will be able to do it?
Thanks again.
A great turn out for the traning run this morning, Perfect weather, scenic routes & good company - its much more fun when running with a group.
Thanks everyone - looking froward to the next group traning run on Sunday 5th December. As today there will be 3, 6 & 9 mile options. Keep an eye on on the training page of the race web site for more details.
hi there to everyone
just want to say to anyone thinking of doing chester next year,do it.it was a fantastic day,superbly organised,and next years route will make it even better.good luck with all the training everyone
Hi Bubbles - Thanks for the positive comments on our 2010 race - we had a great day & are looking forward to an even bigger and better race this October. Loads of info on the web site
New Year's resolutions etc - Seems as though plenty of people have got a marathon on their list due to the huge surge in entries over the last couple of days.
Hope everyone's training is going well, good to have the snow & ice behind us.
Why not join us for a training run this coming Sunday, choose from 3,6 or 9 miles with pace groups from 7:30mm to 10mm - click for details
If anyone has any questions or wants any further info - leave a post on here or message me & I will get back.
Cheers Chris, I've entered this as (well was) my 1st marathon, but got bit excited and entered the Shakespeare marathon in May also. Up to 16 miles at the moment, so should hopefully be in decent shape for Chester.
Can't wait
Hiya John, I've entered the Shakespeare one too. Marathon training to start a week on Monday if I can shift this bloody cold that is! Hoping to break the four hour barrier on what will be my third marathon.
I've noticed on the latest issue that Chester is no10 in the top 10 marathons to do this year in the UK. Hopefully it can break the top five within the next couple of years
Room for 1 more?
Just entered this (after seeing Andy's comment!) and Snowdon 3 weeks later
. Sounds like a good course. VLM to get out of the way first though
Andy - I had to laught at the (superimposed) photo of the start of last years race - must have been 3+ miles from the centre of Chester/by the clock pictured!!
I thought that the organisation of last years 1st running of the event was excellent, although (as expected) the course was fairly dull. The new course looks very good - it is just as shame, for me, that it has been moved from spring to autum and 3 weeks before my local one, Snowdonia
Great training run today with the Chester Marathon, along a sunny Greenway. My first run since Christmas, but it made me determined to get out more.
Anybody know any good races in the North West I can target for the spring? That'll make me train!
Cheshire Jogger -
Ellesmere Half on 6 March?
Same here Lohn ..... expect it to be stuck at the bottom of a pile in Warrington sorting office .
Received Feb issue of Cycling Active this morning though
No RW received here either.
Looking forward to seeing the full page advert and RW best race ratings for the Chester marathon in this issue
Hi guys/girls, I hope you don't mine me jumping into this forum.
Only 2 mara's to my name Blackpool Apr 2009 and 2010, but Blackpool 2011 has been cancelled due to construction work, so I've been looking for an alternative mara. I think if I want a spring one it will have to be Stratsford now, but I fancied doing a more local marathon to home (southport) and just the other day I found this forum. Marathons must be like buses, as just as I find a great mara in the North West, up pops another one (liverpool) on exactly the same day,
I'm sure liverpool have got a good reason.
just cracked 4hrs, with a time of 3:59:06 (sqeaky bum time) at Blackpool 2010, so looking to get down nearer to 3:30 ideally, but if I wait til Chester mara it wil give me more time to train.
Chris H: I wouldn't mind coming down for the training session 06th feb, any probs getting into Total Fitness or do you meet in the car park?
Nice to find a local NW forum for us Northerners. Enjoy your runs this w/end, I'm in work unfortunately