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Amsterdam Marathon Sunday 16 October 2011
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Cheers Minardi. I reckon I was just wishing to compete rather than actually seriously going for it.
Paris is a lot more realistic so I think I will pencil in the most beautiful city in Europe as my first marathon
Cheers for the advice
I have booked the hotel and the race already just need to do flights and once everything is paid for i will tell her - she knows i am doing something in the Autumn and i have said i have not decided yet, either Amsterdam, Brussels, Chester or Liverpool (guess where she thinks i should do)
I wouldn't worry about the smell of the underpass as there is only one I can recall and its very short and open. Oh and don't bother about hill training either as its after 38 kilometres so its all mental by then rather than physical, not good when you are falling apart as I was at that stage last year - looking forward to putting that right this year, now just need to enter
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Out of interest though, has anyone ever had a problem with the tramlines, i remember nearly turning my ankle in one? So as not to spook any noobies, there are tram lines on parts of the course but they are fairly insignificant - nothing to worry about.
yes, the 'aromatic' paris underpass, I remember it well!
38K, the finish line virtually in sight, I'm sure we'll all be powering up that slight incline like it wasn't there
I walked the last couple of miles last year (as a spectator), from the entry to the vondelpark all the way to the finish, and I remember thinking too that they must have hidden the stadium, it just appears from nowhere right at the end.
just been on Google Maps, think this was the underpass - nothin major but at 38k it comes as a surprise
not much of a drop in but a nice little climb out.
if the weather is like last year - clear sky, sunny, about -1oC at the start but about 6-7oC by the end and no wind - it will be perfect
I think it's normal for the garmins to over-measure slightly, based on anecdotal evidence on these here forums.
I think the lesson to be learnt is that you should only use your garmin-derived pace as a guide, and if you really want/need accurate splits, then you should use the distance markers that the race organisers place along the route, which should, in theory, be pretty accurate!
I only use map my run as a rough guide if my garmin was playing up for whatever reason! I tend to use the garmin for every run but bear in mind that they can be out about 5% or so (can't remember the exact figure but they're not 100% accurate at any one time). i used mine once to time an egg being boiled and it managed to travel several hundred feet in my kitchen - and my kitchen is definitely not that long!