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Amsterdam Marathon Sunday 16 October 2011
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Can't help with the tendonitis thing but hope it causes you no grief in the following weeks.
And eek to Ian66 and week 1 - my first "scheduled" run isn't til next Monday so I'm still taking it easy this week
Thanks for the advice, I intend to do the stretches for a while though, gutted as I am hoping for a PB and this doesnt help. I have an ice pack, which I will use right after the stretches, then a heat pack to bring the fresh blood back in.
Murph1, I'd change my route for a while if I were you, I find that these types of people tend to look out for after that king of thing, especially as they actually got out the car as well. Watch your back.
Regards,
Paul.
Murph - discretion definately the better part of valour in instances like this. Console yourself with the fact they are complete tossers, that aren't worth wasting your breath on.
Reminds me of a time many years ago when I was playing cricket, and a few of the local youths decided it would be fun to try and tear down one of the fences surrounding the pitch. We confronted them (we had bats & wickets, they didn't
), and they slunk off.
1-0 to us we thought, it was only later that we found out that one of said youths was subsequently arrested walking back through the village to the ground armed with a samurai sword!!!
ever since then, i've tended to turn a blind eye to such things,not very public spirited perhaps, but in this day and age it's just not worth the risk.
yeh, samurai swords don't really mix well with the sound of leather on willow. or leather on flesh as tended to be the case when I batted
week 2 now done, 21 miles, a VO2 max test on the treadmill, 2 gym sessions and a round of golf. Nicely balanced with a night on the lash with the boys, and a lovely meal out with the family, made even nicer due it it being all on expenses! All in all, a great work hard/play hard week, just how I like it.
LSR this morning was amazing, loved running in the sun, just slowed my pace a little to start with, then pushed up towards race pace at the end, and finished up doing 11 miles with plenty left in the tank. Now to spend the afternoon in the garden with family & friends having a well-earned beer. doesn't get any better
so is everyone else enjoying getting out & running in the sun, or are people melting in the heat?
Are there any pacers at Amsterdam?
This will be my fourth consecutive Amsterdam marathon and I am looking forward to it. Two weeks before the marathon I am running the Köln Marathon. Yes, probably a bit insane. However, the lure of a marathon in my home town is too great to withstand.
For those of you who have run Berlin; I believe Amsterdam is a bit faster. Last year I broke my PB in Berlin and ran 3.58. Three weeks later I went under that time with one minute in Amsterdam (3.57). So, get prepared to run you personal best this year
Yes, there are pacers at the marathon. It's organised by the Dutch Runner's World. Unfortunately there's only an internetsite in Dutch. There are pacers both for the marathon and for the half marathon.The pacers can be recognized by the colour of a balloon above their head:
3.15 (M) / 1.35 (HM) Red
3.30 (M) / 1.40 (HM) Blue
3.45 (M) / 1.45 (HM) Purple
4.00 (M) / 1.50 (HM) Green
4.15 (M) / 1.55 (HM) Orange
4.30 (M) / 2.00 (HM) Yellow
I've signed up for Amsterdam after wilting badly in 34 deg heat at the Poitiers Marathon in May, so the temps expected sound ideal! Useful thread for the Garmin adv - I missed a PB at the Two Castles race recently, in part because of a "long" course as recorded by Garmin, but now I know the answer.
My buddy from our club is also doing it (her first marathon, my 5th) and she's faster than me, so our plans to train together on LSR's aren't working out. Any ideas?
Crazylady- same here. I did Madrid in April... wasn't quite 34 degrees but not far off... plus the hills. Looking forward to something flatter and cooler this time and hopefully a pb
Not easy training when you're on different levels... Can you join a club and maybe find others at the same/ similar level as you? I have a similar problem. My club buddies are all faster and although it's nice in terms of being pushed, it can also be a bit demoralising at times. I've made peace with doing my LRS's on my own.
Good luck with your training!
I'm a bit concerned that I won't be able to get my energy gels through airport security due to liquid restrictions- those of you who have done Amsterdam before, is it the kind of Expo where you can buy all your gels, etc? Alternatively, is there anywhere in the city where I can buy some? Ta.
Thank you both for your replies- I should have stated that I don't intend upon having any luggage in the hold. However, the fact that the Expo will sell some gels is enough reassurance for me in case I struggle to fit my usual quota in my plastic bag.
A further question for those of you who have run Amsterdam before: my partner says that she saw a forum discussing the fact that the Metro system isn't particularly efficient on the morning of the race. We're currently sorting out our hotel, so is there any substance to this or is it just people having a moan because they didn't organise themselves properly?
Tim - I stayed in the town centre last year. I got on the metro at about 8:30, the train wasn't too busy, and the total journey time was about 20-25 minutes. The only minor inconvenience was having to change trains at Zuid/WTC to go the extra stop.
The most stressful part of getting to the start was the bag drop. Best to get there fairly early.
I've also managed to persuade my BF and 3 friends to come along too
This will be my first marathon. Could I ask if any of you take your own drinks? If so, how do you carry them? And how many gels - and again how do you carry them? I've tried bottle belts but they just bounce around and end up bouncing around my ribs which is really uncomfortable, and my camelbak rucksack is great but I have to slow to a walk to take it off to get the gels out.... any recommendations?
I'm wondering about sewing a gel belt onto the top of my running bottoms if I don't get any better solutions...
Thanks!