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Don't know why my lists aren't working properly.
York TeamNo More Nails - 385 The Savage (mate of NMN) - 380 Bedders - 299 Rest of World Padams - 238
Dan A - 273
Tealsocks - 15441
Elli - 14592
Al Riley (WWW - Wild West Wacer) - 3195
I give up!
No More Nails - 385 The Savage (mate of NMN) - 380 Bedders - 299 Rest of World Padams - 238
Dan A - 273
Tealsocks - 15441
Elli - 14592
Al Riley (WWW - Wild West Wacer) - 3195
Dean N 1729
Hope everyone is well and fit and taking it easy
Jiffle King thanks for the tips
My chest is still a bit infected so have started 7 day course of antibiotics , hoping I can clear things up in a few days .
will have a 7or 8 miler on sunday to keep the legs ticking over , whats everyone else got planned this weekend ?
Bedders 299
No More Nails 385
The Savage 380
Rest of the World
Padams 238
Dan A 273
Tealsocks 15441
Elli 14592
Al Riley (Wild West Wacer) 3195
Dean N 1729
I've injured my back/arse and therefore I'm hungover. If I wasn't injured i'd be running now and wouldn't have got myself in this state. I'd be a mess without running!
York Team
Bedders 299
No More Nails 385
The Savage 380
Rest of the World
Padams 238
Dan A 273
Tealsocks 15441
Elli 14592
Al Riley (Wild West Wacer) 3195
Dean N 1729
Jerseydaniel 6601
Had a very slack week, even for a taper....just one 7 mile run, but will be out for a very gentle 13 tomorrow...
Well I was ill at the weekend after a long bike ride on Saturday morning (not sure if that caused it or if it was coming on beforehand). So no running, but given the build-up I've had, I doubt it's going to make any difference!
So will just try to enjoy the race - no pressure anyway as I would never get near my PB even if I'd had a perfect build-up! Looking forward to it.
Hope everyone else had a good weekend and you're all ready to go! Weather forecast looks good (for running) - not too warm or sunny.
Gonna be a very early alarm call for this one. Not sure my body clock will be fully awake at that time.
York Team
Bedders 299
The Savage 380
No More Nails 385
Rest of the World
Ali King 168
Padams 238
Dan A 273
Dean N 1729
Al Riley (Wild West Wacer) 3195
Jerseydaniel 6601
Elli 14592
Tealsocks 15441
I think numbers are done on when we signed up (my sad keenness showing through here!).
I have been off the forum for a couple of weeks as I was licking my wounds. The shin splints continued to give grief and not being able to do a single run in 30 days put me on the verge of sacking it off. But I then ran a pain-free 5 minutes on Saturday!! That, combined with the adrenelin that's already kicking in has made me decide to just go for it. Sub-3's going to be a tall order but hopefully I've kept most of the fitness ticking over with cycling/stepper so I figure I might as well give it a shot.
Apologies if it has already been mentioned but are there starting pens (I remember it being mentioned that there's no need to get to the start well ahead of time)? If any of the sub-3ers want to start out together then I'd be happy to meet up just before and run with them (although I am fairly anti-social when running). I'd be aiming for a 1:26 split, so roughly 4:05/km and then see how the second half goes.
Is anybody else right now unable to think of anything BUT Sunday morning?!
Ali - blimey, 30 days without running makes my build-up sound pretty good! Fair play for giving it a go, and if you've been doing lots of cross-training, you never know.
Personally I'm not getting too stressed about this as I have no pressure on any particular target etc.
I'll be up at about 4am on Saturday morning to catch the flight, so hopefully 6:30am for a race start won't seem too bad. I don't usually run well really early in the morning though!
Could perhaps share a cab into the city?
I think there are starting pens. Elite/Sub 3/3-30 etc. depending on your entry prediction.
Quick question for Jiffle if you're still on here mate. Is is worth doing the stadium tour of the Nou Camp? I do like a good sports stadium, and we did the touristy bus ride last time!
From the airport: Cab should be €30 max to town including €1 per bag in the boot and €3:10 for an airport run. Alternative is to get the train. Buy a T10 ticket for €9.25 which buys you 10 journeys around the city. Buy one and pass it back to your friend/partner (perfectly legal) Pickpockets are on the trains and Las Ramblas, but normal precautions and you´ll be fine.
Stadium tour - It´s quite good.... The trophy room is excellent and you get to go down to the duggouts which is always nice. It will not be open on a matchday, so check if BCN are away this weekend or go on the other day (They play Saturdays when the champs league is a Tuesday) We did not go for the audio guide as there are plaques in different languages explaining what happens when.
Alternative: If you´ve been to the Olympic stadium which is free to get into and takes about 10 mins to look at, there is the olympic museum about 50 metres away (follow the athletes footprints) and for €3 its a very good hour looking at old sports equipment and a few videos. You can also do the long jump and high jump challenges
starting pens People are pretty good about where they start and I just jumped in from the side late on last year. There are pens all the way to over 4 hours as I recall
Toilets - there will seem like very few toilets, but the Spanish do not seem to need them as much as us Brits. There will be queues, but they are usually ok. Take your own paper!!!
I´ll be supporting with TJQ as well. I´ll be on my white fixie and hoping to see a few Brits out there. Toughen up for 30-35km as there are not too many supporters at that point.
And Dan... I still need to buy a shirt... I´ll do it Saturday night assuming we get a new computer Saturday. TJQ wants one as well
FInished work today, GET IN! SO close now, couple of days to get stuff sorted then we fly out Friday afternoon.
I right fancy this 'Breakfast Run' on the Saturday morning for a bit of a loosen-up. The official site says there will be 2,000 bibs (places) for this and that they should be collected from the Expo. We won't be there in time to go to the Expo on the Friday and it doesnt open while 10am on the Saturday. The breakfast run is 9.30, do you reckon it's just a show-up-and-run kinda deal??
York Team
Bedders 299
The Savage 380
No More Nails 385
Rest of the World
Ali King 168
Padams 238
Dan A 273
Dean N 1729
Al Riley (Wild West Wacer) 3195
Jerseydaniel 6601
Elli 14592
Tealsocks 15441
Ian Livesey 2108
From Skipton just down the road from York and was actually a mere 10 yards from the minster, its pianos in the street and chaps on stilts on Saturday so maybe an adopted York'er to even up the numbers...
not long to go now , been to the physio this afternoon to get the legs ready , had my race hair cut and tomorrow will have a slow short run of about 3 or 4 ks .
still don't feel 100 percent from chest infection but unless I take a turn for the worse will be on the plane sat morn,
Dan A looks like I am on the same flight as you , 7.30 ba from Hrow.
Was thinking of the nou camp tour myself and on Sunday at 4pm I see Espanyol are playing
Malaga , its either the football or hitting the bars early .
Jiffle King
Thanks again for all the Info , Iam staying in the Torre Cataluna , what sort of time do you think I should leave to head down to the start , I believe its close by.I will look out for you on your fixie ,
Ali King
Good to hear your going to give it a crack , thats a good taper you,ve had !
If I feel ok on sunday I will be giving sub 3 a shot as well but will be aiming for a 1.29.30 split, so will be a good few mins behind you hopefully .
Dean - looks like we're in a similar boat. I too have had the obligatory haircut (it was down to my mouth!). I'm also staying in the Torre Catalunya, so will see you for the early morning buffet breakfast. Could be dangerous. I'm loving how close it is to the start/finish.
Is anyone else on the Saturday BA flight at 11:25? I couldn't face getting up for the 7:30 one, although with hindsight it'll probably be good prep for Sunday.
Count me in for the 7:30 BA flight on Saturday morning...though I fully intend to sleep the moment I sit down on the plane! (I did the same on my way to Berlin in '10 and kept doing the head dropping thing, even managing to tap my head on the wall at one point...all next to a RW forum member :b). I'm planning to take the aerobus towards my accomodation though
Dan - no, flying from Luton (closer for us) even earlier! Think we're taking off around 6:30am.
I'll probably try to go to the Expo as soon as we've checked into the hotel etc. so will be there late morning if all goes to plan.
Its getting close now.
Ali, you look a little too fast from what we are planning, we shouldn't be far behind you if our plan works.
I must remember to print that registration thing off.
Brekkie run is brill and last year we just turned up on the Saturday and got bibs, if fact we may not have even got bibs but we did it and it was great.
I must remember to print my boarding pass.
I'm actually a little excited rather than the usual aprehension I get. My biggest fear is missing my flight home. 14:15 it leaves, I can't believe they moved it by 4 hours.
See you at the start line. I will be in a Norwich City shirt if you want to say hello. We are massive but I can't see there be many others! I wouldn't normally wear a footy shirt but I thought the good people of Barcelona could get a preview of a Norwich shirt as they'll no doubt be playing us soon!!!
Padams - we'll head straight to the expo from the airport, so probably will see you there (staying near the start/finish/expo area anyway).
Still haven't shaken off the calf injury that's blighted the last six weeks. Will just have to run with it and hope it will last 26.2 miles without doing anything dramatic.
Likewise I will look out for you and tealsocks at the airport
Good luck with the calf niggle on sunday.
Ali King
I am going to give the Buffet breakfast a miss on the basis that I might end up eating too much so I will have something in the room .No doubt I will see you somewhere in the foyer as I will be floating around there before heading off to the start.
NMN
I will keep an eye out for you in your Norwich top,
I will be sporting a black vest with a small St georges cross on it if any one wants to say hello.
Forecast is a top temp of 18c so i doubt it will reach that until mid afternoon , hopefully during the marathon it will be no hotter than 15 c or 16c .
Had a gentle 3 k run this evening , no more running for me until sun now.
Good luck to everyone flying out tomorrow .
I'll be far in the back of the pack, so doubt I will see anyone around the race, but I'll be sporting a blue top that says "I (heart) Sweat"
Getting plenty excited!!
From the Gran Torre Catalunya (by Sants station) ít´s 300m max (I am currently sat on the 13th floor in the 1st building you see between that and placa españa (start of the race)
me and my gimpy knee are going to start on Sunday....
We'll worry about finishing later !!
Good luck all !!
I`m all 'cited now !!
I went on the breakfast run this morning. Have to say, it felt very hot...
Right, pasta party time.
Well, I'm glad that my thoughts about the sponges were for naught, as I gladly took any sponge handed my way today. Anyone know how hot it actually got out there? When I got to the airport this evening (a bit past 5) their screens said it was 23.5 degrees.
I'm just so thrilled with how today went for me. I ended up coming in sub-5 hours at 4:57--a full 32 minutes faster than my previous PB and 50 minutes fast than my first marathon. And despite the heat!! I seriously appreciated all the bottles of water (as I carried them along to either drink from--along with my camelbak--or to dump water on myself) and the many cups of Powerade. Didn't know I liked the blue and red flavours so much
I tried to take a few photos along the route...which resulted in me almost tumbling over an official photographer who was sitting on the ground as I looked back at Sangrada Familia one last time. Whoops!!
Hope everyone else had a successful race!
I Hope you aren't too sore this morning ... Well done to everyone who took part and I hope you all achieved what you wanted to DESPITE the heat!!
I don't know how the race went for you all but my legs felt heavy from about 6 miles !! and the heat certainly didn't help.. Got Cramp a mile and a bit from the finish just as we hit 'La Rambla'..
but just managed to sneak in under 4hours at 3:56... I`ll take that after last weeks knee pain.
2nd Barca' Marathon for me ... and as always I said " no more !!"...
so
see you all in London and Next year back back at 'The Magic Fountain of Montjuic'..
Well done Barcelona again!