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Taper
lovely jubbly
long gone are my 80 - 100 miles PW
but i manage on my bit of what i do
me, oh i eat alsorts
porridge, bananas, rice, noodles ,chicken sweetcorn soup
minced beef, onions, mushrooms, pasta,
i very much keep to a normal diet - fluid levels are the same regardless
its just a way of life has been for years now
i eat, drink, breath, sleep runinng
keeps me alive
Can anyone who has done this before tell me about the hill at 8/18 - is it steep?
Hill..........what hill?
I've not run it before, but this is what the website states about the course profile
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It is a predominately flat course, and many who enter our event are first time runners. There is an ascending incline as you enter Luddington (1:48 for 220m) and another as you leave (1:30 for 400m). There is a steeper incline as you leave Welford towards Long Marston, which is the most significant hill on the course, and rises approximate 31m over some 1100 meters (1:35 average - 1:15 steepest part for 150m) and descends some 28m over some 450 meters (1:18 average - 1:10 steepest part for 150m)
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As a 4:15 - 4:30 runner, I don't expectthe general climb to slow me down significantly, though the portions that are particularly steep (relatively) will demand a bit more respect - I may even power walk the steepest bits second time round depending on how I feel.
If it's as wet as predicted, then surfing down the other side may be an option
Hope everyone is healthy. Having run close to 3 hours on 2 previous occasions I think it’s fair to say that the course is relatively quick in decent conditions. The hill at 7 and 17 is quite challenging. Really worth taking it easy the first time round. The quad demolishing descent once you reach the top for the second time really put paid to my sub 3 efforts.
Unfortunately due to a pulled back at the end of last year I won’t be able to complete the full marathon. However I still reckon I can run a reasonable half. I’m sure it has been mentioned somewhere else on the thread but are the organisers okay with a full marathon runner bailing out and doing the half instead?
Thinking of doing my last run Friday night
nick - interesting is an understatement!
wbt - official transfers are not allowed now, the deadline has passed. Anyone that engages in an unofficial number swap risks being banned from the race for life, as per the race rules on the website.
frank - sorry to here you're struggling, sure I've read on the website that you can drop down distance on the day, but need to tell the marshalls at the split point on lap one, else they'll try and direct you to a second lap.
thanks for the hill info, perhaps it will be tougher than i thought
jay - i'm doing a 3 miler this evening, then that's it, feet up until the big day
Anyone got any advice about wind running?
Looks like the first half of the course will be very fast and last half hellish! Didn't quite get 3hrs last year (3h 02). Looks like this year will be another battle.
Met office is saying gusts of 48 mph during the race at the moment -
- This is going to be an interesting first marathon. Starting to think a tot of rum might be a useful supplement to the isotonic drink!
Good luck to all running and above all else - have fun!
RWMS
FRANK M - this is what the website states about changing distances
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Requests to switch from Full to Half, Half to Full, to Cancel an entry or to check for non receipt of race pack after posting date for whatever reason you should contact /forum/smilies/confused_smiley.gif[/img]hakespeare@frsystems.co.uk?subject=Shakespeare%20Marathon%20and%20Half%20Marathon%20-%20Entry%20Query%202011]shakespeare@frsystems.co.uk If you do wish to change between Full and Half marathon races after the Race Number has been sent out then you should still notify us through /forum/smilies/confused_smiley.gif[/img]hakespeare@frsystems.co.uk?subject=Shakespeare%20Marathon%20and%20Half%20Marathon%20-%20Entry%20Query%202011]shakespeare@frsystems.co.uk this will ensure we update your record, however, you will have to run with the Race Number and chip that has been sent as they are matched. This means that if you have changed from the Full to the Half then you will run with your Red (full marathon) number and if you have changed from the Half to the Full with your White (half marathon) number. At the cut off at Greenway North, 11.84 miles, you should shout to the marshals what you are doing so that they direct you to the correct course as the marshals tend to be guided by the colour of the race number. You should also let the marshals at the bottom of Rumer Hill (just over 8 miles on the first lap and just under 19 miles on the second lap) know what you are doing. Please make it clear what you have done at the Finish.
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Ian,
Thanks for the info. I e-mailed the race organiser and they changed me from the full to the half. Let's hope the weather forecast is wrong for Sunday. Have a good run everyone.
Hey, RWMS..how you doing? You've not been on Snod forum for a while...you are doing the baby again this year then? Surely Sunday cant be as bad as the last Snowdon
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Anyway folks, good luck to one and all.
In 2010 I got a pb of 4:19 , over the moon to break 4:20 I ran 20 yr previous. In 2011 I think I was around 4:34. In 2010 I didn't really feel the hill , and felt I had great focus on th greenway , just getting in the zone, while last year wasn't so focussed , a bit of walking. As usual ill be aiming for a pb currently 4:17, set in Chester about 6 wks after Shakespeare 2010- but as ever it depends on the day. I had about 2 complete weeks off in Feb after a back strain, but have got back to complete a 20,19,18, & few 16s etc.
I'll be trying for 9:43- 9:30 / mile pace or so
Weather grrrrr
I just don't like being cold to start, so the dilemma is layers.
Current thought is old sweatshirt & bin bag to the start
Poss then run in vest baseball cap & gloves -
How about you?
It's the challenge?