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Amsterdam Marathon 2012
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At Leeds airport my mate went through fine with two bags. That is just one of the reasons why Yorkshire is best
Stray - i'm in a hotel at the airport. I'll have a look and see if there's a shop that sells any. Long shot, but there seemed to be thousands of shops there, so I might hit lucky. I'm planning to get to the stadium fairly early, so I can arrange to meet if I have any success. If I don't post anything by 8.30pm (Dutch time), I failed to find any.
Sorry SR, no luck with gels.
Although I did find a 4.5kg bar of Toblerone. if anyone fancies a post-run treat.
Drop me a line if you're tempted and I'll swing by on the way to the stadium tomorrow morning and pick one up. It's 120 euros though. Yes, you read that right, 120. Think hyper-inflation's finally hit the euro economy.
Didn't see any at the expo but have found a supplier
Hope you're all happily (!) in the land of nod by now....I know I've said it before but GOOD LUCK!!! I'll be thinking of you all
Bit tough out there today with the wind, especially coming back along the river.
Managed a PB of 3.46. To say I'm chuffed is an understatement.
Hope everyone else had a good run
Hope everyone had a good run!!
3.28 in my first marathon, with a massive cramp attack at 35.5k and onwards. At least there was a nice policeman and spectator to help me when I pulled up like I'd been shot! Curse my stupid electrolyte tablets for dissolving in my pocket (to be fair I should have seen that coming...)
Still am happy coming of the back of travel and a stinking cold.
Pub?
Really chuffed to have got a 3:08. Pretty much even splits but had a very hard time at 37-40. Managed to pull it together, just.
Thought the course was very crowded, although I was in the 4 hour pacemaker group, so I probably saw the worst of it. But full marks to the pacemaker. After his balloon blew away, he ran waving a branch for a while, until someone gave him a new bunch of balloons. Spot on time at half way too - got a bit in front of him by the end, but he was a big help. I'll be interested to see the splits.
Nice to see running rodent late on but everything was a blur by that point... You looked great though rr.
A personal worst for me by a long long way. Feeling very introspective at mo. would have DNF if I could hAve worked out who to speak to.
Proud of you, girl
Sorry to hear you had a mare, SR....safe trip home
Ice bath done, I'm now horizontal til dinner, and dragging my poor broken body to the party that the Dutch crew have arranged. Not sure how long I'll stay, but I'll definitely make an appearance in my red dress & lippy!
It was a good idea to have names on our number so had a few encouraging shouts. Was pretty cold for the run - good for running but my wife was freezing in the Stadium by the time I found her!
Not sure my splits are right - has me down as crossing the start at 9.30.06 which was impossible as I was in the 3.30 - 4.00 category and took a while to cross the line. As a result, my first 5k is shown as 32 mins whereas I timed it as 26 mins!
Agree with you Kevin, support at the end was very good!!