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Amsterdam Marathon 2012
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Funnily enough, I seem to have (somehow) put it on you tube too! Marathon music
Conquest of Paradise - Vangelis
We got there!!!!
Excellent work there Monk, no thanks to my misdirection
I definitely had an issue with the cups like others, and I like the fact that Paris gives out 33cl bottles
Despite the pain of Sunday, I'm strangely tempted to right a few wrongs in Paris though the thought of having to prove a time to get into the 3.15 pen is putting me off. I don't want to have to fight through crowds, and I thought Amsterdam was lovely and spacious bar the first corner.
Does anyone whose registered (or has done before) know if my 3.28 from Amsterdam will be ok if I put a target of 3.15 (I think I can do 3.20 if I take measures to stop cramping) or is this a question for the Paris thread....?
Thanks in advance!!
James- you will be ok just to put a target of 3.15(whatever colour that corresponds with) on your registration.
Yes! That's it - it's really been bugging me
One other thing I really liked in the Amsterdam marathon was the App so people could track you on the course. Not sure if other marathon's also do it but it worked really well - my OH downloaded it and was able to track me on the course and figure out when he needed to get out of bed to cheer me over the finish line.
Thank you to everyone who answered with the song! It's been in my head since Sunday.
Now i'll listen to it in preparation for the registration for the Berlin marathon...
Paris has a similar free app. No idea what it's like in terms of ease of use/reliability tho
Good luck for Berlin registration Emmy. If it's anything like the Paris scramble last Wednesday it'll be an interesting few hours. German efficiency being what it is tho, you'll hopefully have a smoother time.
@weedy - you wont believe it... under 2 mins - in and out and no hassle. Instant email and confirmation. I've still got the paris grim under my nails so have taken a screenshot to prove i'm in the first band but I doubt i'll need it.
Less than 4 minutes later and they're already up to 90EUR
Brill. Saw Jimbob and Kaz over the Paris thread raving about how efficient it was.
Paris app is as inefficient as its registration.........Last year I was still running at 9pm!!!
Kaz - you've gotta love the French. Imagine what the Olympics would have been like if they'd got the bid instead of London. How's you feeling today?
Thanks kaz1!
Weedy - Not so good thanx. Overthinking things isn't helping, I think.
I know it's alien to you, but take it easy Kaz. And stop thinking - it's bad for you.
I was humming and haying over Berlin for an Autumn Marathon, but now I don't have to have to as it's sold out! So I think I'll run my local marathon for the the first time - The Moray Marathon in September. It's a lovely course, I can walk to the start/finish in 5 minutes, no airports to contend with, and it'll save me a fortune. Also, I don't have that may running years left in the old legs, and I have already run Berlin. So many others out there waiting to part me from my hard earned dosh.
Spring? Still swithering over Paris. Or Edinburgh, Or Venice. Or Dublin. Or have a rest? Decisions, decisions.
And a lasting memory from Amsterdam will be having a pee in one of those open air trough thingys, in front of the packed stand in the Olympic Stadium. Bizarre!
In case anyone's not got today's newsletter or deleted it...
Amsterdam's on October 20 next year. Entries open November 12
Cymraeg Ace - 17 minutes is awesome going.
Simon - Agree on the loos situation. Didn't realise going to the toilet was a spectator sport in Amsterdam. Was half expecting the crowd to give a big cheer when I'd finished. I've signed up for Paris and Edinburgh. I reckon there's a decent enough gap between them.
Kaz - hang in there.
You think that was bizarre ? You should have experienced the mens` showers in the Sporthallen Zuid.
There was a large changing area adjacent to an open plan shower area - no cubicles just nozzles on the wall. So, having shed your clothes you cross 5-6 feet from the changing area to the showers.
All very nice, you`re thinking. But - the organisers had thoughtfully installed a ladies` loo in the changing area. There was a large queue of women standing in the changing area (and right out into the corridor), waiting to get into the (single) loo. It was therefore necessary to strip off in front of the lot of them, thread your way through the crowd and then shower under their admittedly disinterested eyes.
Funnily enough, after the initial British embarassment, you kind of forgot they were there !
@H - Where are you living? I'm in Belgium but used to be in Germany and after some initial wearyness - being nude doesnt bother me anymore!
Not in my case I`m afraid !
I did N.Y. a few years ago. At the start we men were all peeing merrily away into the bushe - no one seemed to mind. When women started to do the same - assorted marshalls and police officers got quite unpleasant and started trying to stop them. Pretty unfair I thought. At least there was none of that in Holland.
Sounds like Newcastle on a Saturday night. Last year I did the Rhode Island half marathon (fab course and event if you ever get the chance to do it - free pizza, bagels, beer and pizza at the end, none of this half a banana and a cup of water nonsense). Course goes along a place locals call Millionaire's Row, dozens of houses you only dream of living in. All the men were jumping over their fences into their gardens for wees.
Was awesome. I was touring New England and co-incidentally happened to be there the day it was taking place. Was on Newport island, with a marathon at the same time, and hugged the coast for most of it. Started with about 2,000 Americans singing their national anthem, and one Brit going "oh say can you see, la la, la la, I don't know the rest". Spent more time stuffing my face at the buffet at the finish than I did on the course
Hungry, hungry, hungry, all the time.