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I did 5.5miles yesterday. I have a plan for next year.
How is everyone? Missing the adrenaline?
That could depend on what time you were looking for one. There had been an incident up the road which needed an ambulance and there was about an hour when no buses could get to us at the finish - then 10 arrived! That's not normal at all and they would usually be turning up constantly.
I haven't run again yet either but I did do a 2-3 mile walk the next day and a couple more brisk walks since. I have another half in, wow, 3 weeks
(I had thought it was 2!)
Vixx, what's the plan ?
is Mo your pacemaker for '14 ?
Shrek - only if I am going to be dragged face-down by his shoelaces to South Shields
I've got a question. Rather than head back to Newcastle fairly soon after the race next year, we're thinking of hanging around in South Shields for a few drinks and maybe a curry. Anyone know what time the metro queue has disappeared by and whether the restaurants along Ocean Road take bookings for the early evening?
Afternoon all, hope everyone has recovered well. Just in from a 5 mile easy run. Slightly put out from the review I left about the hotel we stayed in over the weekend, saying it was supplied by a mature person. I just about qualify for life assurance of Parky.
Cracking 24 mile bike ride this morning in the lashing down rain. Only got lost once
StringysRunningBlog has my GNR 2013 race report.
And it's a fantastic race report
Stringy - excellent report. The best way to remove permanent marker btw is one of those alcohol wipes they clean your arm with before a blood test. I guess a dab of vodka (or whatever) might also do the trick. I don't recommend your best vino tho'
I'm pleased to say my arm is now clear.
Fab report Stringy! Wish I had followed you and Vixx round
I had a great time
Thank you again Stringy.
I love reading race reports, especially when they are well-written and full of commitment to the run. Nice one Stringy and well done Vixx on your pb. There were some big oggies as i was going through the underpasses as well. One of the things the gnr is famous for.
I don't write them so much these days, but there was one bit as it started to get tough where I was just thinking "I could just walk for 30 seconds here." Then I thought, "No, Mick has given up his race to help me commit to mine, I won't walk, I won't let him down!"
And JUST at that point, Mick turned round and said something along the lines of "I often walk little bits of this."
Love the report Stringy, and notice you're going to be at Kielder - I'm doing the mara and very excited (if a bit scared, having seen descriptions of the hills...) Great work Vixx on the PB too
Did a nice 3 mile recovery trot on Tuesday, good speedy 7 miles with the club on Wednesday and 14 steady miles this morning - I'm REALLY pleased with my recovery from Sunday, gives me hope that marathon training's gone ok!
Good luck at Kielder Madbee. Don't worry about the hills. They're only little ones, as you can see from the elevation profile:
Eeekkk.. Not feeling a whole lot better about that Narrow feet... To be fair though, all my training's been done in Weardale which is pretty hilly, and much longer hills too, so as long as I cope ok (probably mentally more than physically!) with the short sharp climbs I think it'll be ok. Doubting the wisdom of picking this as my first ever marathon, but hey, if all else fails at least I can enjoy some nice scenery!
Would like to do this some time but never get a place
Have you thought of getting a charity place eastham? I got one pretty easily this year.
Thank you Madbee - it turns out it was 7 minutes and 5 seconds off in the end
My first post-GNR run this afternoon. 7 miles at 9.10m/m which is a bit faster than I was planning and my legs started to ache after about a mile. It was enjoyable to be back out running though.
Now counting the hours until it's wine o clock.
Ive tried about 5 times over the years and not a sniff almostas hard as Lomdon M
Ah, that's unlucky eastham! One day...
Shielsy, I am looking forward to wine o clock too tonight!
Narrow Feet, forgot to ask, have you done Kielder, or did you just find the elevation profile somewhere? If you've done it I'd love to hear tipz
Best tip for Kielder is look down and not look at the next hill which will be just around the corner.
Madbee, that profile is from my own fair Garmin. It was also my first marathon and yes, it's considered a tough one. While there aren't any real flat bits apart from the dam, you can only approach it like any other marathon. Train for it, make sure you get the long runs in and get your nutrition right. You don't want to run out of energy. I wore road shoes which were fine, but it was dry then. Try to maintain a constant effort throughout, whether it's a steep incline or a steep decline that you're on. Finally, whatever time you're after from a standard marathon, add a bit on for Kielder. 25 minutes in my case, but I'm better at shorter distances. Afterwards, relax in the glow that you've just done one of the hard ones and remember the mental pictures you've taken in your mind of the scenery.
22 miler today (on the flat) - 5 weeks to York Marathon
BP - The Yorkshire marathon sounds good. I'm wishing I'd entered having looked at the race site. Together with Edinburgh, probably the biggest marathon in this general part of the world unless I'm mistaken. Should be nice scenery as well. Good luck with it.