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Deputy List fairy: please add Hill County Trail 15k on Nov 21 and Comrades May 29 for me. Thank you.
Very best of luck with Comrades Dannirr. Does three times get you an extra medal or a different bib, or is it 5 and 10 next?
Three times gets you disapproving looks fro the family you promised that Comrades was "just once in my life", and then "just need to do the back to back"
Hi everyone, is Paris pretty easy to get a place then as in just get online at 8am next Tues and you're in or there is more too it than that?
Sam - Normally it's easy enough to get a place. They have implemented a bonkers system were the price increases with every n amount of places sold, so the quicker you register the cheaper the entry.
This also results in everyone trying to login at 8am and their entry system going into meltdown!
Make sure you go to the ASO site and create an account first. It'll save the hassle of trying to do it while the system crashes for the 152nd time on registration day! https://www.asochallenges.com/en-EN/
Ah brilliant thanks, I didn't know that I thought it was just the 2nd wave price batch but it goes up within that as well!
Yep I imagine it will go into meltdown!
Yep I already have, I presume the euro star and rooms can be pretty cheap if booked in advance?
Hi Sam Hammond, welcome on board.
When taliking about Paris you will need to add the suffix "for Paris".
So, rooms can be cheaper if booked in advance, for Paris.
You won't get an absolute bargain but it will be cheaper.
Also, rooms tend to be on the smaller size. So watch out for the description 'large size room' and add the suffix, for Paris.
Hi Sam. Good choice of marathon, stick around
. The Eurostar tickets only go on sale six months in advance so the April ones should be available in October. And yes, the earlier, the cheaper. There's lots of accommodation on offer - the further you're prepared to stay from the Arc the cheaper it will be, but the Metro system is very efficient on the day.
Benign Murmuring..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Loads of valuable advice from experienced people on here.... along with some mad advice from some crazy people too
Happy birthday benign murmuring.... Long may you continue with the positive advice !!
Orbutt speaks sense - 'for Paris' is definitely required for just about everything, including the price of coffee! Last year the room I had was just big enough to be able to walk around the bed! Having a wash meant that the toilet got fully washed too because it was so close to the shower and the curtain was non-existent! I suspect that this would've been described as a good value room which for anywhere else would've been classed as a complete rip-off, but when 'for Paris' is added it instantly starts to ring more true!!
Dannirr - If 3 Comrades gets disapproving glances, does 4 get you a divorce!?
Just did a nice half marathon round Perth. Lovely scenery and finished at the beach. Had no idea that we even had hills like that!! Took me by surprise really but got an ok time anyway. Happy result.
Came across the line promising myself that I would never, ever do a full marathon on that course. But then I saw the medals for the full ( massively larger and shinier than the ones for the half !!) and now I have a severe case of medal envy and I just know that I so have to do the full next year! Shallow? Me? Surely not!!
Haha Charlie4, I did that half too and and came away thinking I'd like to do the marathon next year! The half was tough but I had heard that so wasn't surprised, and it was so beautiful! And the first half of the marathon course is flat. ;-)
Ah, medal envy. Tempting runners into long distances like magpies to a shiny thing.
Organisers know that if they get a big shiny medal and they put photos of it on social media then runners will flock to their race, I would say it's a scam but who am I kidding, I fall for it every time!!
Just hope the fitness hasn't suffered too much for Wetherby 10k (tomorrow), GNR next week and York marathon early October.
Andy-W with your fitness base you won't need to worry. Sounds like a great holiday too
Two weeks ago I had a terrible long run which I had to abandon as I felt really rough. I'd also developed a strange rash down my right leg. Turns out I had Shingles. Nothing the doctor could offer me but at least I knew what it was.
Anyhow, I took the advice of friends and missed a few runs. Back running this week and feeling much better. Today's long run felt exactly like it should, so I'm much happier.
Orbutt - Great to hear you're back out enjoying your runs again.
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Hey guys, looking forward to tomorrow now!
If I get online at 8am tomorrow will I be in a cue or will I just be able to enter straight away pretty much?
Looks like there are quite a few of us at GNR this weekend. What's everyone looking for out of the day?
I'll be doing my first non-Scottish parkrun on the Saturday at Newcastle, though not liking the earlier start time! For the day itself, I'll be at MP until 10 miles and then see what I've got to give for the last stretch.
If we get weather like we have had up Glasgow/Edinburgh way this weekend we're sorted. I got sunburnt yesterday. In Scotland.
Just got my alert email through now
How much is the euro star normally?