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Hi everyone
KennyM brought me here form the Berlin 2015 thread. Well done on your PB at the GSR yesterday Jokeybhoy. Hi Meadower, we meet again!
Jokey - I got a massive lift at Berlin last week when my old man and mate greeted me at 22 miles with amahoosive HH. Not sure the Germans got it but it gave me a bit extra.
Anyway, fresh from Berlin and just about to sign up for Paris, look forward to trading training stories and taking and giving some abuse on this thread.
PJFrizzle - welcome
Get signed up lad and post your bib number. Then pull up a chair and join in the fun.
Welcome new threaders, you've come to the right place ... enjoy
, but for now :
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Sweety, Happy Birthday to you !!
Hope you have a great day K x
Well been awhile since I popped in - I'm waving frantically at you all ??????????.
i was wondering if anyone else is still waiting for their reject notifications for VLM? I've still heard nothing, nil, zilch not even charities contacting me ........
is it something I said !
PJFrizzle -Welcome to the thread.
Princess Fiona - I think they said if you haven't heard anything by tomorrow, then you should contact them to ask. Give them until midday?
Call 'em up Pri-Fi .....
It's taper week for me ..... got maximum 35 miles scattered throughout the week. Just gave myself a bit of punishment after a weekend of Belgium Chocolate and drinking beers with lots of people from this thread at The Wedding of the Year. 7.5 miles kind of tempo run, bit slippy underfoot, dodging peds, bikes, cars, school kids, leaves, dust-trucks, took in a fair bit of Hampstead Heath as well. Need to punish myself a bit more this week, particularly on pace, I've been a bit lazy with it recently.
If nothing today will call tomorrow for a personally delivered rejection ????????????.
Enjoy your say everyone ??????????????????
Thanks for all the advice already!
Princess Fiona-at least a personal rejection is better than the email, that's a little like being dumped via text! Perhaps it will be good news??
Welcome, PJF! Good to see a few faces from the Berlin thread migrate West.
Congrats again on your sub 3h15 there. What comes next?!
Good luck Princess; hopefully you're "Congrats" mag just got lost in the post. Not that it matters too much, Paris is the main place to be
Apart from the "woods of death" of course...........(great name, very apt.)
"woods of death"...help I'm scared enough about the lack of toilets to even think about getting that far!
Thanks Tired legs.
List fairy, my bib number is 62326 and I'm in the grey pen.
Oct 6: Onetit's birthday.
Oct 10: Bingo Race - Karen Bowman 2, Loubella. Freemantle Half - Charlie4.
Oct 11: Chicago Marathon – Dannirr. Henley Half - Pistol 101. Oxford Half – Agentpenguin, Kenno, Orapidrun. Royal Parks Half – Jellybum, Nells. Yorkshire Marathon – Andy W.
Oct 18: Abingdon Marathon – Sunnysider Phil. Amsterdam Marathon – Benignmurmmuring, Betzza, Emmy, Heroine in a Half-Shell, Jellybum, Jimbob, Kenno, KeyserSuze, Mattleydon, Nells, Nodster, Onetit, Orapidrun, Stuchbury, Thisisnatty. Amsterdam 8k - Running Rodent.
Oct 24: Beachy Head Marathon – Meadower.
Oct 25: Dublin Marathon - Joanna3. Great South Run - Julie-Marie, Loubella. Marine Corps Marathon – Orbutt. Stort 30 - LloydR.
Oct 27-29: Three Lakes – Thisisnatty.
Oct 30: Orapidrun's birthday.
Nov 1: Marlow Half – Agentpenguin, Pistol 101. Men's 10K Edinburgh – Meadower.
Nov 6: Danni's birthday. California International Marathon – Berkeley Runner.
Nov 7-8: Enigma Fireworks Double – Heroine in a Half-Shell.
Nov 15: Leeds Abbey Dash 10K – Andy-W-. St Neots Half – KeyserSuze. Valencia Marathon - Running Rodent.
Nov 21: Hill County Trail 15k - Danni.
Nov 22: Adnams 10k - Keyser Suze. Milton Keynes 10k - Hayley B.
Nov 25: Jimbob's birthday.
Nov 25-29: Saxon Shore mischief - Heroine in a Half-Shell (5in5), Run Claire (day one) Thisisnatty (Double).
Nov 29: Florence Marathon – Jimbob. Hayling Island 10-miler - Nodster.
Dec 5: Battle of Waterloo Challenge - RunCaire. Cancun Marathon - Jokeybhoy.
Dec 20: Porstmouth Coastal Marathon – RunClaire, Sunnysider Phil.
Jan 1: Roundman's birthday.
Jan 2: Winter Enigma Marathon Day 1 - This is Natty.
Jan 3: OO52's birthday. Winter Enigma Marathon Day 2 - This is Natty, Nodster.
Jan 7-10: Dopey Challenge: Heroine in a Half-Shell, Meadower.
Jan 10: Hobart Marathon - Charlie4.
Jan 12: Orbutt's birthday.
Jan 15: Yer Maj's birthday.
Jan 30: Stuchbury's birthday. Cakeathon Challenge - Stuchbury.
Feb 10: Emmy's birthday.
Feb 26: Marathon Day Marathon - Nodster.
Feb 28: Relativity Run: Run Claire. Tokyo Marathon - Jimbob.
Mar 1: Radar Sal's birthday.
Mar 6: Anglesey Half – Agentpenguin, Nells.
Mar 9: Book Day Challenge - Run Claire.
Mar 13: Larmer Tree Marathon - Nodster. Liverpool Half – Orbutt. Silverstone Half – Andy-W.
Mar 17-20: Quad @ Enigma Week – Thisisnatty.
Mar 25: Leggy Mountbatten's birthday.
Apr 3: Betzza’s Birthday. PARIS MARATHON 2016.
Apr 10: Kaz's birthday.
Apr 11: Chris Morgan's birthday.
Apr 16-17: Star Wars Darkside Challenge - Danni.
Apr 17: Brighton Marathon – Meadower, Thisisnatty.
Apr 18: Boston – Sunnysider Phil.
Apr 23: Kirsten Lancs Lass' birthday.
Apr 24: Picklelily's birthday. London Marathon - Jimbob, Stuchbury.
Apr 30: Nashville Rock & Roll Marathon - Nodster.
May 15: Scott W's birthday.
May 17: Simon Mac's birthday.
May 28: Kent Roadrunner Marathon - Nodster.
May 29: Comrades Marathon - Danni. Liverpool Rock 'n’ Roll Marathon – Andy-W, Orbutt.
Jun 1: Penny71’s birthday.
Jun 2: Eggy's birthday.
Jun 18: Tromso Midnight Sun Marathon - Heather S, Nodster, Meadower.
Jun 23 : Nodster’s birthday.
Jun 25: Keyser Suze's birthday.
Jul 16: Race to the Stones: Heroine in a Half-Shell, Running Rodent.
Jul 20: Meadower's birthday.
Jul 28: ATM's birthday.
Aug 4: Uisge Jo's birthday.
Aug 8: Phoenix Summer Marathon - Nodster.
Aug 18: Andy W’s birthday.
Sep 4: Benign Murmurring's birthday.
Sep 16: PC's birthday, Mrs O's birthday.
Sep 26: Hayley B's birthday.
Nove
...November 20: Phoenix Winter Marathon - Nodster.
Tired Legs - who needs toilets when you have trees
*on* a coffee bar Jimbob??!!
Meadower - I managed 3:11 and defo had a 3:08 in me so I'm going to have a crack at sub 3, it might take a couple of campaigns to get there but if you don't try... How about you?
I found a few articles online about elevated race day heart rate.it seems that you folks were bang on the money.Race day excitement and adrenaline cause the heart rate to be as much as 19bpm higher than in training.
Girls need toilets! Managing 26.2 miles will be a big enough achievement-peeing up a tree too may be beyond me!
Thanks for the birthday wishes, had a great day, ate far too much, even took a drink..! But paid for it all this morning with a run out. Feeling better now
Hey everyone,
*waves* It's been a long time but hope that everyone is doing OK. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you in Amsterdam next weekend!
Hope that you're all keeping well!
Hope everyone is well, and hello to the new faces!
Paris can be expensive for hotels, especially for larger/family rooms over busy periods. For those that haven't yet booked anything, Accor have many properties in Paris (including numerous 3* Mercures, 4* Novotel and Pullman and 5* luxury Sofitels). The good news is that they currently have almost every property worldwide on a 40% off sale and are throwing in free breakfast. You have to pre-pay and join their loyalty points club (free online, you get 30% off if you don't join) but overall it's a cracking offer and importantly has no blackout periods over the very busy marathon weekend! To give you an idea, I found the following prices which are based on family rooms (or suites in some cases where family rooms weren't available) for 2 adults and 2 children staying for 4 nights (Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon). Other types of rooms, lengths of stay are available. I've also put the approximate travel time (by Metro/RER) to the start of the race in parenthesis.
Les Halles / Louvre
£586 Novotel Paris Le Halles (12 mins to start)
£1094 Sofitel Paris le Faubourg (12) SUITE
Bercy / Gare De Lyon
£470 Novotel Paris Bercy (25)
£614 Novotel Paris Gare De Lyon (20 mins)
£720 Pullman Paris Centre - Bercy (25) SUITE
Eiffel Tower
£434.14 Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel (21)
£895 Mercure Paris Centre Tour Eiffel (17) SUITE
Montparnasse
£340 Novotel Paris Centre Gare Montparnasse (25)
£377 Mercure Paris Gare Montparnasse (23)
£395 Novotel Paris Vaugirard Montparnasse (28)
£400 Pullman Paris Montparnasse (25)
Opera / Montmartre
£442 Adagio Paris Montmartre (20) APARTMENT*
£705 Aparthotel Adagio Paris Opera (21) APARTMENT*
£711 L Echiquier Opéra Paris Hotel (22)
Further Out
£213 Adagio Paris Montrouge (41)
APARTMENT* £377
Adagio Porte de Versailles (35) APARTMENT*
£259 Adagio Aparthotel Paris XV (37) APARTMENT*
Non-Accor Options for Families
£455 Citadines République Paris (31) APARTMENT*
£798 Citadines Les Halles Paris booking.com (12) APARTMENT*
* = No breakfast by default - can be added as an option.
In summary - there seem to be some reasonable hotels available at great rates and in good locations for the marathon and visiting Paris.
Personally I've booked for the Novotel Paris Le Halles for a few reasons. Good price for well regarded hotel, quick and simple to get to the start/finish, good location for travelling from CDG and onto Disneyland afterwards with the kids.
Finally - one further tip as I've seen a few people mentioning combining the marathon with Disney - if you check their French website disneylandparis.fr the prices are often significantly better than on the UK website. Living in the UK you can't book online at these rates but you can do by calling the UK booking line.
I've saved about £1000 today on the 2 hotel bookings!!!!
Tired Legs -
You could always hide behind a tree. Or, as the great ATM says, close your eyes - then no one can see you 
Jokeybhoy - Cheers, will check out the flights. Could simplify things somewhat!
PJF - Would almost be a shame not to! Paris isn't quite Berlin flat, but it isn't half bad at all. Can certainly be a quick one. I'll be looking towards Chicago qualification (sub 3h15) with a hopeful, lustful eye on London GFA times.
Tired Legs - she-wee?!