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so as not to steer the L2B thread any further of topic...here its very own thread.
I wonder how many runners are entering?
I wonder how many runners are entering?
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..no pressure to get around it quick - Im a bit undertrained after injury.
...looking through the results mind 5:22 is the course record....thats definately not slow!
I will get there between 8-8.30 i agree with Ed i think it would be good to start together
7hrs would be good pace (well close to the one that i'm supposed to be running L2B at) but off-road bits and cream tea stops might bump it up closer to the 8-8:30 mark.
hard to say till i get to kenilworth
Id like to get inside 6:30 - giving me 4:15 for the marathon mark and then 2:15 for the remaining 14 mile. thats what im gonna aim for anyway, if I end up burning out early then I can just suffer all the way to the finish :-)
I guess it also depends on how many wrong turns you take to - I find my concentration on Navigating flags the more tired I get.
Then you got how you feel on the day.....The weather....I really hope its not torrential rain all day.
One things for sure I have a whole barrel load of excuses prepped and ready!
At the very least we should meet up at the start and say hello, and wish each other good luck!
I don't even know how fit I am at teh moment, the summer 5k times were very dissapointing but unsurprising! 22-23 minutes, whole minutes slower than last year. So I guess I shouldn't be too ambitious, I'm doing it for the distance. I would guess 8 hours maybe?
dont have my booklet with me... is the running start times 9-10 ?
After Past demoralising experiances I have bought the Explorer OS map for the bulk of the course as back up. (Unfortunately it spans two maps)
The first trail run I did I got lost and had to stop some cyclists who had a proper map rather than the one with the route on before I could work out where I'd gone wrong.
I might well be wearing a pack ed - not sure yet, weather dependant, if that sun comes out like is says then I wont bother, if it looks variable on the day and I think I might need a running jacket at some point I'll take a pack to put a jacket, towell, hat change of top and an OS map in - also handy for storing water bottle on the straps rather than carrying it.
the start says between 9 - 10 but looking at the past results it looks like the runners all started at 9. Definately the earlier set off the better id say.
jason will identify himself by squaking loudly like a chicken (with actions if necessary).. and we can all congregate around him.
sound ok?
i was considering a pack, i usually end up with one when doing unsupported runs over 20miles+... but since this will have water at the CPs (i hope) i'll be lookingto make do with my bumbag.
Instead I will wear a bra on my head and sing and clap along loudly to "Kumbuya my Lord"
"but since this will have water at the CPs (i hope)"
Im sure it will but you never know at these type of events.....get to the remotest checkpoint expecting water only to find an old woman with a couple thermos flasks full of tea and a plate of stale digestive biscuits.
jason / rosas mum / tim
not sure how far you all have to travel or what your plans on sunday evening are, but my wife is offering to do some food at our place in coventry afterwards.
i just need to know who's coming!
worst case finish time is what..? 10hrs which is 7pm which is still enough time to dash back, eat and be home by 10.
any quicker and there'll be plenty of time.
I will pass though, I have promised my other half Id take her out on Sunday night as bribary to get her to accompany me up there.
We have a loooong drive (4 hour odd from Plymouth) so are staying in a B&B Sat and Sunday night.
Good luck all.
Given the times every one has mentioned i am sure I will be last so you will all have long gone by the time I finish anyway! I am planing to start very slowly so I can keep up a fairly steady pace and would at 12 minute miles to go at 5 mph if my maths is right but I feel that may slip at the end
I will take the OS map but I think I will risk only having to one with the bulk of the route on. The other only has a very small part on.
I've missed something somewhere, what sort of time do you run marathons in?
2 road marathons, 3:50 and 4:19 and a couple of ultras, the last was 42 miles across the North York moors in just under 10 hours. Hilly, wet and boggy.
Assuming you've recovered from Saturday I don't think you've got anything to be worried about.
Just watch out for me at the start-club vest is green with red and white hoops as per the photo.
you can't really miss tim.
i'm still debating whether to wear my cov tri spots or not.
What was that about chicken noises?
*humph*