Cardiff Marathon 2005

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oooooooh
fab
I did enjoy popping my blister this time
Im used to it ow

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picks a scab off her back
I also get scabe o my lower back form my bum bag
but they dont hurt
ooh those shrieks whe you get in the shower

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I assume the shrieks are from your scabs and not from the realisaton that it was '''just a dream'''!

Oh do come on T&T man, you are a runner after all, I'll bet you've had a few mara wounds/race wounds in your time?

<<scoobs give t&T man a nice cuppa with lots of sugar as had heard this is good to make someone feel better>>

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from the raw wounds-yes

Twin Dad Twice

I had a flappily-hinged-now-burst-blister (to give it it's correct name) that was somewhat reminiscent of a man-hole cover following Cardiff. Secretly quite proud. Showed it to the T&TLady - did not impress. Half of her family are medics, the other half are not. Guess which side she is on? ;-)

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Whilst talkig to rellis on the ward today i pulled off a MASSIVE bit of dead skin off my foot
it was the blister form cardiff
i heal well

Twin Dad Twice

Now THAT is what is called 'a good bedside manner', Hipps!

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oh yes
thatsme



Im great with rellis me

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pops in ad mops the floor with antiseptic

Twin Dad Twice

The ripped-off toenails and popped blisters may have gone...but the mental scars, the mental scars still linger...

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Lovely tales folks - enjoyed the read.

I sadly had no blisters, pus, spurtage, or tales thereof to tell, after Cardiff. However, I did file my little toenail completely away before the race. It had thickened after an earlier blackening incident. My pedicurist thought it was a fungal infection, but it actually looks like it's a double toenail, now that I've stripped everything away.

Strange things!

musketeer

Are double toenails common amongst marathon runners?

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Seems so Musketeer!! Triple in my case!!

Has t&t man been carted off to the shrink due to mental scarring!!

Duck Girl

i've got 3 dougle toenails at the moment, giving me a grand total of... 11 toenails.

Duck Girl

hippo - re the bra issue - how about a tight lycra top under bra? Works really well for me with rubbing backpacks.

musketeer

Must admit I felt a bit ill reading about the blood. Reminds me of my final days at the Poly of Wales. We had a first aid discussion and I felt queasy so left the room to get some fresh air. My vision went blurred and I walked in to a wall at the end of the corridor.

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Scooby - thanks for the gruesome detail - needed a health warning! my OH is a police officer but had to leave our NCT classes when they got round to forceps as he felt so ill!! He says it's different at work!

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I eventually stumbled over the line in 4hrs 44mins. I was quite a bit away from my predicted 4 hrs then!!!!

Felt really sick from about 15 miles. Dont know whether I am drinking too much, not enough or what. Decided I dont get on with lucozade, especially the gels.

Have felt like giving up running all together since Cardiff. This was my third marathon and my slowest. Are you not supposed to get quicker? I had a really bad day

ImRio

WE all have bad days sometimes just put it behind you and enter the next one soon.

I dont get on with Lucozade either. Had the same feeling as you in London RD. Never touched one since and not had the problem

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Ripped Dap - also have had problems in past in marathons with feeling sick. Have finally managed (just about) to overcome it by making sure i drink early on in races, obvious i know but i would leave it till later on in the past and would then feel nauseous and not be able to drink anymore - indeed even going in shower afterwards would make me feel sick again. Have also started using gels which seem to help by keeping sugar levels up - do not like Lucozade ones myself but find the SIS ones okay - they come in a variety of flavours and while not the greatest find i can manage to stomach them in race - once again i make sure i take one quite early in a marathon, usually about the 8-10 mile mark even if i'm still feeling quite good.

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Beautiful stories, all of them.

Especially the blister related ones! Only one for me, a lovely blood blister on my big toe that has required repeated lancing.

Hope everyone is well, had a really nice run before the rain fell today, enjoyable just to be out on the open road for a couple of hours, got carried away and ended running about 2 hrs...but it was one of those days when it just didn't feel that difficult

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You can drink to much while running marathons. You have to be very careful and get the balance right otherwise you end up feeling ill and in the worst cases it can be fatal.

To much liquid input can be very harmful, just as harmful as running out of glycogen when (in severe cases) the body draws glycogen from your kidneys and then the brain - thats when you start to go dizzy and fall over.

Analysise your race, look at what you consummed and try and draw some conclusions - did I drink too much, not enough, consume carbs or not....

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yes
i never have more than one gin during a marathon;)


(i think people over drink as well)

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one gin, how many tonics?

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One gin
I dont understand?

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Maybe I just had too much tonic and not enough gin to get me round!

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Seriously though Sodahead your comments are probably spot on. Having analysed run and the last two weekend runs, I think the last week of taper was probably my un-doing. I think a steady intake of carbs would have been better than a focus on the Friday/Saturday. Might have prevented some of the stomach troubles experienced en-route on the Sunday. Also, probably drank more whilst running than usual. There is always next year

Welshpoppy

I find in training I never drink a lot so coach advise was take what I normally would for Amsterdam so a running aid bottle filled with LS and I even had half left when finished and 2 cups of water 6 gels.

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you sound like me poppy about liquid

Welshpoppy

Hipps yes because at FLM I would drink a LS pouch at every stop, drink loads of water when I would never do this in training anything less than 16 miles I dont take a drink with me.i feel I have the fuel in a marathon just right shame about everything else!!