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What time do you think you'd do?
Nick P - sorry, not sure, but when I have done a half mara in the past, where a full mara was also going on, they made people who reached the half mara point after a certain time finish there instead of allowing them to continue. I'm sure no one would let you get as far as mile 20 or something and say "tough luck too slow, you'll have to stop now" (but hopefully not in so many words!!). Am sure that as long as you get half way by 2:15 you'll be ok. Like a say though, I dont actually KNOW I'm just guessing really. Well that's what I would do if I were a race organiser. I do go on a bit eh!!
I think I said this before, but I don't remember a hill at Stratford. I do however remember the hill at Taunton, but lovely downhill and flat to the finish after the hill (on 2nd lap)
the Sunday after Easter . . 3rd of April . .
amusing how once a race is done, it was "last year" regardless of where we are on the calendar . . and the next time that the event is held is "this year" . .
Shades, Caz . . I e-mailed John last night . . once I have a reply I'll be back
Had a reply from John, the Taunton Marathon and Half organiser . .
Entry fees are £8 for the Half and £9 for the full Marathon, plus £1 if unaffiliated.
Don't forget, no entries on the day.
Also, John sent me an entry form . . so if anybody wants one, just e-mail me and I'll mail it back to you . .
The cut-off has operated for 20 years without too many problems. It is official and enforced in that anyone finishing outside that time does not appear in the official results sheet. We have never stopped anyone finishing and Referee, Timekeeper and Finish Marshals have been known to wait for up to 30 minutes beyond the cut-off. Unofficially it has been known for those finishing outside still to receive their mementoes.
We have a cut-off at the request of the Police, and some of the volunteer helpers, who do not want the event to go on and on for hours with 5.30, 6.00 etc people. It is not that their efforts are sniffed at, but we have to prevent the event becoming a sponsored 26 mile walk!
Nick
Are you doing this then Hippo? I've never appeared in the results (one of my goals!) but get my medal & t-shirt.
No sub 3 for me 4 a while m8! had a op on the big toe joint 5 weeks ago, cant run till feb, Doing Barcelona marathon 20th march, then FLM, may do the 1/2 at Taunton and if I do the marathon at Taunton it will be more like 3:30.
Fed up with swimming and cycling already, roll on feb! cant come soon enough.
fancy saying you kinda lost me at 13 miles, after i caught you back up by around mile 20, then again you did pull away after that
Albeit that was my (unlucky) 13th marathon of the year, and my 8th mara in the space of 9 weeks, but if you're prepared to 'throw down the gauntlet' then i accept
And you shouldn't entice poor old Richk into pushing himself to such limitations of sub 3:30 at Taunton either
Race on then, RC ?
Muzza,
i know the feeling, i'm fed up of saddle sores too !
very rare i get opportunity to post these days, not enough hours in a day
I'm not throwing down a gauntlet though. Far from it!! This one will be more challanging than Dublin and I would just like to get the same kind of time. Perhaps slightly improve if I can avoid a toilet stop!!
As for 'losing you at mile 13', I did really. From then on Barry and I ran together and although you were around, you weren't really running with us, and that is what I meant when I made that comment to RichK. Mile 20 meeting was only cos of me toilet stop!! Hopefully though, we can put all that right at this one!! I'm not after sub 3:30 so Rich is safe. Will you be up and at it by then and would you like to accompany us too?
Nice to hear from you again my Dublin friend!!
Hi Ant!
This is one mara i wont be doing
im too slow
also, the post on the previous page about a sponsored 26 mile walk didnt go down too well with ole ploddin hippo
I didnt do suicide cos this hippo doesnt like mud!
Blimey Ant, that's told you ;-)
I've got the Duchy Marathon on March 13th, Hogweed Hilly Half on March 20th and I'll probably do a shorter race at Easter and then we're at Taunton . .
So I'll wait and see how I get on there before committing myself to 3.30 ;-)
It might be a possibility though . .
I've sent out 6 entry forms now - I knew I should have charged for them - could have covered my entry fee LOL
Hi Caz, sorry, defo no email
This race is a little more challenging than Dublin, 2nd lap is mentally tough too. Wouldn't like to state a time this early as i ain't back to running as of yet. Just trying to avoid the usual 'xmas over-indulging'
Yeah Rich, she can be a bit fiery... the short, blonde one's usually are m8
you must have forgotten to put a stamp on mine
Richk - thanks for the application form. Altough I'm not going to do anything with it quite yet!! Am a bit concerned that the bumph you sent says a 'momento'. I'm afraid that being the materialistic medal collector I am, there is no way I am going to do a MARATHON and not get a hunk of metal at the end. Does anyone know for sure what you get? It says a medal on the events listings!?!?!
Hippo-I'm sure YL didn't mean to cause offence with her comment on the 26 mile walk!
I've decided not to do this one now as it's just too close to FLM and doing it as a training run just isn't me!