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Have decided on Taunton.
Is Edinburgh worth £37?
Grumpy Hippo
I'm planning to do the Mont St Michel marathon in June, with the brighter morning training that it entails.
Is there really no-one that's done this race before or even knows someone who has?
It looked absolutely brilliant, with a pancake flat and ludicrously scenic course and some good crowd support too.
I'm still adamant that I want to fundraise for the Memorial. So I now need to find another marathon, in the UK, in 2005, which 'fits' with the Battle of Britain. It was fought over Kent, and Battle of Britain day is September 15th.
That'll be me putting an application in for the Kent Coastal then!
been rejected for FLM too, and looking for first marathon to do, hopefully in spring. Lochabar sounds good, but wondering if a bit difficult to get to? Might go for Shakespeare one as got family not too far from there. Or the IOW in May - looking on their website think it's quite small but last year's results did have some slower times and thinking I'm going to be very slow so don't want a marathon where I'm likely to finish hours after everyone else. Will keep reading through the events page...
"You got round when as a result of the heat, St. John had never been so busy; our Race Director was bringing runners back in his car and our Course Director was reporting runners sitting down all round the course as the heat was making them dizzy".
We discuss yearly whether we should bring the start time back. We have a lot of runners who come a long way for whom it will be difficult, but the tendancy is to start earlier these days"
I have run two marathons since Halstead, and now mentally prepare myself, for the last six miles, by telling myself it's going to be tough run in, but it will never ever get as bad as the last six miles at Halstead.
......and it never has, thank God.
Saw somewhere that if rejected 5 times for FLM then you get an entry - does this mean 5 in a row - or 5 over the years ?
Got my second in a row London reject last Sat - plan Taunton and Fort William instead
Is this too expensive/a rip off - what do others think ?
Bearing in mind I will probably be by myself with no supporters or family coming along, which would be the best choice...Lochaber or Shakespeare?
What sort of standard are Bungay Black Dog and Taunton?
But on the other hand, as someone else said, *nothing* can ever be as bad as those last 6 miles at Halstead 2004!
Shakespere marathon is well organised,1 large hill and not enough drinks stops,( only water and orange juice in 2000).still a good marathon,challenging with a broad range of ability in the field.recommended .
Kind regards.