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Tinribs - well its not other side of the world but maybe a little impractical, as live in Coulsdon in Surrey not far from Sweetest Thing. However if you change your mind let me know. Hope training goes well and hope to see you at the event!
Regards
Katie
Katie Rudge, hello again! TR has posted on another thread saying he caught up with you on here and suggesting we all meet up for a slow social run - great idea, let's do it!
Not doing Kent coastal - it's the day after we get back from Italy. Did the FLM though and it was just terrific. Truly one of the best days of my entire life. You will love doing Kent - why not try for a place in next year's FLM too? I am going to go for it again (got a charity place this year and they have offered me a place next year but will also try for a ballot place). It is just the best experience. I don't think I have come back down to earth yet.
xx
Regards katie (p.s. now can get some good marathon training tips from you!)
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Cinders, the South East Plan is a major new planning document being prepared by SEERA (the South East of England Regional Assembly). Among other things it will set housing growth targets for the region for the next 20 years. More info from their web-site (www.southeast-ra.gov.uk)
Re. the FLM, I was lucky enough to get in this year through the ballot (3rd attempt), so I will start trying again next year, but appreciate may take up to 5 years to have another crack. Hoping to improve technique/time at this one in September, but I haven't got back into training proper yet.
If you have not received your voucher by 1 June, then please contact Steve Adelsberg at vouchers@thanetroadrunners.org.uk.
Regards
djb
I'm in two minds about the race now (for reasons I won't bore you with), but seeing as I get in free and it is the County Champs it is still tempting. So...
Has anybody got any experience of running a marathon at about 85-90% of race pace and then RACING another one 3-4 weeks later?
It is something that Lydiard always recommended to experienced marathoners and I know Bordin (Gold Seoul 88) did it too.
Am considering using this as the "time trial" / "preparation run" and racing another 3-4 weeks later on a faster course.
g'wan Pants! - you could never bore me - do tell!
The other Kent Coastal race director did Rotterdam and then Halstead this year. He was very pleased with how much easier it was to do the second marathon comapred to the first. However, he's not quite as quick as you. Both were under 4 hours, but as Halstead is a tougher course he did go slightly slower... He's hoping to be able to do 4 marathons this year in similar kinds of times.
PS: Anyone got the vouchers yet?
A 5-6hr run is an "ultra" regardless of actual distance. Get mileage as high as you can handle and keep it VERY VERY easy.
Then afterwards you can get a month or so of SLIGHTLY faster running done for Thanet. SOunds like a good way to do it.
Planing on 16 miles tomorrow morning (Ramsgate to Sandwich and Back).
Then 10k recovery on Sunday. Tuesday will be 10miles, Thursday 10k on running machine in 34C ++
Friday 13 miles gentle.
Sunday 18 miles circa 10 minute miles... I know this is fast than I plan to do Kenya in but with no heat or altitude I figure this will compensate.
Then with four weeks to go I expect to maybe get in one more long run of 18 miles and basically keep the rest under 10 miles.
So for after the race would you be able to spend a few minutes draftig a rough guide of milageand or time for the next two months. You have my email or can contact me above. Do'nt worry about it being too technical or spending too much time on it as I will need to tweak a little to fit my availability.
Thanks if you can
I received my voucher today (thanks), but there's an error on it.
It says there's a £5 discount for races other than the Half and Marathon, but we've been informed already that the Thanet 10 is also free.
Don't know which club you are from but one club is using the 10M as a substitute club champs (of some sort) and has asked for special dispensation to use voucher in that way...
is that you??
Otherwise it applies as it says - pretty generous I reckon anyway!
I have paid £8 to enter the Thanet 20 which was cancelled by the organisers. I get a £5 voucher in return, which means £3 has been kept back. I now have to pay an extra £2 on top of this to enter the Thanet 10, although you have given another club dispensation to have a free entry.
Surely it would be fairer on all runners who entered the Thanet 20 to have free entry to another Thanet race up to the value of the Thanet 20, rather than £5 off, as there must be a number of others who have commitments on 4th September and not just those members of the club mentioned above?
However, I'm with the vouchers being worth £8
I did London then Halstead a month later and took 10 minutes off my time. It is possible.
If you can, make the second run your "target" race and run the firts one slightly easier. Treat it as your final "long run".
Yes recovery will be interesting for this one.
I did my 18 mile run on Saturday morning at a slow comfortable pace inside the zone the whole way (a novelty for me I must admit, in the words of Snoops I used to treat every training run as a race and simple ran the same pace - fast start stagger finish), but Sautrday was great, no aches pains or anything on Sunday and I did the Miles and Barr first 5k with son which was mainly walk as he has a barking cough, then spint the second half. New PB for 5k in 20 minutes 17s, even allowing for the fact that the course may have been 400m short of 5k thats still the first time Ive gone under 21... better still no aches and pains, or even effects that I have been out for a run.
But as you suggest lets wait and see.
First and foremost runners must understand that the club is not obliged to give any refunds at all under the SEAA rules. However, we recognise this as being unfair so have tried to give something back to runners who have entered. We advertised that if we could not reschedule that we would be giving free entry to the half/marathon, which we have. Non-Affiliated runners have to pay the £2 for race insurace.
As an additional benefit to those who can't make the marathon/half we have offered £5 off some of our other races.
We would of course loved to have offered free entry to any of our races in the next year, but the reality is that we cannot do this for a number of financial reasons. I cannot comment of what we have done for certain other clubs as I am not aware of the situation with them myself. It may well come down to an individual race director accepting the loss of revenue on his race. The club will only be crediting the £5 per competitor from the 20m race to the other races. The maratho/half has better sponsorship and these races are targets for growth by the club.
It is rare that races are cancelled due to the weather and people are not used to the consequences of this. As a club we are always trying to put on the best events we can for other runners - we put on about 10 per year, more than most clubs of similar size! We are not a commercial organisation and do not 'profit' in the same was from races as such people. None of our organiser volunteers gets paid, and the club only profits marginally from the majority of our races, the remainder any profits are given to charity.
I hope that this goes some way to explaining our position as a club and further hope that you will no take too hard against a club that tries to put in more that it takes out of the sport.