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Reckon everyone is standing down at the Ozone waiting for their packs which is why no-one is on the boards!! I went at lunchtime and the place was jammers so had to leave it and come back to work. Will pop in later or tomorrow when i'm not in any rush.
Thanks Kenny, i'll keep an eye out i'm 2068 or 2069. Which leg are you running? I'll be doing the Antrim Rd one.
Glad to hear Derry is moving to be honest. I ran the relay (hasn't quite caught on there yet) a few years ago and the run was bleak. cracking day but running out to a roundabout on a main road with nothing to see but factories wasn't the nicest route ever. Although, suppose we wouldn't really want it to be a city centre run either as it would be hills everywhere ... never happy am i!
Last year was slightly too warm in around the 20 mile mark.
Have a good run Kenny.
Take plenty of water to morrow.
failed again.
2nd mara in 8 days and it told on me. legs felt heavy from 4M but managd run through it. At half way they were like lead again after the springfield and oldpark roads then yet more uphill along the Antrim rd, but a steep 2M down hill and flat 16th helped, thanks to gravity. from then on in it was sheer determination. A sprint finish (probably more of a power walk! to beat another fool who also did FLM last week (cheers Dessie i didnt need that)!! left me with absolutley nothing left except aching limbs. This was a great new belfast course, hard first half with lots of climbing and the wind in your face throughout then a more gentle run after the turn for home. Some may not agree but this course has great potential.
happy with 3.02.38 (30 secs slower than last week) and 62nd place.
what about the rest of you???
My mum and dad went out to cheer everyone on... it was the first time they have ever done that and they really had a great time. They are coming over to Brussels to watch me doing the 20K at the end of the month and today has really whetted their appetite.
The OH and I went for a run this morning... drizzly and a little cool... we did 10KM... 2KM more than the OH's furthest... so she was over the moon.
Kenny, Jim and everyone else. How was your run?
Baldy you are a nutter but obviously a fast one.
I did the Antrim road leg very enjoyable has got me in the mood thinking about Dublin. The start was chaos though, with so many walkers/racers they all need to set off at different times to prevent bottlenecks.
Also the end in Ormeau Park was great but too many people walkingout in front of runners. Needs to be more spectator control/awareness for the runners.
Kenny, i saw you pass at the relay changeover on hillview but you were past me by the time i realised. You were running well.
Same complaints as everyone else though, the changeovers were much better this year and at least each set of numbers were properly segregated. Excellent at gideon's green where they had 2 routes for relay and marathon runners. But why can't they do this everywhere? Cordon off one side of the road and let the marathon runners go one side and relay the other. Can't see it being that hard to do.
Ormeau Park was terrible for anyone running later on, people walking with prams etc on the running path and very few were clapping the later runners. People were actually thanking me for clapping them into the last bit!! They need to put up fencing right round the route though to stop people from walking on the path, or at least marshall it better.
The last mile and finish idea in ormeau park did not work for me there was people everywhere last thing you want at that stage is to be moving to avoid people and prams.It's a city marathon let it finish as close to city center as posible.Also why was there no sport drinks on route or at finish.
Congrats to all
Has anyone else got sunburn?
Made it round in just over four hours - but was so tired didn't check time properly - has anyone figured out a quick way of matching the time to the name on the marathon website's strange results layout?
Ormeau Park mixing of runners and spectators not brilliant; and would have appreciated a separate portaloo for marathon runners, rather than having to join long q of relay runners and their supporters, at Gideons Green - but, that said, course was much more fun than last year, good support towards the end and really enjoyed the whole city centre falls shankill antrim road leg......
Thanks Kenny - got that to work. But I see they've fixed the website results in the meantime.....
Well done Eilers12 & TT. The Antrim Road was quite tough but I was lucky enough to be able to tag along with a group of guys from Ballynahinch that made the up hill windy journey really enjoyable.
Well done SEamus. That time is great, what is ur pb?
Is everyone resting up after the marathon?
What about the weather we were lucky on Monday strong wind and heavy showers and no heat since Monday.
Think I may have felt sluggish because I don't normally run in the mornings... had a rest day yesterday so should have been refreshed.
What about you? Are you doing any runs this week or taking a rest week.