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May be repeating myself here but I've entered Loch Ness in October - long weekend away with the family and it's great up there.
As for next year, I'll enter the London ballot just in case, but also Paris again, had such a good weekend this year.
If you're lucky you may get to wallpaper my ass too.
Back from Tenerife and nicely tanned relaxed and recovering well from shingles attack.
Therefore will be up to Expo tonight to pick my number up.
As for Paris on reflection
Loved the company and the weekend but didn't like the crowded nature of the race, so will be taking a break from marathons this year and may well head off to Rotterdam (or anywhere...) next year.
Having had time to reflect, huge huge thanks to Rach for holding all the social stuff and contributing so much to the weekend.
I understand Rach maybe out of pocket on the buffet due to people not turning up, so if you are out there and haven't contributed
then make sure the young lady doesn't lose out after all her efforts
I shall be at expo late Friday afternoon to pick up my number
I'm feeling quite committed to an Autumn marathon now (sorry Doylie & Guy - never one to listen to advice!), just deciding which one to go for. Must be flat.
I love the Paris marathon, done it twice now. I rather fancy Barcelona next spring, but am open to suggestions.
Decided on a 5K at the end of May for my next race. I have a rather shabby PB of just under 33 mins. so will be hoping to get much closer to 30 mins. or maybe even under if I work really hard.
Training starts next Tuesday with an easy 25 mins. BLISS!
:-)
What are you like....
I suggest Berlin. Nice place, well organised (as you would expect!) and importantly, nice and flat.
Dublin is nice but has a number of hills.
Barcelona sounds fun
I've 99% decided on Dublin - it's "local" and it'll be my second time running it. It's got a really good atmospehere and not a bad course. Bit strange to think that I'm looking at my 3rd marathon when this time last year I wasn't even running (or excercising at all)!
Good luck to the lunatic fringe in the FLM as well!
IQ - you don't get the appeal of footy?!!!!! You just don't know what you are missing in life!
And whilst I'm on the attack (nothing personal m'dear), please lose the iPOD for city marathons - it's ok for training, IF you're in a safe environment like a gym treaddie, but you really miss the atmosphere in a big city race.
Oh, and HENDO, B I R M I N G H A M !
Actually i found the Guiness in Paris very therapeutic
I've recovered well from paris and am slowly building my training back up, a few 10k's to do during may, and then a couple of halfs during june. My next target still seems to be the Omsk siberian marathon, really fancy running in Russia so to practise my russian a little. I may also be up for an october marathon as well, dunno where yet though.
Glad to see you're recovering well doylie!
if so where is he at FLM expo
The only person I knew there was the RW editor, Sean Fishpool on the RW stand - told him the three-runs-a-week strategy (which he's testing for the mag), doesn't work - you run out of energy half way - and he sorta gulped
Guys / Girls
Serious running question.
Based on my 10km (circa 48 mins) and my half-marathon (circa 1:44) times, roughly what should I be able to do for a full-marathon if I trained properly ?
If I didn't know anything about you, I'd say a sub-4 hr would be the most appropriate, but as they broke the mould when you were born, I really wouldn't wanna stick my neck out on that one.
My PB's are 43 mins, 1hr 35 and 18 hrs for the marathon - reckon I could beat my marathon time if I trained as well?
Had a nice chat with a lovely young lady on the Marathon de Paris stand at the Expo - her office reckons it'll be a ballot in 2008, and you will need to get your entries in by 21 Sep for next year - entries will open on 1 September, and it'll be run on 15 April 2007.
http://fun.bowmans.com/poker/
coops
I will know where to look - gavin on the sweatshop stall at least narrows it down a bit - not a tragedy if we dont meet up just nice to say hello
I did paris in 4.25 and knocked 26 mins off my pb!
Maybe i'm just not built for endurance.
http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/
Thanks all. 2:08 might be pushing it a bit Cops, but who knows.
I've been doing a little gym work since Paris.
However, need to step up a gear or two because the Silverstone 10kms is now only 11 days away.
And I am going to break my 10kms PB. Not through training. Not through cardio fitness. Just through pure bloody-mindedness.
Fulham - Charlotte Church: Proof that money can't buy you class. But
could look more attractive if the Welsh bloke was given the elbow.
Birmingham - Pamela Anderson: Used to look good in the cups but now a
declining force. Plus millions of people watched them get a good seeing
to.
Wigan - Davina McCall: Poor attendances confirm they've been promoted
above their ability.
Portsmouth - Girls Aloud: Only one real class act among the hastily
assembled line-up. You shouldn't like them but admit it, you've sneaked
the occasional admiring glance.
Sunderland - Kerry Katona: Once the people's favourite but now an
embarrassment. Fun while it lasted - now disappear from where you came,
please.
Spurs - Keira Knightley: Undeniably easy on the eye with an attractive
English spine. And proof that two little ones up front needn't be a
drawback.
Everton - Dannii Minogue: The poor relation to the more glamorous
sibling. Can anyone remember when it was they were supposed to be any
good?
Arsenal - Jordan: Were more likeable when they weren't packed out with
expensive foreign implants.
Newcastle - Jodie Marsh: Impressive front two but embarrassing at the
back. Had surgery but need a lot more work to compete at a higher
level.
Aston Villa - Dido: Bland, boring and still trading off the one big hit
they had years ago.
Liverpool - Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Individually all the components look
great but stick them together and it just doesn't work.
Chelsea - Rachel Stevens: You'd rather just watch them than listen to
all that painful whining.
West Ham - Vicky Pollard: Nothing more needs saying as a teams fans
speak for themselves - Chav's in Chav's clothing
Bolton - Clare Balding: You wouldn't. Not even if they were the last
team on earth
Man Utd - Catherine Zeta Jones: Looked good once but now getting f*cked
by an old wrinkly American.