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Sub 2:45 FLM 2006
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MikeB - you'll recognise Marcel as sporting the famous turquoise vest of Barnsley AC.
Another happy recruit:-))
If you look at his last marathon result (he was 14th) you'll clearly see his from Barnsley AC
:-))
http://www.tiberias-marathon.co.il/extra/results/marathon_results.htm
Grammar violation:-(
Sorry! Taper madness!
Dibs - The very best of luck on the day - the work is done and I'm confident a sub 2h40 awaits you, sorry i can't be there (though i suspect i couldn't stick with the pace anyway!)
BR sorry to hear you're not running. It's my son's 5th birthday so i'm missing this one but will be back for sub 2h30 next year.
I do think he is being very complimentary, if not a little mad!
Such a lot has happended in the last 12 months, I never dreamt I would have got this far, so acheiving a P.B has always been the aim, by how much all depends on the day..as we all know anything can happen.
To think 18 months ago I hadnt broken 3 hours (3.06) and was thinking about taking up badminton. I was hardly running at all, perhaps 3 or 4 times a week at about 8 min miling. Just shows what a bit of Structured and consistant training can do.
However, I know there are alot of lifestyle issues I will be addressing after the marathon, which I think can only improve my times......namely NUTRITION. I have developed the biggest suger addiction. Cakes, muffins and more cake, not good! Has anyone else found they crave sweet things inbetween training sessions?
Dibs x
Other than that I'm quite good at sticking to boring carby stuff of a lower GI nature. And pizza once a week, apart from the 4 weeks leading up to the marathon.
Nice talking about food in one of the 3 days we need to eat just about all the carbs we can!
Should I be carbo loading today? I was going to wait until tomorrow.
hot cross buns are the way forward i think!
I have just consulted Jamie Olivers Italian cookbook, for inspirational thoughts re; tonights dinner.
God, I hope i can fit into my crop top on Sunday!
Dibs x
p.s JEJ - mm I do love double choc chunk 'ben's cookies' in Bath, they are huge! washed down with a large cup of tea!
Not sure about any g/kg rules, but I'll be eating carby stuff throughout the day, but never too much at once. Low GI carbs today, and low residual stuff for tomorrow lunch. To avoid being bloated on the start line, I will have my last big meal tomorrow lunchtime, and a very light evening meal.
Also increasing water intake as the body needs 4g of water to store every 1g of carbs.
Matt - today is the key day for carbo loading so start ASAP.
Dibs - only double choc? You should check out Sainsburys taste the difference triple!
Best of luck to all - and maybe see some of you at the green start / during the race.
I had 100g of carbs in my pasta lunch, not sure I could face eating 6 1/2 times that amount in one day.I guess drinks must be part of the answer.
Dibs - def hot cross buns, could eat loads of them - but what about all that butter??
Last run this morning 5 at marathon pace, fingers crossed now.
The idea is that you dont run with a gut full of digesting pasta, and only carry your breakfast + a bit extra.
Im trying this approach this time, so im filling my face all day today!
I WISH I COULD EAT PASTRY AND FLAPJACKS
I would avoid the guy in the dewsbury vest on the green start...
and chocolate eggs
http://londonrunning.co.uk/chocolate.jpg
That's my drawer at work. Been collecting chocolate but not eating it for a while now. And yes, they are in alphabetical order.
Look out for me in the 'run-walk' forum next year!
Picked up my number from the expo today. Unremarkable really - although Start Fitness are knocking out Asics Nimbus (old colourway, current shoe) for £50 quid.
I'll have Chariots on the vid tomorrow for the motivation although it didn't work last year!
So on Sunday, run well and run strong, and bring a smile to all our faces.
Just packed my bag, leave at 12 for the team hotel, absolutely petrified of all the eliteness of it all. However, it does give me a chance to get Haile's autograph.
This will be my last post, so i truly hope my next one is a happy one, I will be crossing everything for you all tomorrow, so a BIG good luck. Keep calm and confidient in all your hard training over the last hard few months. I cannot wait for my 2 week slob out!
Rundown - oh ye butter not marg, and toasted!!
Take care everyone. Dibs x
Hope everybody else went ok.
I'll let others post their own times but I think there will be at least two very happy runners this morning.
2:44:20
A spot over 2:02 at 20M, but I was slowing and mentally lost the will to go for sub 2:40. As it happened I only just made it over the line - collapsing on my last stride and possibly winning the prize of being first into the medical tent. I'll have to remember that trick, as all the physios appear to be beautiful ladies - they had nothing else to do so I had one on each leg and a third chatting to me!
At least I'll have a AAA's start for next time, but I'm switching to middle distance mode for the summer, then ideally trying to get into sub 2:30 shape for next year - will have to wait and see on that front.