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What's your next race MnP?
You can tell Gary from me,
Thank you so much for making us welcome
and we had a perfect day at F 15
Everything about it from arriving to Leaving was perfect !!
Today we did Lliswerry 8 mile 68 mins
Then,
5 th Feb Watford half
11 Feb Brands Hatch Half
12 Feb Wokingham Half
19 Feb Bramley 20
26 Feb GNW Blackpool Half
5 March Gloucester 20
12 March Stafford 20
19 March Ashby 20
26 March Islwyn Half
2 April Part of 100k
8 April Crawley Track marathon
9 April Reading half
And so on
Has MR O finished that ironing yet LOL ROFL
Bee good ahh
Ultra Fit Mick
Good time for your 8 mile today but crikey, sure you can't fit a couple of ultras in somewhere?! :-D
Ha ha! Yes he's just finished another basketful actually, poor thing.
Tara!
I attempted Bungay last April too, but I'd had food poisoning for all of Friday and Saturday and only made it to 14 miles before deciding I'd like a marshal to take me back to race HQ. Running a long way when you've not managed to hold onto any solids or fluids for 48 hours is a bad plan. I should've known better I suppose, but all my friends convinced me that the upset tummy was just nerves and I'd be OK once I got going. I wasn't. Fortunately there was another marathon I could do 3 weeks later so my training didn't go to waste, and I got a PB :-)
Hi yu pal
if it's of any help
i've pushed Phillip around Stamford in 3 hours,
And, Bungay Marathon in 4.15
I think we did them in 2003, I would say Stamford is much tougher from memory
They are both great races though
Bungay only has 3 minor incles between 1 to 4 and 14 to 17, cos of the 2 laps
Katie
i don't see what you did wrong,
Sometimes you can pull through thing's, i know i've done it over the years !!
But you had the sence at 14 miles to say enough
takes a bit of courage that !!
i still kick myself to this day
i knew Blackpool marathon, was late starting, when we came to start at 43 mins late i should have swapped to the half, but i did'nt
So , we withdrew at 15 ,
best of luck to you
I think it's a brave decision to pull out of a race, sometimes you have to do as your body tells you, regardless of the head. All runners would understand that. I had food poisoning at Christmas, it 'knocks you up' very badly, there;s no way I could've raced for a few days afterwards, in fact I didn't do the Ely10k because of it. And the PB was a great side-effect!
Stamford to memory is tough, but there's no crime in saying that
perhap's people shopuld go and have a bash at it
I can tell you all,
I ( even pushing Phillip ) get bl**dy fed up of easy flatish to undulating races, i like a real good work out at it
You don't have to go mad, just nice and easy, Super country side, my goodness, what more could people want !!!
We can't get enough of it !!
i could have easily have done the Roman 12k at home,
But no, i drove all the way for F 15
And i've no regret's what so ever either !!
But one you have finished the race you get a great sense of achievement and a great confidence boost. If you can do the 30K, you will be fine for the marathon so long as you keep up the work level. Hope you will come along - we would love to see you.
Love running.... love the 30k!
I wish we could get back to Stamford for the 30k, Hills or no hill's, to have a crack at that 3.00
We've got that weekend Brands hatch half Saturday, and Wokingham half Sunday
Funny thing, Running babe,
You saying to Plodder about, if you can do the 30k you'll be fine for the marathon,
Cos, i got into such a rythum that day 2003 it was, i remember thinking , i could have got round a full today
Goodness me , it makes you feel good
Your so right about one thing
LOVE RUNNING
LONG LIVE DISTANCE RUNNING
it's fetched me back from the depth's of suicide ( with Phillip's illness and disability )
Mick
If my memory surves me rightly, it starts and finishes at a school or something goes through a housing area, and the bit of rural you go out, you come back on that last bit
Am i right !!!
I think Pat Reed still takes his young daughter in her buggy on it
Course see, Phillip and wheelchair now combined, what ?? 10 stone +
But you struck a cord there you know !!
if only you knew, what you've said
Those word's
Love running
They are our whole life
Gosh if only you knew !!!!!!!!!!!
MnP why not forget Brands Hatch and Wokingham and come and love the Stamford 30k?!
i'm sorry
i'd love to
Don't ask me why , i don't know
There's no race out there, that i'm afraid of,
but it's just the way it is you know
But just think what RB said
LOVE RUNNING
tell them before they start, that Mick n Phil will come back one year and show them how it's done,
bee good now
i'm preparing for watford half !!
You be good too - (I'm still glad I don't have to feed you, it'd cost a fortune!)
You're right about the race starting and finishing at the school - a lap of the school playing field to finish, as has previously been mentioned on this thread - its a bit of a killer at the end of the race, but at least you know then you've almost made it. From the start it goes through the houses for about 1.5 K before getting out onto the country roads - the last 5K retraces your steps to bring you back to the school - so the vast majority of the race is out on the country roads and is really quite scenic.
I'm not sure about Pat Reed and daughter - will enquire and let you know.
Entries are flooding in this year even faster than last year I think - the race seems to get more popular with each year - so we are hoping for a record entry for 2006.
Fingers Crossed now for the weather. Not too windy is my prayer - most other conditions I can cope with but the wind really brings me to a full stop - I think due to not having too much weight on me to help me fight against the force of the wind.
Anyway, not long to go now - 12 days.
Love Running.... Love the 30K
Your so kind
yeh, may be next year
30 k is great
Half's are for wimps !!!
LOL
How are entries going? Do you forecast that there will be EOD's allowed? Or will the race limit be reached in advance?
Cheers!
Love running... Love the 30K
Simply LOVE 30k,
But i'm afraid not this year !!
We are just too busy
You all enjoy it
Mick
I'm in the middle of a flu virus so won't be runnning on sunday which is dissapointing cos i've been looking forward to this race for ages.
A mate of mine is still running so i'll come along to support. Is it possible to cycle the route without getting in the way of other runners, or are there short cuts to various points on the course?
Is anyone else waiting?
yes mate i'm waiting
But only for the starter gun
LOL LOL
bee good rob