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It's always a dilemma with travel costs, opt for the cheapest and hope there's no need to cancel trip. Or pay a bit extra for flexible flights etc., or be prepared to pay an amendment fee.
I've often paid an amendment fee to change flights and occasionally I've just let them go.
bradders bad news about London, my friend is the same, all the training and her back isn’t playing ball. The training is never wasted as it’s banked and can learn and improve on the next block.
big G enjoy New York! Your club mate must be gutted 2 years missing out.
Rcouture hope you’re enjoying your break
Cal the Tokyo flights were very unfortunate timing, had the race been a month or so later everyone was getting refunded. Hope your lergie is clear, not that it matters but have you done any covid tests?
I haven't looked at any long haul flights so not had to make the decision about refundable flights. If I did I think I would ask myself would I still go if I was injured or race was cancelled.
Robert - with your marathons once a month I think you've been doing fairly well on the long runs in between races.
You seem to be busy enjoying your time off work.
6 miles this morning, nice morning, bit chilly. Heavy rain and gale force winds later so I think I've had the best weather of the day.
Shades - Good news you can transfer to the marathon.
Big G - Have fun!
Rcouture - Have fun in Ibiza. One of my fav places!
Finished last week with a 13 miler on Saturday and 6 miles with strides on Sunday for a 43 mile week. Today was 7 miles with 2 at MP, those came out at 6:55/6:57, just ticking over from here.
Hi all, it’s been absolutely ages since I’ve posted but I can see lots of familiar people are still on the thread. I’ve been following some of you on Strava so I’ve seen some of the crazy/amazing running achievements but life is just so crazily busy (it seems to get worse!) that I never find time to actually post and I haven’t a hope of catching up.
Anyway, for those not on Strava, I’m still running. I’m slower (thanks menopause) but determined not to let that stop me. I’ve been trying to do 2 marathons a year and have a bucket list of races which seems to be getting longer. I ran New York with my sister last November (deferred from 2020) and that was absolutely amazing but still have a long way to go to get the 6 stars (so jealous of you Ian – can’t believe you ran them all within that short period of time). Some of you may remember I ran my first marathon (London) for charity just before I turned 40, and that was when I first posted on this thread and got such amazing support and help from Shades in particular. That was 10 years ago and I’ve tried to get into London again ever since and have failed. So this year I decided I was going to run it again for charity for my 50th (which is a few days after the marathon). I can see Ian and BigG are both doing London as well. Bradders - sorry to hear about your injury - that's awful timing.
This will be marathon #15. Training has gone reasonably well, apart from being depressingly slow but no major illnesses or injuries and I’ve managed to get all the long runs done. I just need to stay healthy now for the next 2 weeks and hope we don’t have a heatwave on the day. NY was far too hot and we all suffered as a result.
I’m very glad about the lighter mornings – it is really helping me get out early. This morning I was treated to several deer sightings – I haven’t seen them for a while but it is one of the perks of living in the Chilterns that I get to see some amazing wildlife at times. Unfortunately, my luminous orange top scared them off as soon as I got close.
Shades / Steve – I see you are doing Newport on Sunday – I would be interested to hear what the course/organisation is like. On my bucket list is a marathon in each UK territory (+ ROI). I’ve got a place in the Loch Ness marathon in October so that will tick Scotland off!
Robert - another busy day for you. You're certainly not having a lazy holiday.
Ian - £110 gulp, that's a lot of dosh.
Louey - how lovely to hear from you again. I always think of you when Brighton marathon comes around and I did wonder if you were there this year with your meticulous mile splits 🙂
Can't believe it's 10 years since your first marathon. I'll put London and Loch Ness on the list. Loch Ness is a great marathon, take something warm and disposable to wear as it can be cold at the start after you've put your bag on the van.
Pop back next week and Steve and I should be able to give you some info on Newport.
And when it comes to choosing your Irish marathon ask away, I've done all the bigger races (multiple times) and a fair few of the smaller ones too.
Had my London email through,I'm on Yellow,but I can't see where we start from? OH is on blue and we start 20 mins apart so can make our way together.
Ian, is yellow that little square above the blue triangle? That would be my guess.
Louey - nice to hear from you. Yeah, menopause has caught up with me too. I ran a lot of PBs in the year after my 3D printer went offline but now, four years on, I'm struggling. Anyway, no option but to keep plugging away, right?
Yesterday was a crap day - just a walk, but a lot of funny head feeling (it's really hard to describe - vertigo maybe? It's not light headedness or postural hypotension and it's not painful, and not normal dizziness but something along those lines, almost). I felt a bit better today and went for a very gentle 5 mile run (lovely weather) but the feeling came back. I had the same thing in November and it went away after a while so might be a post viral thing. Been feeling a bit wheezy too - wondering if I'm now sensitive to pollen in my old age. I've been sneezing a bit. I'd like to put it all down to maranoia but the shingles is definitely real.
Still, I've had a few races where I've been feeling crap or injured and then I've been great on the day, so fingers crossed.
I believe tree pollen is moderately high right now.
Ian - you must be with the elite runners then 🙂 Smaller start area might mean less queue for the loo.
Big G - Also if interested Mario from The Morning Shakeout podcast is holding a few shakeout runs prior to Boston marathon.
Easy 5 miles with strides today to keep the legs ticking over.
Next time I do Loch Ness marathon, won't be this year, I'll get in touch and maybe we can meet up, it's not that far away.
Cal, sounds like you’re struggling a fair bit
Didn’t run yesterday but managed about 7 again this morning. Unlikely to run tomorrow but hopefully I’ll run Friday, before catching the train to Boston at around lunchtime. Only trouble is the heat - it’s 30 here in NYC tomorrow, 28 today, which is way too hot for me for running well. It’s due to cool on Monday in Boston thought with possibly some light rain.
That's spooky about the Torquay runner, it's a small world at times.
Great photo.
Big G-Great pic,I found the Statue a little boring,not masses to see but that may have been me.
Boston is on Eurosport on Monday afternoon amd I'm off so I'll very watching,weather had turned a bit now but last year it changed lots of times in the last few days for me.
Went through security to board the ferry today and my garmin strap snapped! Need to get a new one before Monday.
One of our regulars on here, Rcouture, ran Copenhagen last year and ran a good PB there. He's on his hols now, should be back on the thread in a few days. Or if you have absolutely nothing to do, you could page back to his report
I agree, lovely time of year for morning runs. May is my favourite month as just a bit warmer, chilly this morning here too.
Big G - lucky your Garmin didn't go overboard, you're in the right place for a spot of shopping to replace the strap.
Hope you can stay off your feet now and rest that foot until race day.
6 miles for me this morning. Took the taping off my knee last night, it had been on for 12 days and was starting to look stretched but wasn't frayed or coming off. Definitely the best kinesiology tape I've ever had. Knee has been fine so ran without the taping this morning but it started to grumble for the last 2 miles. Will tape knee up again today.
Shades - Good news on the knee.
4 miles yesterday afternoon. Easy 7 miles this morning (120 bpm HR average). Short run on Saturday, then Sunday race!
Shades - Yes, have been checking the weather, and I must say it's looking like good weather to run a marathon!
That's better news re the foot.