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A couple of our club members were in at about 2:20, so anyone taking about 2:00 will be doing OK
Right, now could someone tell me what colour top to wear? It'll need to blend in with the tartan hot water bottle I think I may need.
See you all Sunday - I'll be the one looking very much in the know with No. 480 stuck to my chest.
Looking forward to sunday. I was going to go out at lunchtime for a quick jog around but its far to cold and the rest will prepare me better. So im going for a walk instead.
Im looking forward to sunday now it should be really good. I hope to meet a few of you there.
Thanks for the tips I will certainly take it easy on the first mile and get into a nice pace before I pick up a bit of speed.
See you all at 10.
..I forgot to tell you about the start - 480 people charging 50m before going through a gate 10 ft wide - however there are 13 miles after this point so be on the defensive if you know what I mean.
It is currently freezing in this part of the country - I've never raced in a woolly hat before?!
I'm travelling from Upton in Poole for the race on Sunday. I've not done this one before but aim to (hopefully) enjoy myself and plan to take the hills easily, so have no idea of finishing time.
We are travelling across from Brighton tom and staying the night in Dorset ,so won't post on here again .
Good luck everyone ,may see you around the course ,enjoy
I will therefore now be running with calf protectors, hot water bottle, woolly hat and a flask of whisky. So, if I can't make it up the hill (going to tell all my friends it was a mountain) I shall take a seat on a verge, have a drink and wait for a passing tractor to pick me up. Oh, and I shall bring elbow pads for the gate bit.
I cannot wait! See you all there.
my first race, but I only live around the corner so I'll be on home ground and at least I'll be able to console myself with a hot bath straight after the finish.
The weather doesn't look that cold for Sunday, does it? Personally, I like it on the chilly side, but just in case, I'll keep a flourescent yellow woolly hat on hand. Feel free to say hello if you see me!
And for those who want to know, I'm hoping for a time around 2 hours. But since this'll be my only benchmark, the time isn't so important.
See you all there, and good luck.
yorkshire lad, entry #38, ~1hr 50
Mak's Friend, 389 <2hrs
Alex Bidwell, <2hrs
Catys Dad
Bananas1, <2hrs
Quickstepper 1:24:08 to beat but unlikely
ChristchurchJon
CC <2hrs
Little Lou, 2 hrs on the nose or <
hunterway
tiny tia
hilly
Little lou
Look forward to the post race forum chats - cheers and good luck.
Ive convinced her that there will be fund raising going on, so she's coming along to support me but I hope (for my sake) that she's not stood around twiddling her thumbs.
Anyone out there been to this run before?
They do however normally sell cakes, sandwiches and hot drinks in the village hall.
Or there's the 5 mile fun run:o)
Hope you all had a good one and see you all on Sunday 4 February 2007.
Set a PW by 12 minutes by coming in in 2:10.
Still I really enjoyed the run, after the fog lifted it got nice and warm and there were some splendis views. I some way when you really know you aren't in top form it takes the pressure off to try hard, and that meade it a pleasant run despite the leg discomfort.
So a well marshalled course, plenty of drinks staions, the only complains are cark parking, and the lack of loos. I don't know what they could do about the former but maybe portaloos for the seconds.
Anya well done to the marshals and the BV Lions for putting the race on.
clibmember = clubmember
here = her
splendis = splendid
Anya =Anyway
Off to drink another bottle.
I would agree about the parking, I'm glad Jon drove today and was able to drop me off while he parked, could be a unnecessary agro trying to park safely along that main road.
I can't fault the marshalls, and there seemed to be oodles of water stations?!?
Did you see/hear about the runaway horse, it passed us at a frightening rate a potentially dangerous incident.
Started to struggle on the hill between 5 and 6 miles and spent much of the second half holding on. Also a bit difficult to motivate myself to push the last mile with my finishing position guaranteed by then in terms of in front and behind.
Glad I did it though, must surely have had a positive effect on the marathon training.
CJ - Struggled 80:19? I thought my PB improvement of 31 sec to 83:37 was good! Sorry I couldn't push you in the last mile - I'd have loved to.
Believe it or not I actually was glad to run uphill in the last mile, I'd got a severe pain in the abdomen descending at 12 miles, it was agony (:-o only disappearing when I hit the last hill or was that the pain in my legs took over?
My friend got passed by the horse too - it was fairly scary apparently - Question is did it have a number on?
I hope you all now appreciate why I said what I did about getting through the first 6 miles safely!!! Is this a hard course or is this a hard course PLUS a Garmin wearer measured it as 13.3 miles (have the committee accounted for the undulations in the distance?)
Cheers all
Would echo the comments about the organisation, very well run and efficient, and likewise the plentiful water stations were a real bonus.
Am also very keen to know what happened to the horse -- i ran past it just before it got loose and had noted it was looking a bit distressed. the rider was walking it round and round in circles which i thought was a bit odd, and it just seemed to be getting agitated -- when i was running down the hill, a man shouted from behind us, "watch out, there's a wild horse" and the bloke next to me just jumped straight into the hedge to get out the way!! quite funny i thought, but the horse was going a fair lick, so understandable i guess! it just galloped off into the distance and i never heard anything more of it. either way, certainly an eye-opener...
all in all, a very good day. would definitely do this one again.
It's all relative. I know I'll go out to London in April and whatever time I get, anyone doing a first time marathon will have worked so much harder and deserve far more praise.
Would never have beaten my PB, but could have gone quicker today with a more sensible race, but I like to be confident and more often than not it does pay off although mainly on courses I've done before. So doing the course for the first time, I'm not disappointed in hindsight.
I now really need to do a flat half to really put a dent in the PB, hopefully. Got any suggestions within the South West area?