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Sorry to be missing this. Too, too many things on that day, and the greater good will be better served by me being elsewhere. Besides, I haven't trained enough.
Emma, my time for this last year was 3.27, and I wasn't quite last and there was plenty food left when I finished
Velociraptor what is your usual half marathon time?
Good to know I won't be the only one.
Its nice to see some of you guys at the similar level to me, doing it for the challenge. Knowing you won't be able to walk normally for the following week.
My whole body hurt after the KC and the Munros is almost twice the distance!?!. But it'll worth it, the reward of a great sense of achievement and pride.
I believe it was Doc Rob who said on the difference between KC and Munro - "I reckon on the P-squared formula for these events. Twice the distance does not equal twice the pain: it's four times the pain (and four times the accomplishment!)."
Took just shy of 90 minutes, which is a fair enough pace. Let's see how we go...
Look forward to meeting you all
GK
I am a girl best 1/2 1.48 (obviously just no indication for the MM but thought I'd throw it in) ... do a few guys want to form a team?? Could be fun!
GK
We both did the KC in 80mins and have been training on the course for several weeks - Nick has been getting faster and fitter and I've been getting fatter and older. I shall be pleased if I get round in 2h 59m; Nick could do half an hour better than that.
What a result - I'll e-mail Rob to say we have a team ... and erm go for a run! Praying, praying that it just cools down a wee bit for the race!
I am ginger... and therefore quite fair of skin and feel the heat quite accutely ... it was at least reassuring so much of the course is sensibly under shade.
Go Team!
GK
We were on Box Hill at 7.00 this morning for a nice steady 10.5, going up the Zig Zag, down to the Stepping Stones and up onto Ranmore Common. Since we were led by the Galloping Major Miles it was neither nice nor steady - 104min. It was warm even then so the MM at 4.00pm is going to be brutal. Thank goodness for the shade, as you say.
If I'm very lucky it might just be bruising to the muscles, which could heal by the end of this week and will just make for a very lazy taper, but if not it's very unlikely that I'll be able to run this weekend.
Am gutted.
My training has been quite poor - I didn't seem to recover from the FLM as quickly as I'd hoped and haven't been able to fit in as many long runs as I'd like. However I am hoping sheer will power will play a role and I have that in buckets ... or spades!
Looking at 2.30-2.45 but that may be optimistic depending on what the weather is doing ... much cooler today though so fingers crossed. Been doing weights in the gym as well as running - but don't know how much that has helped me - just resulted my abs and shoulders crying out for mercy!
Despite all this - really looking forward to it ... and more so to the picnic afterwards (the food - not the aptly named marathon race!!)!
Good luck in the calm days before the storm!
GK
PM
GK and Smashie, what times did you do on the run-through, which covered the outward leg of the race, I believe?
p.s. Good luck with the recovery Alex, fingers crossed its just bruising.
One striking thing about running on this course is that you're never thinking about the next mile-post - only about the next hill. I'd hate to do the race blind, as it would be just one terrible surprise after another.
Not looking too bad for the weekend.
Various people have advised me that running with a poorly rib is not necessarily a stupid thing to do as long as you don't mind the pain. Am high as a kite on a diet of Nurofen at the moment, so I'll see how I feel on Saturday morning before deciding. This will in no way be based on whether England lose to Sweden tonight, oh no.
Other people who are MSM regulars have warned me of the high chance that I'll fall over at some point, which is something else to consider.
Race Tactics Tip #1: Look for the fat bloke at the back (namely, me) and try to run more slowly than him.
GK and Smashie - See you at the Start tomorrow about 1540? What's our team name?
Good luck everyone.
PM