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grrrrrrr
I admit I cried off the Offerton 10k for pathetic (nay, spurious) reasons, but IF I do this marathon it will be my first, so I won't have to worry about the heat, as I will be setting a PB no matter what!
"Did you used to play football for The Spread Eagle pub?"
Is this another Disley/New Mills "in joke", because I have no idea why you would ask this?
PH - re The Smiths, this is virtually word-for-word what I said during my initial interrogation - well said!
ulp
I look forward to meeting you at the Stockport 10. It's in December, so it will cold.
Daz--Re-The Spread Eagle pub. When i arrived at the race last night i met a lad who i used to play football with years ago for The Spread Eagle pub in Northernden. (You might know it, its not too far from you. Horrible pub!!!!!) (I do have a tendency for 'putting my foot in it' with some of my comments on these threads, so i apologise if you are the Landlord of The Spread Eagle and, if you are, i would just like to say what a brilliant pub it is!!). Anyway, it wasn't until later that i remembered my old footballing friend was called Darren and that he could be you.
Morticia--That's two-nil to The Alarm!
I did the Wilmslow half-mara in March, the training for which went quite well - I built up to a 12 mile run which indicated I could finish the HM in about 2hrs5mins, but I had a really bad day on the day of the race, finished in 2hrs15mins and, although I managed it with NO WALKING, I haven't really felt much of a feeling of achievement from it.
I am now giving it another go by training up for another HM in Sept/Oct - if that goes well, and I can get close to/break 2hrs, and I feel comfortable on my 10-12 mile training runs, then I think I WILL enter a marathon. Otherwise, I will bow to the inevitable, and stick to 10k and the occasional 10 mile...
you have to expereince marathon at least once
The thing is, I'm a bit of a "NO WALKING" freak, and if I didn't think I could get round 26 miles without walking, I wouldn't be able to approach the start line.
you damn well have to divest yourself of the no walking thing
how will you do ultras?
(No, really, I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT!)
also
maras are unpredicatble beasties
i dont hink you can guarantee anything about them
if anyone is intrested am organising a 15k in the peak district in september hope you good people don't mind me saying this e-mail me for details
micktherunner@aol.com
And the winning time in 1986 when it was last run was 2:28 (the women's time was 3:02) which would hardly be indicative of an easy course.
Count me in!
Looks like a fab course.
Don't get next years work rota until December though
Both of these will make an interesting challenge. Plenty of time for hill-work and endurance training though!
I live near Cambridge.
Damn.
Daz, this will be my 3rd marathon, I'm 14 stone too, but 5ft 8, so definitely not built for running either.
Do it.
Hippo, you doing Anglesey again?
Saw this and thought 'oh yes'.
Saw the date and thought 'oh no, same weekend as WP' which is already a defo.
Thought 'I wonder, do a double?' The thought 'sod it, if Morticia can, so can I!'
BIR? hehe, I know you're thinking about it!!