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Does anyone else have that problem and is there a non-alcoholic cure? I couldn't have faced a pint despite the Jennings beer tent.
SOre thighs kept me tossing and turning!
I would ahve loved a pint but think that it might have sent me to sleep on the M6 wwhich isnt a great idea...plus that drink driving thing!
I just take a couple of ibuprofen too...as it is a muscle relaxant - painkillers and booze...great combination! Kind of like alcohol and night swimming!
It seemed virtually everybody had a good race and with the spectators enjoying the weather I'm told the beer tent ran out of beer and the kitchen out of food before everybody went home.
We hope to have more photos & race report on the Brathay website tomorrow.
The band were brilliant...well done guys it really fired me up!
SM
signing off ...see you all on the next one
:0)
I have no idea how those of you who did the double managed it, you are all supermen and wonder-women!
the 10 in 10'rs are ultra fit (or mad)record breakers !!! Fantastic achievements by all !!!
Like you my next marathon will be in the Autumn just not sure which.....more than likely a 'flat' one this time.......
Thanks to the Trailwalker team for letting me join them at the start. I lost them at 8 miles. But since they were going at sub 10K pace for me it wasn't really surprising. My knees couldn't cope with their pace on the downhills and it was taking too much of the uphills to catch back up again.
Can't really walk today today, and anything with a gradient is definately out.
Well done to the organisers.
Beautiful scenery, fantastic organisation, everything as smooth as can be, even the weather obliged. A remarkable amount of support round the course too, even for us back-markers.
As a run/walk marathon, it was far better than White Peak because the undulations kept it interesting. We did 5.05.02 comfortably and it's definitely on my come-back-and-race-it-properly-sometime list.
If the History of Brathay book had had a little stamped message inside saying that it was a marathon memento, the ones that came into the Cavern might not have left in the recycling bag.
If that was undulating, can anyone tell me what a HILLY marathon is?? So I make sure I avoid it!!
Great fun tho, well organised with a great atmosphere. Would def do again, despite the HILLS (sorry undulations)!!
Managed 3.53, would of liked a free t shirt instead of slate momento tho.
Hope it does get run again next year!
I *so* hope they do it again, the course was lovely, the organisation impressive, and the atmosphere and support great.
I just dipped under 3:55, so less than 2 minutes slower than the day before at White Peak, and on a harder course too. I was on for another 3:53 until that hill right at the very end up the drive, how cruel was that LOL!
2 sub 4s in 2 days. Super fit? Nah, just super mad :-)
Glad you had a good race, wasn't it just brilliant!! Enjoyed it so much more than I possibly thought I could enjoy running (ish!) that distance!
Sorry I didn't get a chance to meet more of you. Great event, did better than I expected (5-15) as I 'don't do hills'! Would like to have seen a bit more of the lake but I was slow enough to be able to turn round and see some of the great views.
Didn't my 4 chums in the 10 in 10 do well. We had a great time with them sitting in the sunshine drinking the beer tent dry afterwards.
Well done to Scott & co for putting on such a splendid event.
yes - didn't expect that to be as hilly as it turned out to be. I had been advised that there were just 2 steep hills otherwise undulating. However....
despite hitting the wall at 9 miles!!! I really enjoyed my first marathon and so did the family.
Got round in 4 hours 28mins. which I'm extremely pleased with. It was my first marathon, and if you'd seen me at all in the second half of the race you'd have heard my saying my "Last" marathon as well... although... wouldn't mind having a go at a flat one....
I thought it was very well organised. Only slight critism for the over zealous supporters who were blocking up the path after the finish line... had a bit of a slalom round people to get to the drinks table.
Also thought it was mightily cruel of them to finish it with the uphill bit into the grounds of Brathay :-)
Well done everyone and lets hope Scott gives us some good news and organises the Windermere again next year! to give us something to smile about through the winter...
Might see you there at the GCR , had to drop out of that 5 days before the race last year because of torn achilles so I really want to do it this year !
@ HopAlong........for sure a 'flat' marathon is next on my marathon agenda come Aug/Sept !....if I can find one that is ??
Couldn't agree more but am mildly concerned about the line in Scott's post race email to us all about reviewing the local impact as part of the process. There are a range of active pressure groups and self interested lobbies up here that seem to object on principle to everything that involves anybody enjoying the Lake District by doing something that isn't 'right'. I worry that the traffic impact and litter discarded at the sides of the lanes and into fields will be held up as evidence against us - there was a moan in last week's Westmorland Gazette about litter dropped during the long established Keswick to Barrow charity walk.
I'm going to watch the papers this week closely for feedback but I reckon that it would do no harm if a few people from outside the area made their positive thoughts known. A couple of letters praising the organistion, enthusiastic support and quality of the route and showing how much the local economy benefited (hotel rooms booked, meals eaten, plans to come back with friends in future etc) would help us significantly.
Local paper is the Westmorland Gazette
www.marathon-photos.com
Any excuse to go back to the lakes!
Will try and email...