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Salomon South Downs Marathon
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Nice to meet a few forumites along the route and pleased to finish 2nd lady beating my last year's time.
Many thanks to Mike and his team of helpers for an excellent marathon. Give yourselves a pat on the back:-)
Excellent prizes too and provision of recovery shakes and drinks at the finish.
Two small points - I searched and asked for the SIS gels at 13 and 20 miles but was told there was none. Luckily I managed to readjust my strategy and glugged down SIS Go instead with no adverse reaction inside:-) but had worked out my refuelling intake with the gels in mind.
Also maybe a couple of signs on the drinks tables asking the relay runners who have finished to stand clear of them so the marathon runners coming through have clear access to pick out what they need and carry on smoothly.
One great bonus from my point of view was the fact the relay runners set off 30 mins before the marathon this year. I was in 6th place from mile 7 through to mile 18 so it would have been a lonely existence for an hour and a half without the relay runners to focus on ahead. After that there were 2 or 3 full marathoners to pass:-)
Well done Woody and woozlehunter on your prizes.
I ran most of the way with a gentleman doing his 150th marathon. Having company really helped and we chatted the whole way - so much so that we actually took a wrong turn at one point (losing about 8 minutes), blindly following the runners ahead who'd also missed a turn ! Entirely our fault I must add as the route was very well marked.
The weather was great I thought - despite getting drenched twice, but rather rain than heat. I also looked for the gels at the water points, but was fine with the lucozade glucose tablets I had as well.
Well done to all the prize winners and especially to Mike G and his team for a fantastic event. Oh yes - and great t-shirts, nice to get one in my size for a change !
Good to see BR & Hilly at the race - well done on your second places.
Didn't mind the heavy rain, it took my focus off the tiring quads although it did leave my remaining jelly babies in a somewhat sticky mess!
Congratulations to the other prize winners, some superb times posted to get amongst the 'silverware'.
Capricorn, I was one of the runners who went the wrong way - that threw us all I think but like you said, our own fault!!
A stunning course and I'm determined to go faster next year.....
Well done everyone. A great atmosphere on the course and camaraderie amongst us runnners.
I did manage to shuffle over the line in a time of 3:45 which is only 15 minutes off my flat marathon times so I am happy.I have woken up without any sign that I ran 26 miles yesterday-except ,of course,my lovely new t-shirt and medal.Great race.
An apology about the gels. SiS sent us down 2 pallets of product and our staff loaded it straight into the van ready for delivery to the drink stations - no one noticed that the gels were not there until it was all dropped off.
We have already got plans for improvements next year. Better parking using one of the BBQ area and approching the finish from the bottom of Butser Hill and coming into the finsih field the other way (slightly down hill finish).
Also seperate marquee for baggage in case of bad weather again. We had two gazebos set up for changing by the BBQ hut but they blew down so we will hire a couple fo more substantial units.
Well done everyone - I though there was a great buzz at the end despite the frequent sprints for cover from the rain.
there didn't seem to be anywhere to put them at the finish?
It was great to see Redhead celebrating her birthday in such a fun way, though I think most people would opt for a more relaxing way to celebrate. Well done Redhead you looked really comfortable when you finished too.
Someone on this thread said the hills weren't massive, but I thought they were! We expected to finish in 5 1/2 hrs or more and were well chuffed with 5 hrs 12 mins.
Well done to everyone who finished it.
£28 entry.
1 tech t-shirt - about £12 if bought
1 medal - about £2
2 SiS Go consumed en route and 2 at finish - £4
1 recovery protein shake - £1
Water - about £2
Bus to start - £6 (for non runners so I guess that was the cost price - had to pay extra for this last year)
Chip timing - £2
Baggage bus - would pay £3 for this service
£32 worth of goods and services for £28 (even without the generous prizes - a quick google search this morning reveals £100+ worth of kit for me) and a fantastically organised event.
I would have felt just too greedy taking gels as well:-)
Good VFM which we appreciate in Yorkshire:-)
Could someone post the website for the photos when available. Thanks.
I really enjoyed the event pleased with my time especially as I did no real training because of illness
Well done to the prizewinners the winning time -sub 3 hours - was outstanding
thanks to all the marshalls and supports for a great day
I agree when you break it down it was good value for money
Any idea where the results will be published??
Great day out and crossed the line happy with the way I'd ran.
Congratulations Br and Hilly with your future wedding plans and finishing postions on Saturday, I was coming over the line as they were announcing Hilly as 2nd lady for prizegiving
I remember after FLM last year I had real trouble with stairs but today my quads and hips ache a lot but calfs and hamstrings feel okish is this because of the softer ground or because I didnt try hard enough?
Never really reached the point where I was in agony and thought "I'm not enjoying this". Indeed apart from the obvious soreness yesterday, legs actually feel OK today. Might even pop out for a couple of miles later.
My mate who's run no further than 13 miles this year, did 4h45 (after expecting 5h++) and said on the way home that it wasn't as tiring as his last marathon. So on that basis shouldn't we all run quicker than on the roads...???
Condolences to Big Pony
well, i enjoyed this
nearly 40 minutes quicker than last year(6.35), great companty and the hills definitely arent as bad as beachy head
or am i getting fitter?
Loved the black T shirt
Already done my recovery 2 miles
Mike, please can we have a tea and coffee stop at mile 20-you know, like at the potteries??
I was hallucinating about tea from mile 15
How people do 3 hiours on that course is beyond me
well done to hilly and BR
Well done Hilly and BR on a fantastic result.
BP
you will be back next year
take care
x
Great organisation, friendly marshalls and runners and, of course, fantastic scenery. Just need a larger T-shirt that I hope will be forthcoming.
what size t shirt do you need
Thanks Mike.
I am more sore than expected, but was running on injuries, so shouldn't really be surprised.
Thank you to Hippo, my lovely running bud! Mwah!! I think the hallucinations started around 10 miles though!!!!
Red - hope you had a good run, safe journey home and a gallon or so of champers?!
So, when can I book up for next year?!