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Hi All:
Well done to everyone!!!
Got back early this afternoon. Aching like anything, but it was worth it! Managed to get a PB - 5:10 - beating my first marathon time by 44 minutes, I'm well chuffed!
Does anyone have any advice regarding blisters? Any help would be VERY gratefully appreciated!
Amber well done girl
obviously no alcohol really does work. hope you can walk OK today.
Well done to everone else who i dont really know too well. I think its amazing that some of you even met each other among all those people.
Green ribbons obviously work.
So what ya all got next? All up for Edinburgh in May?
Molly!!!
Woo hoo! I forgot about gun time/chip time. That's another minute shaved off without leaving my chair
Thanks Molly
...Feel much better than i did after Edinburgh...just a bit of tightness around the hips....Was especially nice to meet Bungee and Soph at last they are both lovely.....wish you had been there too!
Just read through all the posts and giggling away at mollys attempt to get to 3000!! Well done all you pbers - that's superb. I'm a minute over my edinburgh time but I don't mind. I'm gutted i didn't wear my green ribbon and i didn't see any either.
Bungee your vaseline on feet tip worked a treat - no blisters so mooey get yourself a big tub. It's just my thighs and calf sore today but don't know if anyone else gets this after a long run but roof of my mouth sore just when i eat - was tucking into a fish supper for tea in Aviemore when it hurt and i remembered same thing happened after edinburgh - weird.
Well done again everyone and have a nice relaxing night.
Well, finally home after 3 hour flight delay. Brilliant weekend and great to meet so many forumites, some superb finishing times.
Very pleased with my 4.49.25, my 3rd fastest time ever (and I have done quite a few marathons), just 2 mins slower than my current PB. Unfortunately I will now have to attempt a PB next week at Leicester as it will be a faster course and I can't really let the opportunity pass as it will be my last chance of a PB this year.
For those of you that know Flying Ant who was attempting his first sub 3 - he did 2.54!
Finished this in around 4:05:04 according to my Garmin, but I didn't stop that straightaway and it said 26.35 miles anyway.....
Was doing fairly well up to around 15 miles when my calves started to tighten up a bit and it became harder to run....tried a walk/run approach but it became more difficult as time went on. Had expected my right leg to have problems from the ITB tightness I had recently, but it was fine. Eventually finished though - did really want sub-4 hours but I'll get that at my next marathon (London if I get in or Edinburgh that I'm already in).
To be honest the hills weren't that bad at the start. Took them slowly and not overly fast down them. Walked a bit of the big hill (Garmin said 17.65 miles when it started and was over 20 miles when things flattened out - then again, my Garmin also gave every mile marker, expect for 19 miles, around 0.15 miles earlier than the signs).
Beautiful scenery, especially at the start in the middle of nowhere down some country lane. Was on the first bus and that had a toilet which was fun to try and use what with the rollercoaster bus ride!
Things that bothered me:
Too quiet - not crowd wise as it did go through a lot of areas with no population (although when there were people, they really supported you!)....apart from runners' footsteps and the C5 helicoptor at the start and a powerboat on Loch Ness, everything was pretty silent - no birds etc.
The finish - running along the main road and then making a sharp turn through the gate for the grass/track. I like to put in a fast finish and ground pretty much to a half at the bottleneck here what with other runners and marshals etc guiding you in.
Liked the goody bag. Nice jar of Baxters marmalade, can and packet of soup, some Lo-Salt, couple of shortbread biscuits, a woman's Nivea body lotion kit etc......the two bottles of Lucozde sport and bottle of water + 2 bananas were a nice touch too....lovely shiny gold medal as well
Ache a bit today.....hips are sore but my calves aren't that bad. No feet problems either - did put a blob of vaseline on my right foot as a preventative measure
Mooey well done on your PB
sorry can't advise you on post blister remedies!!!! apart from compeed plasters depending on how bad they are!!
God I'm so stiff!! I'm okay till I try to get up from a sitting position!! I've no blisters but my bruised toenail from Edinburgh Mara is now about to fall off! Oh the joys of marathon running
pain, injuries, ugly feet = medal & normally pretty duff T Shirt = heaven = insanity = runners world members!!!!
well done karen,scott and shades -and nice to meet u shades
flying ant -brilliant news on the sub 3 !...wow a fantastic time!!!!
i have no blisters either after following bungees vaseline advice!..just a bruised ankle from kicking it
and another wobbely toenail!.....i only have about 6 toenails left!!mad lot that we are
soph -do you remember the guy that passed us with big jacket and huge rucksack...... made me chuckle as i'd chucked my gloves coz they were too much bother to carry !
Morning everyone
huge well done to you all, some bloody great times there
Amber, i didn't realise it was you until you walked away at the start, so sorry, you shouldve pulled my hair or something lol
Soph, thansk for keeping me going , i kept you within my sights for another couple miles but lost you on hill i think, well, ONE of the hills anyway heehee
Has the most fantastic weekend, ended up 4.05.05, so happy, i now know sub 4 is around corner, 10mins off PB and 20 mins off last yrs Loch ness, delighted, i cant remeber all those hills last yr, maybe i blanked them out, i guess i'll blank them out again once i get my thighs back to normality
lol @ amber chucking away her gloves, Soph told me about it on way round heehee, i'd have been same, i hate carrying anything!
must dash, got tons of stuff to catch up on
laters xxxxx
well done santababy!!!
Thats a fantastic Pb!!!-i saw you coming into the finish and you still looked great!
Really heavy rain here this morning so decided to put kids on school bus (not that legs are up for a cycle!) but did it not turn up early and we had to RUN to catch it.......Jeeeesus!!!!...my quads are trashed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....it hurt!
Bungee/santababy -i see that fetch did a "live at 22miles" at loch ness -i cant rememeber noticing them at the time but thats pretty cool posting in all the fetchies 22 mile times as they happened !
lol Amber, it was fabulous, they had live updates going from 8am!
we had a huge photo shoot on the saturday at expo, i met Soph there, and we got fimled and few of us were interviewed on the sunday, cant wait til next sunday to see if we make final cut!
Miserable here too
Santa very well done to you
glad you enjoyed your weekend north too!
See you at Edinburgh?
Molly XX
Amber yep i wish i'd been there as well - not to run but to socialise.
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Hope to see everyone at edinburgh next May. I'm going there on my own so can do my own thing and not think about supporters hanging around ,getting bored etc.
-santababy didnt recognise me coz there was no glass of wine in my hand !
i dont know whether im going to do Edinburgh or not next year......i loved it and i loved lochness but im kind of thinking id like to do some shorter distances for a while and really work on speed.....if i didnt do edinburgh id definitly volenteer like i did the year before last and cheer you all on!!!
Hi Guys well done everyone great time and a great weekend.
I did 3 hrs 26 min and 14th in category so well happy with that.
We could not have had a better day roll on the next one.
Morning folks, oooh i'm stiff today but my big toe is hurting more with my steelies on at work!!
Amber yours fell off on Saturday, mine is now about to fall off!!!
I am being thick!! What's the live Fetch at 22 miles, I know they shouted at me to tell them my name but what's the live bit?
Molly we will all look forward to seeing you at Edinburgh
They posted your time at 22 miles on fetch web site as you passed them Bungee!
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Live at 22 miles
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I only saw one person wearing a Fetch t-shirt during the race......did see the 3-4 people on the right hand side of the road after the roundabout at the start of Inverness with all the Fetch stuff though.....weird first exit there - obviously they starting building a road but had nowhere for it to go to!
Must have crossed the line somewhere near you, Santababy, as I came in around the 4:05:00 mark (not sure exactly yet till I see the results but 4:05:04 on my Garmin) - was paying more attention to the cameras either side of the finish, looking for family in the crowd and finally the central tv cam and the shiny medal racks!
Scott, i had pigtails and a fetch top on, i'm only ickle.... lol
pics on facebook if any of you are members
Loch ness pics