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I've entered Lochaber, Edinburgh and defy do loch ness again. Alloa half in march then glasgow half as well and pedal for scotland again. FLM doesn't appeal to me. I'm a lazy sod who doesn't want to travel too far!! I want to get bit more off road hill stuff training done and get into that - my sense of direction terrible so wary of wandering too far alone tho.
Mollys pic is funny - not too flattering - I keep thinking of the line "my precious" then get a shiver up my spine!!
Karen I am doing Edinburgh, my brother has entered for his 2nd mara so it'll be out first mara together, even though he will be finished at least an hour before me!! LOL
Amber your language gets easier to understand with every thread
Why has Molly changed her pic to 'precious'?
I may put an application in for Lochaber. Already applied for London, so this could prove useful as backup. On the off chance I get into both, may do both just to see what it's like! (then do the Sheffield and Leeds 1/2 marathons in May just before Edinburgh for the icing on the cake)
Oh you are succumbing to the Edinburgh vibes aren't you Amber!
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all your 'thanks', only just got home and am now trawling through the last few days posts
And furthermore, well done to everyone else too.
Just goes to show, if i can do it, anyone can, my first marathon (5yrs ago) was completed in 5.31, and it took me another few attempts after that just to crack 'sub 4'.
I was pleased with getting a sub 3 for the first time, but after i finished i was kicking myself for easing up in the last 10k (47 mins), sadly my wife and kids got caught up in traffic and missed my finish, so i'll now have to order the dvd. Spent the first 9 miles amongst the first lady and her group so should be somewhere on TV when its shown.
Thoroughly enjoyed the race, a bit quiet as regards support but the scenery is stunning !
Hope to see some of you again as i didn't have chance to catch anyone pre-race, hopefully i'll be chasing a new PB at Edinburgh in 2008.
Glenmore for the whisky fellrunner!!
Well done again FA - fab time and your kids will be proud now. I actually preferred the quietness with no crowds with the loch ness.
Shades thanks for the advice. LN was only my second 26.2 and I know I've a lot to learn. I need to train more and work more on the mental aspects of the race particularly the last 5 miles. I was averaging about 8:22 per mile for the first 16 miles and then clocked: Mile 16 8:47, 17 8:55, 18 9:45, 19 9:31, 20 8:35, 21 10:03 (that hill really hurt!), 22 9:23, 23 9:55, 24 9:54, 25 10:18, 26 10:09. After the hill at 21 I never managed to recover my pace.
Amber you know you want to do Edinburgh! This marathon thing is certainly addictive.
Remember that Channel 5 are showing the Loch Ness marathon highlights tonight at 12:10am. Going to stay up and watch it on the off chance I did get filmed from the helicoptor at the start!
Athletics action from the Loch Ness marathon as the world's greatest distance athletes join thousands of fun runners in the spectacular surroundings of Scotland's most famous loch - haha copied this from the prog details - what are we - greatest distance athletes or fun runners??
Yup dcb marathon running is good training - i'm gonna start doing over the marathon distance for my big friday training runs and see how i go.
so are we fun-runners then??...i was getting quite chuffed being called an athlete last sunday too!!!
dcb-i agree as i was running pretty fast yesterday too!-dont know whether it was the weeks rest or being used to longer runs....just felt towards the end tho that im not quite recovered in places.
karen 15 miles??? -brill!!!!......im no way ready for that yet!
i have my video recorder ready for tongiht .....will try and stay up tho!... wonder if i have been filmed ?there i'd be in the toilet que with bungee (shivering wreck).....or perhaps gabbeling to soph at the start(shivering wreck) or coming into the finish(shivering wreck) with a john wayne walk..im not quite sure what happens to me on race days!?
Going to pop out tomorrow morning for my first run since the marathon. Will try for 5 miles or so and build up again through the week. Looking at a doing half marathon in a couple of weeks if I feel up for it.
Also going to alter my training a bit to take into account any problems I had at Loch Ness as I can now see areas that need improvement.
Must admit, after working this weekend, my legs feel more tired than after running the marathon......although could be due to the excessive amounts of rubbish I've eaten this week as well - sure I've put on a couple of pounds, but that will soon go......
Well done Flying Ant.
Watched the race last night on Channel 5 and saw you at a drinks station, cracking time as well.
I did DVD it last night
(haven't watched it yet - we only had one club member running this year)
so if anyone wants a copy, please email me..
Well said Fellrunner.
Had a great weekend up at Glenmore lodge Ran up Cairngorm on sat and Aviemore half Sun loved it, I confirmed that the site is open all year round now so might see you their Xmas week.
Spotted myself a few times - at the beggining and running near the leading lady more than once. Sadly none of my club mates got a look in.
It's weird seeing yourself on tv, I've never seen myself run before and it's quite a surreal experience, I must say that I looked very relaxed, laid back and didn't appear to be putting much effort in which is strange as I felt like I gave it 100%. Luckily there was no footage of me later on when I was breathing oot my @rse.
Shame they didn't film more of the normal runners, or at least leave it in - must remember to stand near the front/middle in future if cameras are about!
Did see myself for less than a second during the interview with the
Erskine men....I walked past from left to right wearing my blue shirt, camel trousers, red top and my old running shoes!
Sure I spotted myself in some of the crowd footage after the start but not overly clear from the overhead shot.........shame I didn't come in around 3h55 as a few people got filmed finishing around then.
Nice to see the route from a different perspective. The finish still needs improving to be honest - weird running along a road, turning sharply through a gate and running over a bit of grass to the track. Zac certainly did beat everyone hands down what with his 1.5 mile or so lead!
No Cougie, it's a gentle downhill the whole way.
Cougie,
The course is "undulating" to say the least. It flattens out along the loch, but there are still a lot of hills. Click here to see the profile. The scenery, as you'd expect, is stunning and the race itself is well organised. Well worth considering for next year!