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Bungee, inverness isnt that big, dont worry about getting to start
;-)
Enter just now and get a room at Travelodge Fairways for £26 a night - I have! So's Roobs, and Santababy will shortly ;-)
10 mins max away from start (from anywhere in Inverness). Roobs & I drove to the start from the other Travelodge last year and got parked really easily. Or we could all share a car... :-)
Mick W I reckon Baxter is a cool name for a dog, my lab is called Rico which I reckon is also pretty cool. I named him after Puerto Rico in Gran Canaria cos its great there! But since visiting Australia twice since then that now beats The Canaries!!!!! It takes a lot to beat swimming with Dolphins and climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge.... AWESOME.
I have swum with trout at Bolton Abbey - top that if you can!
Getting excited and there are still 8 months to go!
Bungee - the race is terrific. There is also a hill at mile 4 which caught a couple of us by surprise last year but you know about that one now too. And at the end of the race you get hot food which was very welcome last year as it was raining most of the way round.
I better get in now!
Staying Saturday and Sunday neet. Its a bit of a trek from Yorkshire.
did we all erase these from our memories? is it like childbirth you think? ;o)
SB - I think so! I definitely remember mile 4 though so I will be prepared this time!
Have loads of hills round here that I run on in my training so I'll just make sure to keep that up for Oct to prepare me!!
Travelodge Fairways = £26 prpn
;-)
We stayed at the Stoneyfield one last year ('Inverness' on their website), next to a busy road so not so good if you're a light sleeper & get that side of the hotel. There was a garden centre nearby that did a great full brekkie on the Monday morning! There's a also a Tesco Extra and a retail park further up the road. It's also showing as £65 for the Saturday night on the website.
Fairways is where we've all booked in to at £26 per night...
To be fair I think it's six and half a dozen with them, might take a while to walk to the start but there's always someone driving!
Come join the party at Fairways!!!!!
Only 8 months, 5 days to go....!!
Jeez I hope 27th May doesn't put me off maras for life!!! LOL I am counting on it being like my half marathon, I finished it and thought WOW let me do another one!!! Not right away obviously though which is effectively what I'll be doing on the 27th.... ahhhhhhhhh
The way I am looking at it is.... All you peeps who have done 1,2,3 and more maras already, come back for more each year so like tattoos and childbirth they are probably painful but the pleasure at the end is well worth it to make you do it again!!!!
In a sentence or two how would you all describe your marathons????? That way I can get an idea of what I am in for lol
4 nights at Inverness Fairways from the Saturday.
Will be flying easyJet, probably from Luton. Though the flights aren't online for October yet.
Tesco do a pot of porridge called Instant Oats, just add hot water - I used them a few times before the race to make sure I could stomach them. If you're used to toast etc you could always take a toaster but it could set off the fire alarm, depending on how sensitive they are! Or even cereal or bread & jam could work...
this is my 4th.
Shreddies with milk and a cup of coffee is my pre-race breakfast whether I'm running or not. So, that's pretty easy to organise.
Bungee, once I've completed the first half of the marathon I always think of myself being "on the way home". The feeling of achievement when you cross that finish line for the first time cannot be described. It is just wonderful.
I have to admit my 'feeling of achievement' wasn't all I thought it would be. My training had gone well but I got stomach cramps from 21m on, which reduced me to a walk / jog so when I finished I was actually really disappointed with myself as I knew I could have done better had it not been for the cramps. I swore as soon as I crossed the finish line that I'd do another one - if only to prove to myself I could run* a full marathon without having to walk.
I beat myself up for a few days over this :-(
*run = plod :-)
Bring it on!
i ran all the way in Amsterdam 2 short weeks later tho...
i WILL run all way this year
I have put in a couple of 22 milers into my training plan this year for flm and plan to do the same for LN.
Looking back on it there were probably a couple of things I should / shouldn't have done so I will learn from them and do / won't do them this year :-)
SB it just goes to show that even with only 2 weeks rest after a marathon you can run another one AND run it all the way!! The human body is an amazing thing!!!! Well done you.