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Bristol to Bath Marathon 2015
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3:25 - 30 seconds off a pb which I'm well chuffed with given the hills. I thought the big hills were fine - it was the constant little ones that killed me. Completely agree with Ian that the last couple of miles just seemed to go on (and up) for ever! Probably do it again at some point though.
Hi all - and well done all!!! I managed 3:58:52 and I am absolutely ecstatic with that as I never thought I would ever go sub 4 on any marathon. Smashed 24 minutes off my PB. However, my god wasn't that a rough course. I couldn't believe it. never again
But what a day. Support was immense
Tom13: you gotta do it!!
Support was much better than I thought it was going to be, route was much prettier than I thought - only downside was that the St John's Ambulance people didn't have any vasaline for the dreadful chafing my top gave me ( ow!)
I enjoyed that immensely. Beat my PB from London 3 years ago by two minutes.
I'll be back next year and with better hill training.
Glad everyone else seemed to enjoy....
THAT REALLY WAS AN EXPERIENCE, MY FIRST MARATHON AND CAME IN AT 5 HOURS 14 MINS, REALLY CHUFFED WITH THAT , NOW TIME TO REST UP, WHAT A DAY
I think that was a pretty good attempt for a first running of a marathon
well marshalled , road closures very effective and great support on the route...........weather probably helped..well supported by st johns....
Good course..definitley a course of 2 halves...flat first and underlating second......
room for improvement
Would of liked a tshirt when you are paying such an expensive entry fee but medal was good......
better signage at the finish to the bags, toilets and buses.......
better briefing to the pacers...if you have pacers then they should be at least be running for the guys they are running...not just for fun..... to start your pacing flag at the wrong pen so that only those who notice and go to a faster pen is not a great idea as it will encourage people in future to ignore the pens.........and also meant that those in the correct pens wouldnt actually of seen the pacers for the entire race as they would have crossed the starting line about 4 minutes after the pacers,....
and I do wish that those who like to wear headphones would only wear one.......there were numerous ambulances on the course and so we had to shout to runners to go to the left or the right.....to hear the shouts isnt easy with 2 headphones
Wow, sounds like it was a brutal second half of the race! Well done one and all-excellent achievements across the board. Glad to hear how well organised and supported the event was and having run the Bristol half this year I'm not surprised because that was excellent!
I will be running first Marathon in April-Manchester (pancake flat) and will probably enter this one for a bit of a challenge/contrast for the Autumn.
Hope you all recover well!
As others have said the hills after Kelston were horrible because my legs had gone at that point but somehow managed to keep going. Probably because of the support and seeing family in the last few miles - was all very emotional!
Well done everyone.
Flat marathon for my second one though!
As well as shouting about ambulances, I was annoyed that I would chat to someone, only for them to ignore me because they were "plugged in". I was running by a chap wearing a Welsh flag running top when someone at the side of the road stated singing the Welsh national anthem to him. Did the runner acknowledge this? No - he had headphones in. Sigh.
Oh and am I the only one who doesn't like the medal? Very corporate - could have been from anywhere. What about having the Clifton suspension Bridhe and the Royal Crescent on it?
Well I've already pre-registered for next year...
I'm definitely not doing it again even though the crowds were fantastic and it was a brilliant experience.
Dreading the Tuesday DOMS
Great day tho, but wouldn't fancy doing those hills again...
and yes the support remains the best thing of the day to me
I know the bit you mean AWC it was like the Tour de France with spectators everywhere. Fantastic organisation and great route in Bristol and Bath, but those hills... one and out for me.