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I really dislike this new format...
This is all new and different ... best get used to it I guess
RR - you kept that quiet....
PARIS 2017 list
Yellow pen (3:15):
9672 - Steve Duffy 2
10207 - Maccatheknacca
Blue Pen (3:30):
17108 – MattL
17165 – LloydR
20620 - Stuchbury
20621 – Kenno
22198 – Mahdu2
23303 - TT
Purple pen (3:45):
29172 - Baldstan
29451 - Pistol101
29460 – Yer Maj
29643 - AspirantRunner
29691 – Eggyh73
33449 - ryantilley
Green pen (4hr):
43209 – Nells
43640 - andrewr123
43794 - Never Give Up Girl
43975 - Franz Wanzenboeck
44052 - Betzza
44674 – Benign Murmurring
Grey pen (4:15)
63685 – Mandydebs
64520 – Running Rodent
Pink pen (4:30+):
68714 – Tired Legs
69792 – Kirsten B
68965 – RoddyMac
73942 – FRG2
To find your number/pen - log in to your ASO account - http://www.asochallenges.com/,
there is a large red box to the left of the screen, click 'my order' and your details are there. You should be able to change your pen on the day if required. Someone will post on the forum when the Convocation (a piece of paper that you HAVE to take with you to the Expo) is ready to download, normally a couple of weeks before the race.
My Avatar seems to have turned into a rather frightening pink pumpkin and I can't seem to be able to change it. I think I'll try again in the morning...
I'm number 63796 and I'm in the vert section.
Also running the Hillingdon Half on Sunday 19/2 and am registered for the Berlin marathon on 24/9.
Learning much faster than my running:)
thank you!
I am new to marathon running, Paris being my first at 26.2, I started running last year and got in four HM before year end so looking forward to stepping up and taking the challenge of Paris. Thank you for all of the posts on this forum, the tips / advice have been a great help to a newbie like me and takes a lot of the stress & worry out of find where to go, what to take etc for Paris.
I will be number 43613 in the Green pen
i'm running Paris this year and have a very random question! Do any of you know which (if any) gels will be handed out? Ideally i'd like to test them before the big day to check my body reacts okay to them, but i can't find this information anywhere on their website or anywhere else online!
thanks a lot,
Chris
I may be wrong, but I don't remember ever seeing any gels being handed out during the marathon. There are some stations with fruits and things like that, but I can't remember any with gels. I may be wrong though, as I carry my own and wouldn't be on the lookout for any.
Personally I'd look to carry your own gels. A lot of people use gel belts to carry them. I have a pair of Ronhill running shorts that have pockets for gels in them, that I use on marathon day. I've also just tucked them under my watch wristband in the past too.
I was planning on carrying some anyway as i try to take one every 30 minutes.... this just means i'll carry a few more! Cheers for the tip, i didn't think that shorts specifically designed for gels would exist, i'll have a look!
An enquiry on behalf of my son, who's running his first ever marathon in Paris. He may well have many questions but his first is:
What's the easiest way to get from the finish line to the Eurostar station?
I'm fairly sure this info is available on the site, but please forgive me for finding 33 pages of posts a tad daunting to go through.
Thanks
Peter
Chris - The shorts are Ronhill Trail Cargo shorts. They're the only shorts I've ever found that have gel pockets in them. I prefer that to gel belts, but I only carry four gels for a marathon.
the website says they give fruit and sugar cubes which is different. I was hoping for viennoiserie and danishes.
my plan is to hold some gels in a second arm band - the sporteer ones seem deep enough.
rahul
Well done Nells on your sub 25 min Park Run - that's great going
I have checked out my Paris entry and I am 75874 in the Rose 'Pink' pen for 4.30 plus.
I am looking forward to my first (20m) run this weekend and then on 5th March I am doing the Milton Keynes 20 mile and on 26th March Yeovil Half Marathon.
I still cant quite imagine running 26.2 miles but one way or another it will happen. In my head I will be happy with anything less than 5hrs on my first one. That's what I am aiming for anyway .. the best laid plans of mice and men and all that ..
Kenno - could you add me to the Purple Pen please with No 37420 and also doing the breakfast run this year.
Nice to see so many new names on the forum, welcome to you all. 2016 was my first Paris marathon and this amazing group of people made it a very special.
Nells - could you add me to the Thanet 20 on the 5th March. Thanks. Fantastic effort in your sub 25 park run
Nodster - I see you're down for the Kent Roadrunner... I thought you said not more multi-lap marathons
Pistol101 - I see you've got a few races packed in before Paris... I'm thinking of running Reading.
I've always done the Breakfast Run when I've ran Paris. I've not signed up for it yet, but being a creature of habit I can see me doing it again this time. Even if only for the free pan au chocolat and coffee.
I'm off the physio tonight. I've done something to my hamstring and I was in pain just walking with it earlier in the week. Although as per sods law it's feeling a lot better today now I have the appointment booked. My cousin passed away yesterday evening after a two year battle with cancer, so that put into perspective my mumping about a sore hamstring.