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Not gone for the safe bets (except for Tom), so let's give it a crack
Tom 2:35:30 (Captain Sandbagger)
Just Coop Going 4:03... that outfit has got to slow her down
Westy... I'll go for 2:53:49.
AWC 3:27... expect a solid performance, and want to support at least one non-London marathoner!
I really hope you blast me out of the water with even faster times than these - but I sure hope you really enjoy it.
Skulked away from the wedding at 8.45 - was home by 9.15. What a lightweight!
Looks like we've got the perfect day - no excuses. I hope all the hard work put in delivers the results. It'd be just reward for a great bunch of people on here.
Hopefully see a lot of you out there today. Give my bum a pinch if I've exploded and I'm walking along the embankment.
Go well.
JB
Good luck eveyone.
Looking at the conditions, if there was any day to perform, today is that day.
In the words of Steve Way "Don't be shit!"
im planning on being in the Red Lion straight after the finish and then moving on to the Lord Moon one from about 3ish. Hopefully catch up with a few later.
Good luck everyone: have a fantastic day. To get to the start line intact is a massive achievement in itself & to finish it an even bigger achievement.
I'll be staring at the back of Millsy's head for 26 miles before I do him at the end
Good luck today everyone. Probably a good thing I didn't manage to put a decent training block together. We ended up having our second baby yesterday afternoon. Can see mile 25 from our room at St Thomas's though so got a decent view.
Had an awesome run. Better than i ever dreamed. Was waiting to blow up but never happened. 2:34:10 with 30s neg split.
Saw some gallah where green and blue starts meet wearing ridiculous swimmers. Ran with joe for a bit on the way to his gwr. Good to catch up afterwards and good to see tom at the start and have some company before the madness began.
First pint down waiting for club bus.
Tom - hopefully feeling better but have a wow to.
AWC - great result anytime but with your build up well done.
Family only just spotted me but they got an eyeful of some guy in a bikini - their words !
brilliant sub 3 MACCA after doing Paris a few weeks ago
well done Joe on the WR
great running Tom - hope your ok
HA, that's phenomenal. And you do relatively low-mileage, is that right? Good for you going out with clearly an aspirational sandbagging target but sticking with it.
Congratulations to others like Macca, AWC, Millsy and those who haven't posted yet (but we all know their times because we've checked!)
Although the conditions were great on the face of it, it definitely felt hotter than predicted for periods. There were people streaming with sweat from about mile 6. I also found a lot of congestion on the road up until about mile 16. I havent checked Garmin yet but reckon I ran substantially longer with a lot of zigzaging round people. Speeding up & slowing down waiting for a gap also meant it was tough to find a rhythm.
That said I'm very happy with a PB off less training than last year but also was able to enjoy the run more as I was just running off avg. lap pace on my Garmin. As I didn't have a real target I just let the running happen. So not obsessing over a sub-3 time this year meant I could soak up the atmosphere more. (However, still got calf twinges around mile 21 each time I started trying to push on.)
All that said, I would have liked to have known that 3 seconds faster would have had got me my 'target' 2:56 time!
Hope you're ok Tom.
Top stuff macca. Great time backing up.
Great work also to AWC, Westy, Jooligan and Tommo.
Tommo - I didn't really mean to set out that fast and i kept telling myself i was going too fast but just got dragged along by other runners until about 15 miles when i started passing people.
2.50.58 for me. My shin didn't hold and I was utterly cramped up at the hip so it was a desperate last 10 miles. I compounded that by going off too fast over too short a distance after getting stuck behind the 3 hour pacers.
Fantastic run Ha, hope you enjoyed the beers
Sound like tough days for Tom, Jooligan and AWC but all very creditable performances
Brilliant sub 3 Macca!
Great runs from Tommo and Westy too. Also from the rest of you who haven't posted yet
I enjoyed a very pleasant hours run this morning taking in some of the southampton marathon route, many spectators/stewards confused me for a runner and some tried to usher me through the stadium. From some stories I've heard though the organizers of Southampton need to rethink for next year as parts were incredible congested with 10km/half and mara runners and the leaders in the 10km and others getting sent the wrong way
In short, today was a slog, but I'm really pleased with myself for getting around and with 10+ mins spare for the record: 4:13.
Had a few pints in the pub after and have only just woken up. Will have a proper read back in the morning.
Wasnt expecting HA77 to be the thread sandbagger. Awesome result.