Anyone else running the Half Marathon in 2 weeks time? This will my my debut (having dragged around with the kids in the Fun Run for the last 2 years). Feel slightly less apprehensive about the task having run the Cropwell 10 yesterday. Any tips about the course - where are the hills,how undulating is undulating, should I have stuck to the Fun Run???!!!!
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Should be some nice scenery on the route though.
Have you received your number and runners pack yet ? They were due to be sent out last Friday at the latest and I haven't had mine yet.
Good luck with the run !
Good luck to you all on 15th.
I havent been there recently, how much extra travel time should we allow due to the tram works?
Not sure what time to arrive either, having never been to a large event before - any advice much appreciated.
ps: Having received my number etc, I'm slightly concerned that I maybe on the wrong side of the road at the wrong moment and end up doing twice the distance!
Wouldn't woory about the tram works affecting travel time - their main threat is to limbs whilst running around the course (although I assume the organisers will have thought about this and will divert as necessary!!)
Traffic on the day is usually pretty bad - last year the event was delayed because of traffic congestion, but the police will not let the organisers delay it this time. Depends where you're travelling from - I'm coming in from the south west of Nottm (along the A52) and the traffic always seems to grind to a halt on the ring road. Other routes in have been less bad so I heard. Either way I would allow plenty to time - there's quite a bit to do when you get there (quite apart from negotitaing the toilets) and other ways to soak in the atmosphere!
My advice would be to get there early. Warm up starts at 9.20 and H/M at 10.05 - I will wnat to be in place by 9.45ish.
Good luck with your run this weekend - I did a 10 miler last weekend and will do my last long run tomorrow.
Cheers
Got a good confidence boost this morning, did my first 10 miler in 1 hour 23 mins (target was to beat 1 hour 30 mins) so my target of 2 hours for next weekend is within reach unless I fall apart in the final 3 miles!. Only snag today was a rather large blister but the free plaster supplied with Runners World should hopefully put that right in time!
Good luck to you all, it's a great event, remember on the day that you're there to enjoy it!
Oh, and one piece of advice if it is your first time - everyone will go off like a bunch of demented gazelles as soon as the gun goes, and trying to keep up with them is a sure fire way of being knackered before you're even half way. Go off at your own pace, let people run past you, and you'll spend the second half of the race overtaking them. I learned this from painful experience.....
However! The weather is always terrible and part of the the eleventh/twelth mile is along a very bleak, exposed stretch of dual carriageway. This is the only part of the race where there are suddenly no big crowds and it can be a bit miserable. You then turn onto the Trent Embankment which has a brilliant atmosphere but this last stretch towards the finish is longer than you expect ... so keep something in reserve (not that I ever did and always finished in a state of near collapse - one day I'll learn!)
I'm hoping to finish in about 2 hours
Perhaps an idea for them to consider for future years ??
See you in the traffic jam !
Anyone forumites up for meeting before/after?
The usual suspects (myself included) from the club I run with (Notts AC) will be at the Toll Bar pub on the embankment for a pint afterwards if anyone is interested.
Best of luck to all taking part.
DD
Won't be able to make a drink after the race, as I have to shoot off to get to a friends b'day - all day drinking session - not the best recovery!
Looks like the weather is set fair, but I hope this wind dies down. No doubt it will be hectic on race morning, my race no is 10746, and I will be aiming for anything between 1:20 and 1:25, though a new PB (1:23:11) would be nice though )
Good luck everyone!
Gareth
It'll be my third half-marathon and my third Robin Hood. In 2000 it took me 2:31, in 2001, it took me 2:12 - I'm hoping for 2:08 this time.
It's a good course, except for the hill at 8/9 miles, which has so far defeated me each time. this year i'm resolved to not walk at all ...
Will look forward to hearing how everyone does.
Sue
My championship chip hasn't turned up - i've been told to pick it up at the help desk - is anyone else in the same boat?
Anyway - good luck to you all and let's hope for some decent weather.
I'm afraid it all went pearshaped for me today. I was aiming for a finish time of 2:08, but before I even got over the start line, I tripped over a binbag someone else had discarded and fell flat on my knees, grazing both of them. Not a good start. Then my quads started to hurt after That Hill at 8/9 miles (which I did manage to do without walking - something went right!) so finished in 2:15:12. Oh well.
Hope that everyone else achieved their goals
Sue