Have confidence Jon, I am sure you will not be last. You will not trip over your shoe laces at the start and get trodden on by the other runners. And you will finish.
I am sure you will really enjoy your first 1/2 marathon. I know I did despite the pouring rain. Just take it easy, and remember the first objective is alway enjoy yourself, second finish, third time.
SB, just trying to access if Jon and I might be running this race at about the same pace. I have full faith that he will do the first two things you mention and then the third does become important
Welcome to the Windsor half, it's going to be a blue and yellow vest throng up the royal mile to the iron duke at the start.
You can look forward to the thin paths, number of small hills and the wind across the polo fields. Only joking.
It was my first ever half marathon when I ran it last year and despite the appalling conditions I still loved it. Before you know it you'll be running full Marathons.
It's also perfectly placed as a key run in the schedules for the Dublin marathon
In case anyones interested the current roll-call for Windsor off the club website is
snoop dogg Snicks Jason L Ratbag Huggy Bear Tiger Stompy Jock McPlop mikealex (Blue Knees) Fat Face Deb7000000 AmandaP venom1 Scooter Murf Keith Lyn daisy dog Fozzie GaryFatbloke nattynoodle Pizza man hives are law spans whizzkid Dustin legless
These are some of you not on there yet as well. Maybe we'll even reach 40.
For those of you interested in joining the club the site is
Yes I'll be there. It's my first half as well, in fact I've never run further than 8 1/3 miles (my latest long Sunday run). I only ran once for the school and that was 1500m over 25 years ago, since that the Sunday Times Fun Run in about 1986 and the Harvel 5 this year are the only other distances I've covered.
I'm really looking forward to meeting everybody and also the race itself. Oh and I'll be 42 6 days before the event!!!
Jon bad news 12kph makes it 1:45:30. There are 21.1 km in a half marathon. 12kph also makes 3:31:00 marathon which a lot of us would be extatic to get.
As a quide jon my times are now 43:52 and 1:48:28 but I hope to better the latter next weekend. As you're so YOUNG and fit you may well make 1:40 but I wouldn't be dissapointed with 1:45
I entered the Windsor Half just before I went on holday and I'm getting more terrified each day - I'm glad to know I'm not the only one.
Went for my second ever 10 mile run yesterday and those extra three miles are really going to hurt I think. But as there are so many Forumites running and you're all such nice people I wondered if the fast ones could do their race and then double back, find me and carry me the rest of the way - it's a thought...
Sorry Jon posted you're e-mail back before looking at the forum. Sure if you want some company we'll run together. I'll tell you how I get on at Burnham as a guide because I'm hoping to beat my Reading time. 1:45 has a nice sound to it
Doesn't stop me from wanting a sub 1:40, just might not mean that I reach it in my first attempt! Who cares! I'm pleased with my 10k time as it's only been a year and a half since I restarted running and have lost 3 stone and 10 minutes off my first 10k back! I just want to meet some of you guys, have a beer and get a decent time if my legs allow me to!?
Blimey, with a 10k time like that you'll be a long way from last, I would love to have a 10k time like that. I would guess with those sort of times you would be in the first half of the field!
My 10K pb is 46mins but my 1/2 pb is 1.43 so your 1.40 may not be so far out. That was run at Reading, which I imagine is a quicker course than Windsor.
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I am sure you will really enjoy your first 1/2 marathon. I know I did despite the pouring rain. Just take it easy, and remember the first objective is alway enjoy yourself, second finish, third time.
Welcome to the Windsor half, it's going to be a blue and yellow vest throng up the royal mile to the iron duke at the start.
You can look forward to the thin paths, number of small hills and the wind across the polo fields. Only joking.
It was my first ever half marathon when I ran it last year and despite the appalling conditions I still loved it. Before you know it you'll be running full Marathons.
It's also perfectly placed as a key run in the schedules for the Dublin marathon
Don't worry about being last - I'll be keeping up the rear (so to speak!) as it's my first too.
See you there,
Redhead
snoop dogg
Snicks
Jason L
Ratbag
Huggy Bear
Tiger
Stompy
Jock McPlop
mikealex (Blue Knees)
Fat Face
Deb7000000
AmandaP
venom1
Scooter
Murf
Keith
Lyn
daisy dog
Fozzie
GaryFatbloke
nattynoodle
Pizza man
hives are law
spans
whizzkid
Dustin
legless
These are some of you not on there yet as well. Maybe we'll even reach 40.
For those of you interested in joining the club the site is
http://user.domaindlx.com/rwfrc
I'm really looking forward to meeting everybody and also the race itself. Oh and I'll be 42 6 days before the event!!!
My 10k PB is 42:38 (GJ10k) so I would hope to do it in 1:40? Is this a realistic goal?
I thought it would be, as it's only about 12kph on average.
Jon
Went for my second ever 10 mile run yesterday and those extra three miles are really going to hurt I think. But as there are so many Forumites running and you're all such nice people I wondered if the fast ones could do their race and then double back, find me and carry me the rest of the way - it's a thought...
IO'd love to do it but I'm all evented up - Liverpool Half, then 2 weeks later Lake Vyrnwy Half, and I have to fit about 3 10ks in around then too.
Maybe next year I'll plan it better.
Good luck on the 1.40 - Kick asssss !!!
Best of luck.
You may just get your 1:40 you know, my 10km is 39:51, and my half is 1:30:53, so you could just do it.
See you all there
Paul
My 10K pb is 46mins but my 1/2 pb is 1.43 so your 1.40 may not be so far out. That was run at Reading, which I imagine is a quicker course than Windsor.
Hives.
Just get a good start near the front, and follow somebody who knows that they can do a 1.40. Easy eh ? ;-)