Have signed up for this, having previously done NY & Dublin. What is Chicago like compared to Ny & Dublin? Is the shopping as good as NY?. Booked flights with BA and booked into the Palmer Hilton Hotel. Booked hotel through Thomas Cook cheapest price for this hotel that I could find
It's called World Sale and it's on until 31st January with Lyon (France, where I live)-London-Chicago at £300. Hopefully it's not one of these strange things where it'd be cheaper to do that than just get a simple Heathrow-Chicago flight. Through vivacances.fr or expedia.fr or lastminute.com or even the BA site, it's all at about 450 euros (i.e. £300).
Martin 1 - Chicago is far better than NY - in every way you can imagine (and just a different league to Dublin, albeit that is still good). Shopping all close together, so I think better than NY, but that is for you to determine.
Flights - I normally wait till Sept, when you get the best price, but that is normally around 320, so if you can get 300 now, take it. I will always choose AA though, well ahead of BA, especially if you're running, so you have enough leg room.
your right there mate - got a lunch appointment shortly too.....
can't seem to find the BA deal but American is offering £344. might use miles and go club but was planning to use miles for a return club trip to Oz for the ashes.
Which test are you planning on going to? I have a friend in Perth who reckons he can get some tickets for me. Would be nice to see us stuff you lot again.
I try my best. Is this a sensible thread and should the childish jokes stop now in the run up to Chicago....? Or is this thread gonna go the same as every other I visit? Please advise.
Hi all Was originally booking into the Hyatt Regency but have been advised it is full - apparantly quite a few hotels full as there is the LP Gas Technology Convention on from 19 to 21 Oct.
HAve booked a room at the Fairmont which I understand is pretty close to start and finish.
Got an 18 miler to do this Sunday - can't say I'm looking forward to it.
All the best with your Sunday run Carpet. I'm going to try to do my long hilly run again - hopefully a bit faster, as I won't need to keep looking at the map this time.
Did you book your hotel through a tour operator or did you just get in touch with the hotel directly? Do they make you shell out the full total straightaway?
Thanks for that Champagne and good luck to you too.
Had my secretary book it - she would have either gone straight to hotel or through internal travel. Cancellation policy is 5 or 6 pm day before arrival. no payment til departure. No "standard" rooms left so i took whatever the next level up is.
TOUGH! Exactly the same run as the week before as for distance and ascent, but from about halfway round my legs were SO tired. I got round but I ended up walking up some of the hills. I did the same time as the previous Sunday without pausing to read the map.
I put it down to a lack of carbo-loading the night before and my body having to adapt to hilly 45 mile weeks. As you've got to get back onto a horse when you've fallen off, I went for a 6 mile easy jog this afternoon, which went okay. It's all character-building, I'm sure! I've got a 16 mile road race with 2300 feet ascent next Sunday, so I might ease off a bit this week.
I was looking at some of the comments on marathonguide.com about Chicago (go in the calendar and click on Chicago). Looks good! I still haven't got the hotel sorted.
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Think i'll go with that - just need to mull over dates now.
Through vivacances.fr or expedia.fr or lastminute.com or even the BA site, it's all at about 450 euros (i.e. £300).
Shopping all close together, so I think better than NY, but that is for you to determine.
Flights - I normally wait till Sept, when you get the best price, but that is normally around 320, so if you can get 300 now, take it. I will always choose AA though, well ahead of BA, especially if you're running, so you have enough leg room.
Still struggling for a £300 flight.
can't seem to find the BA deal but American is offering £344. might use miles and go club but was planning to use miles for a return club trip to Oz for the ashes.
Was originally booking into the Hyatt Regency but have been advised it is full - apparantly quite a few hotels full as there is the LP Gas Technology Convention on from 19 to 21 Oct.
HAve booked a room at the Fairmont which I understand is pretty close to start and finish.
Got an 18 miler to do this Sunday - can't say I'm looking forward to it.
Did you book your hotel through a tour operator or did you just get in touch with the hotel directly? Do they make you shell out the full total straightaway?
Had my secretary book it - she would have either gone straight to hotel or through internal travel. Cancellation policy is 5 or 6 pm day before arrival. no payment til departure. No "standard" rooms left so i took whatever the next level up is.
Exactly the same run as the week before as for distance and ascent, but from about halfway round my legs were SO tired. I got round but I ended up walking up some of the hills. I did the same time as the previous Sunday without pausing to read the map.
I put it down to a lack of carbo-loading the night before and my body having to adapt to hilly 45 mile weeks. As you've got to get back onto a horse when you've fallen off, I went for a 6 mile easy jog this afternoon, which went okay. It's all character-building, I'm sure! I've got a 16 mile road race with 2300 feet ascent next Sunday, so I might ease off a bit this week.
I was looking at some of the comments on marathonguide.com about Chicago (go in the calendar and click on Chicago). Looks good!
I still haven't got the hotel sorted.
Not sorted out flight or hotel - but I'm not going to until about July.
Plenty of time yet. I'm aiming for a good spring's base with a few halves etc. then picking it up late summer for a push for the big fella.
Carpet - I can't remember - possibly - I was definitely there.
Just had a balls up with my hotel so have switched to : Hotel71
http://www.hotel71.com/
It looks like a great hotel.
https://www.travelfusion.com/