Hi all,
I'm running in the Great Edinburgh Run next weekend - my first 10k. Some time ago I plotted the route in mapometer to work out the hill profile and get some idea what it would be like, that route is here: Great Edinburgh Run mapometer. Being slightly bored the other day, I imported the train into Google Earth, where you can run it as a tour with the 3d buildings. You can see that here: Great Edinburgh Run tour.
Whether this of any use I have no idea, but the tour does look quite neat.
If any of you are doing the run I'll see you there (I'll be the one with red face and white legs).
Mat
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Mat,
I will be the one with the red face and huffing and puffing.
What wave are you in?
Good luck
Good luck to you too!
I'll be in the green wave. When I registered ages ago I didn't know how fast I would do it, so I reckoned on somewhere around an hour. I haven't got much faster so my goal is simply to run under the hour. I too will be huffing and puffing, especially on the uphill bits.
Hi Princess,
The hill profile in the mapometer link should give you some idea. Based on that and relatives who know the city better than me, I think the hills are:
1. The first through the park part up Queens Drive, uphill but fairly gentle. You then go downhill along the Pleasance.
2. Uphill along the start of Cowgate
3. Big downhill on the Mound
4. Sharp uphill beteen Waverley and the High Street
5. Big downhill all the way back to the finish,
I found the stuff on hills here: hills to be useful, especially baby steps, upright posture and (I read somewhere) use of the arms. I know from my GPS watch that I run hills a lot slower than the flat, but I found I don't need to stop running if I follow the advice. Fingers crossed it will see me through. I have to train on hills anyway as there's nothing flat near my house!
Yeh a few hills in the course...i agree with u, baby steps and head down tends to work for me best. Im pretty slow with the hills too but my 10k route in Glasgow incorporates a few so fingers crossed it will be enough to get me through and the sound of downhill all the way back to the finish sounds perfect haha...hoping to finish in under the 1h mark so fingers crossed! Where are you travelling from?
Travelling from the suburbs of Edinburgh! I've only lived in the area for a year though, so don't know the city all that intimately. My other half is from Edinburgh though so I have an inside track.
Indedentally, my brother-in-law should complete the course slightly ahead of the winning elite athlete, but then he'll be on a motorbike, which is technically cheating!
My sister-in-law registered late and hasn't had her pack yet either by the way. I got mine a week or so ago.
Well it's done now. It was interesting (to me at any rate) running the route I'd seen so many times on the computer. Was pleased with my time (55:31 - although I think I got beat by Bananaman!) and enjoyed the day, especially the fact that the torrential rain stopped just in time.
Hope everyone got on well.
Congrats on your PB! Totally agree with the hill at the end. I was in Edinburgh yesterday and it occured to me how clever the route was. It could have been a lot more uphill if they'd wanted.
Good to see the highlights programme last night , looked like the elite woman caught the rain. I hadn't realised the elite men started right in front of the crowd - shortly before leaving them well behind!
Hi Guys...
It was a great day wasn't it despite the rainy start....loved the warm up...really needed it as i was chittering.
I did it in 55.19...not a 10k PB but wasn't expecting one for that course anyway and would have been happy with just under the hour. I was amazed with myself that i didn't stop once with all them hills. really enjoyed it and hope to do it next year and beat my course record then.
Well done to you both...............and Princess for your PB......bet your chuffed.....
Princess....I agree I usually don't like hills and was dreading it in a way and like you I didn't think it was as bad as I had anticipated....
How was your journey through???? We had a nightmare journey when we went through to Glasgow a few weeks back when I did the Half Marathon....not enough carraiges..No seats for folks and in the end just no room at all and some people were not allowed to get on.....Shambles it was....The great Brittish Transport at its best.
Princess - I did the glasgow 10k last yeat so was prepared for the train fiasco this year....We did com[lain last year but it has fell on deaf ears it seems.....What do you expect......
I really enjoyed the Glasgow half though the worst part for me was going through Pollock park...I seemed to be in there forever...LOL....It was a hot day too....Got a PB and did it in 2hrs 2mins and 3 secs which I was delighted with although i really wanted a sub 2.....there is always a next time though I have entered for the Edinburgh marathon agin this year for the 3rd time and allso the Rock and Roll Half in April.......My next race is a 10k in Strathaven in November.... Whens your next races ??
Interested to hear about the 10k in November FrannyT. I'm registered for the Rock and Roll Half too and was looking for something in between then and now to keep me motivated. How do you find out about these things? I look on the race diary pages but they seem to be missing a lot of events (unless I'm doing it wrong).
I pre-registered for the Marathon but got put off my the comments on the organisation and the training committment. I think a half in April is a good goal for me though.
I enjoyed the photos too. Never seen myself in action before. The video was especially good as I had a wee bit left in the tank and massively went for it for the last 50m or so! I'll probably buy one of them, and finally update my profile picture.
Grrrrrr I didn't get papped on the way round.........maybe I was too much like lightening.Ha Ha