Well its late on in the day with me. Just done my first long run Saturday just gone. Only 15 miles but I felt great. I have been doing loads and loads if quick short runs since Xmas and I have never felt so fit, they have helped hughly on my longer run and HM's i've done. So I am moderatley optimistic in finishing as long as I get the nutrition side of things right. Alternatively I will die a miserable death on a hill somewhere
Phew, I was getting worried by your optimism there for a moment !
I have a feeling this could go down in marathon running history .... Everyone will be lined up at the start, Goldie will fire the gun, a couple of speed merchants will hare off, and the rest of the field will just be standing there going 'Meh! .. just have another coffee first!", before ambling off (probably in the wrong direction).
i must admit those pictures on facebook put me off, seeing all those green fields and trails as im a convinced road runner. but it will be fun either way, im sure of it! :P
I have a feeling this could go down in marathon running history .... Everyone will be lined up at the start, Goldie will fire the gun, a couple of speed merchants will hare off, and the rest of the field will just be standing there going 'Meh! .. just have another coffee first!", before ambling off (probably in the wrong direction).
Ok so here goes this may be a bad or good idea who knows? COMPETITION TIME Right we are going to organise a Giants Head Marathon 2013 sweepstake. You need to guess the overall average time of the runners in the race. So when the race is done, we add them all up divide by the total number of entrants. Average time. Simples. The person with the nearest guess will win a specially commissioned Giants Head Marathon ......Onesie. Soooper sooper quality worth over £70, yes thats real money.
So share this on you timeline and in any running clubs or running groups and email your guess-timates to info@whitestarrunning
Campy, camp, camping. Ok just in case you didnt get the email about camping send me your details and we create a nice little list. Right prices £5, which goes to charity, per pitch/tent thats all weekend. Please leave on the sunday as Chris wants his field back for baby cows. If you want to stay longer check out http://www.visit-dorset.com/ There will be toilets and when we find somewhere to put them showers. There are no shops in Sydling, bring supplies or nip into Dorchester 20 minutes away or Cerne which over the hill(you will no the hill you have to run up it) We need: Your name (obviously) Time of arrival and how many people are coming. info@whitestarrunning.co.uk
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Ah, my last LSR was also 15 miles.
Phew, I was getting worried by your optimism there for a moment !
I have a feeling this could go down in marathon running history .... Everyone will be lined up at the start, Goldie will fire the gun, a couple of speed merchants will hare off, and the rest of the field will just be standing there going 'Meh! .. just have another coffee first!", before ambling off (probably in the wrong direction).
There must be a record somewhere for the worlds slowest average marathon pace? If not then we may inadvertently break it
I may be slow, but dammit - I'll be magnificently slow.
ky plan is to get to mile 20 quickly, have a great time, then leave wkth enough time to finish at a bimble.
i must admit those pictures on facebook put me off, seeing all those green fields and trails as im a convinced road runner. but it will be fun either way, im sure of it! :P
"You first"
"No please after you"
"Ooh its getting awfully late isn't it ... getting quite dark now .. can't quite make out what that is in the distance!"
"Hmm, think it may say Mile ... 1 !! "
From the FB page https://www.facebook.com/GiantsHeadMarathon
Ok so here goes this may be a bad or good idea who knows?
COMPETITION TIME
Right we are going to organise a Giants Head Marathon 2013 sweepstake.
You need to guess the overall average time of the runners in the race.
So when the race is done, we add them all up divide by the total number of entrants. Average time.
Simples.
The person with the nearest guess will win a specially commissioned
Giants Head Marathon
......Onesie.
Soooper sooper quality worth over £70, yes thats real money.
So share this on you timeline and in any running clubs or running groups and email your guess-timates to
info@whitestarrunning
I should add a solid hour to anybodies guess
someone guessed 7 hours one minute I may have to create a banned list
ill say 7 hours on the nose
email me no email no entry
its daa law
Camping news
https://www.facebook.com/GiantsHeadMarathon
Campy, camp, camping.
Ok just in case you didnt get the email about camping send me your details and we create a nice little list.
Right prices £5, which goes to charity, per pitch/tent thats all weekend. Please leave on the sunday as Chris wants his field back for baby cows.
If you want to stay longer check out http://www.visit-dorset.com/
There will be toilets and when we find somewhere to put them showers.
There are no shops in Sydling, bring supplies or nip into Dorchester 20 minutes away or Cerne which over the hill(you will no the hill you have to run up it)
We need:
Your name (obviously)
Time of arrival and how many people are coming.
info@whitestarrunning.co.uk
Or live in Yeovil and casually drive down on the morning looking smug
Hill training this weekend. up and down the Downs, anyone care to join me?
I'm doing my own version of hill training. Saltash HM Sunday
I'm doing Neolithic Trail marathon Sunday. Which is why I am now drunk. I don't even know if Salisbury Plain has hills.
And my legs still ache a bit from Bracknell half last Sunday
I'm running Richmond mara on Sunday. They have hills I've heard
Whats with all this hills stuff ...Goldie was only joking ... wasn't he ?
I hope so. I think it's a flat 5k right.
Mouse, is 5k of it flat? So just 37k-ish up and down then?
ha ha yes probably chillies.
For those of you who do the Fetch thing
thanks to Mrs Mouse
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/routes-view.php?id=1323228
26.46 miles??? Does that make it an Ultra
Oh then I saw the elevation tab