Paris Marathon 2013

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  • The JimbobThe Jimbob ✭✭✭

    you doin Chicago though D? thats around the same time

  • DannirrDannirr ✭✭✭

    Weedy - yup. 4.5 pound weight difference before and after the run.  My clothes were soaked through. And I ran easy - mostly because I had to it was so humid.

  • DannirrDannirr ✭✭✭

    Weedy - your run looks almost identical, although somewhat cooler.  How did you do with the humidity?

  • Didn't notice that it was humid Danni. It was 8.30pm last night tho, so the temperature probably helped like you say. Maybe Garmin's UK humidityometer's wonky.

    Thread trip to the top of the world? Hmmm...

  • E mmyE mmy ✭✭✭
    Weedy Gonzalez wrote (see)

    Okay, quick question...St John Ambulance does a one-day sports first aid course. Has anyone been on it?

    Yep. I did it a few years ago. Theres nothing quite like locking lips with a resusi-annie What do you need to know?

  • Okay, quick question...St John Ambulance does a one-day sports first aid course. Has anyone been on it?

     

    I had to do the British Red Cross version for my England Athletics licence...   it just covered the basics of first aid, nothing too difficult to deal with, and on completion they sent me a credit card sized thing to prove that I'm a 'first aider'.

    Dan..  that is a massive fluid loss over such a short distance...!

     

     

     

  • Emmy H wrote (see)
    Weedy Gonzalez wrote (see)

    Okay, quick question...St John Ambulance does a one-day sports first aid course. Has anyone been on it?

    Yep. I did it a few years ago. Theres nothing quite like locking lips with a resusi-annie What do you need to know?


    Thanks both. Thinking of doing one and wondering if it covers stuff that crops up in marathons, or does it mainly cover the kind of stuff you get in football and rugby - breaks and fractures and whatnot.

  • E mmyE mmy ✭✭✭

    Weedy - to be honest: No. It's a very nice thing to feel comfortable to be able to have the experience for first aid but during a race - I'd ALWAYS give priority and let St Johns do their stuff. If for nothing else from an insurance/security perspective.

    I think the biggest thing that helps you with things you see during a marathon in common sense.

  • Was thinking it would be useful for smaller events where there isn't as comprehensive a first aid cover as big events. The North Yorks trail one I did last month only had marshals and first aid at four checkpoints. We all had the phone number of the organisers to ring if we came across anyone in trouble (and 999 if it was a critical obviously), but it could have taken a while for help to arrive if anything had happened on the more remote sections.

  • I did a 3 days St.John's first aid course when I was 23. The very next day I saw this kid jump off a multi-story car park opposite my office building. I managed to run down 8 flights of stairs to be the first one to get to him. We found out later he had been out of his head on drugs. He was still alive. But what a mess. That was pretty traumatic as a first use of my new skills. By the time I got back to my office, everyone had left and gone home and I was sat there covered in this guy's juices. He died that night.

    AND... I don't regret learning the skills. Not only do you need to know what to do, you need a bit of calmness of mind to not panic and focus on helping. Many bystanders to incidents are incapacitated and people die or get much worse injuries because they don't receive timely help.

    Right, wishing everyone a fabulous day. This is my happy face image

  • I'd love to do Midnight marathon one day

  • Weedy...  I had to do it because the England Athletics insurances required it...  and its really only the basics that are taught as you are supposed to call for help from the emergency services if required.

     

  • TD...  geezz..   that's a traumatic incident...

     

  • DannirrDannirr ✭✭✭

    I think it's a good idea for everyone to learn basic first aid - it might just be the thing that saves your loved one in an emergency (car accident, choking etc).  I also think you should carry an emergency airway in your car for the same reason (yes DV, there is one in the front passenger door image of the Ghost).

    With respect to races - I've seen two people drop in the Peachtree Road Race. On both occasions I ran over but was prevented from assisting by police and race officials. Fair to say they have a massive emergency response team, and both these men were attended to within minutes and survived. It did bother me that I was not allowed to help prior to the emergency teams arrival - I was told it was an "insurance thing". Liability and "insurance thing" are both nonsense reasons as the volunteer is protected by the Good Samaritan Act (or your version of it) anyway.

  • E mmyE mmy ✭✭✭

    Wi - That's on my bucket list as well. Do you mean the one in Norway? There's also one in Iceland..

    Danirr - I was told the same thing at the GSR - they didnt want me touching the athlete at all. I agree that everyone should be able to do basic first aid. I saw an ad campaign where it stated the same number of people die from choking as cancer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7zfgCXQFs

     

  • Funnily enough I've been thinking about doing a course with the Croix Rouge here.  I did get a Red Cross certificate decades ago for my Duke of Edinburgh but would like to do a refresher course.  I do worry about being transfixed by fear and not swinging into action should I be confronted with an emergency.  Although having survived various incidents with my own children, instinct just kicks in.  Emmy mentioning choking reminds me of when I had to extract a marble from daughter's throat, she was blue and it was touch and go.  She was with the babysitter whilst I worked downstairs before you think bad mother!

     

     

  • Tromso is on my bucket list too.............thread outing to Norway??? Don't think we'd do much drinking there thou!!

    Treadmill tempo run. I have come to the conclusion that I don't push myself enough on the hard runs. After todays session I know I have it in me!image

  • Eggyh73Eggyh73 ✭✭✭

    The midnight sun marathon in Tromso is one I'd love to do. I was over there when it was on once before I took up running, so I missed a great opportunity to do it. Lovely town, but expensive is putting it mildly. If I remember rightly a plate of pasta or a pizza was about £40! image

  • yer majyer maj ✭✭✭

    Norway is tear-inducingly expensive.  Mr Maj and I went out for dinner in Oslo - a main course each, one (very small) glass of wine each = £70.  And that was at least 7 years ago...image

  • I did a workplace first aid course a while back, and one of the things I remember being told is the quite surprising number of people (women, mostly) who go into labour without realising they're pregnant in the first place. Apparently it's more common than you might think, so you always have to consider that if someone's suffering abdominal pains.

  • if you want an expensive drink, you should try going to Dubai...   our bar bill for one week there was over £2000...!!    And no...    we didn't drink much at all...  it was just incredibly expensive....    image

     

     

  • Running Rodent wrote (see)

    I did a workplace first aid course a while back, and one of the things I remember being told is the quite surprising number of people (women, mostly) who go into labour without realising they're pregnant in the first place. Apparently it's more common than you might think, so you always have to consider that if someone's suffering abdominal pains.

     

    What do you mean by 'women, mostly'...?   Who else is lkely to go into labour..?  image

     

  • Dark Vader wrote (see)

    What do you mean by 'women, mostly'...?   Who else is lkely to go into labour..?  image

     

    Umm, a reformed Socialist maybe? image

  • OrbuttOrbutt ✭✭✭

    Tricky - class. image

     

  • Good luck tomorrow to Emmy and James B

  • DannirrDannirr ✭✭✭

    Tricky - brilliant

  • DannirrDannirr ✭✭✭

    If you have no interest in treadmills, skip this post.

    I really want to give the fall marathon everything I've got. With a busy work schedule coming up, I know the only way to get in all my sessions is for some of them to be on a treadmill - so decided to replace our 10 year old one with a new one.  Tried it out tonight - and actually loved it!

    The treadmill is capable of speeds to 20 mph, incline to 20% and decline to -6%.  You can define (or download) the workouts - hills, intervals etc - but the really cool thing is you can also go to Google maps and simply define a course (or download one) and then run it.  The treadmill adjusts elevation to match google maps, and displays the street view images as you run!  The route I ran tonight is one of my common ones and it was almost exactly like the real thing.  Running downhill on a treadmill takes a bit of getting used to.

    This is cool because you can run all or a section of your upcoming race several times in training and really get to feel what you can do, or need to do. All the big marathons are already available, or simply define it yourself.

    It's got a zillion other cool features too - really designed for the runner rather than the walker. Although if you do want to walk or run slow, you can simply use the screen for email or browse the web.

    So, now I'm gonna look at some of your routes and go for a virtual run along your route! Who knows, perhaps they even captured you in the images I'll see image

    I think my long run this weekend will be the second half of the Paris Marathon.  You know, unfinished business

     

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