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Larri - Did you enjoy Barca? I did it 2 yrs ago and loved it; it's a well organised marathon, I think....a lot more so than Rome.
30 very hilly kms done this morning in rain and gusty winds.....it was horrible but it is done and in the bag. My feet feel as though they have been run over by a passing car!
Onetit - I'll PM you. Stay strong.
TD - That sounds an ace plan!! Are you still ok for my two charming girls?? They will be delighted to see me(hopefully) as in Amsterdam my sil took them away and they didn't see start, finish or anything in between!!
James - Well done on an excellent PB!
Horrendous forecast for the rest of the week, with severe gales etc......so I might have to bench my LSR or do it on dreadmill
I really want to get another 20 mile run done so what am I going to do???
Kaz, your girls are still welcome with my lot - we'll have 2 boys - 14 and 12 as well. However if you think they'd be safer with Tricky then....you're probably right
Sorry ym i thought they were all going together. That'll be cool thanx. Like ages/minds!!
ARSE! No, not you or yours Yer_Maj!
Flag link is broken. RW web programmers are very amateur. Failure is very much an option ladies and gentlemen. Apollo 13 is floating off out past Mars....
Anyway, the Heart Belgium flag will be used. You'll all see it under the Arc or at Pasta Papas if you come there on Saturday evening.
Kaz - very happy to have your daughters with me. I'll take good care of them.
I guess someone has to.
Yer_Maj - the issue really isn't the shoes being broken in, it's about how comfortable you feel in them. I'd trust your instinct on this one. At least do your longest run this weekend in them. If that feels OK, I suspect they will be the best option for you.
ATM - Didn't even know the 'convocation' was the registration form. Certainly wouldn't have found it. Even with your excellent directions it took me about half an hour! My registration has been a little unorthodox as I'm entered on a freebie after they lost my chip time (hence my entire race history and proof of time) last year. This has made me paranoid and suspicious in the extreme. (Doesn't "a certain convocation of politic worms" crop up in Hamlet? Death of Polonius etc.?) Many thanks!
Jimbob - I was at Reading,too, with a slight cold which now threatens to become man-flu. Bloody weather! Anyway, I had the reverse of your starting zone experience. I thought I'd have a stab at my PB of 1:25 (Gosport 2 years ago) and was in the yellow enclosure. Didn't feel great, so plonked myself at the back, but really should have 're-penned'. I prefer the experience you had of passing people rather than being passed by runners from the group behind. Maybe all that striving to get round slower runners helped your excellent PB-smashing performance? I finished under 1:30, but think I'll start further back in Paris. 26 miles gives you plenty of time to catch up if you're feeling good. It also feels a long way if you're getting skinned from the outset! Psychology, psychology. . . !
What goes up, must come down. Or so the saying goes.
After a fantastic seven days last week my first run of this week was a crash back down to earth. Nothing as severe as an injury but just utterly grim; 16K Recovery run at 6am in the freezing cold and pi$$ing rain, not a good combination.
Also a load of 'irritants' thrown in for good measure too; reversing lorries, paperboys riding their bikes on the pavement even slower that I was running, and a few splashings by cars. Wonderful.
Then took me ten minutes to get my house key out of my glove (had a little pocket) as my hands were that sodding cold I couldnt pull it out. It's supposed to be Spring.
Forecast isn't any better for the rest of the week. Here in York, or in Torquay. I'll just have to get so aled up in the latter that the weather won't be an issue....!
Anyone got a long-term forecast for Paris? Not that it'll change 60 times between now and then....
The entry list for the 2013 Badwater is announced today... only one person from the UK.. it is (as always!) about 80% US entrants, with the rest being divided among the rest of the world..
geezz... I'm really going to have to make my application something special to be offered a place...
Bedders, we don't mention the weather forecast until next week. Otherwise Armageddon will ensue. This week we moan about how our legs are tired and how our training plans don't seem to have any perceptible mileage cuts in them.
Once we've finished with theat, *then* we move onto the weather. Folowed by the Grand Finale: Packing. Mainly starring ATM and her Lists.
We can help you with your application DV
YM, it's definitely a PB prospect course wise. A few minor humps but no big deal. No congestion, drinks stations well manned and in bottles. I'd say go for it.
Had an automated email today from the organisers which contained this phrase:
"To avoid last minute stress, we recommend printing your convocation now on your Marathon de Paris race page. Verify your medical certificate, which must be dated less than a year ago and must mention your aptitude for running in competition. These documents, as well as your proof of identity, will be needed to pick up your number."
Anyone know what the hell the 'convocation' is and why I should print this out to avoid stress??
Stressed.
Rich
My OH set the damn alarm for 6 am this morning so we could go and do 6 miles of fartlek before she went to work !
It's Monday for dogs sake
I'm still trying to work out what a convocation is, even though I've downloaded mine. Google translate suggests 'call-up' or 'whip'
Cheers Dave. I'd have never have found that and would have probably gone into a mega rant at the Expo after 3 hours of queuing to get in before being sent away disappointed and probably in the back of a Gendarme van!
is that the real thing mister? or are you selling me a box of tat?
Sorry about that - no idea why it posted twice!
taper crazies already started
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Hi YM: You may have missed my note a few pages back, but would you be kind enough to repost the link to the posture/gait site you posted a week or so ago?
And curses. TD: I can't see the flag picture. It has a little blue box with a question mark where it ought to be. Or is that the flag?
You lot are going to have to calm doon a bit..........I only popped oot for a couple o hours and 2 pages?????
Anyway its freezing oot there, but 8.6 miles done in wind and snow and hail. Felt really good for a change., and amazed that as ran progressed so did speed even if only slightly!! Splits -9.40, 9.35,9.30,9.08,9.04,8.51,8.50,8.46 and 5.26 for last bit.
I prefer to think of it as "TISN" (Taper-induced special needs)
I've only just realised it was hidden in the list! I just thought I was daft. I can't even identify the question, let alone the answer.
And can you add Maus birthday on 30 July?