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I am really pleased with that time - aiming for under 3 hours. Sweeper bus overtook me at 11 miles, but I didn't care!
Sorry you DNF marshallini.
I'll be back next year!
I knew I could not manage 26 and did not want
a long walk back or a wait for the bus.
manged 15 in 2;15 which was bang on target!
Nice course, nice organisation - maybe if I
skip having the flu next year I will do it!
I ended up running back towards the finish
at about 2:20 official time - just as all
were looking for the full marathon elite.
Some of the crowd started cheering and clapping me and
it took a couple of minutes for me to work
it out;-))
well done all - windsor in two weeks!
Well done everyone especially tiredgirlks - a 2:17 half after 4 months is brilliant!
Great organisation.
Great course.
Above all a great result. 97mins, a pb by 3 mins
How did I run mile 3 in 6.30 when all the others were at least 45 secs slower? Something not quite right there.
There were still people going through the 7 mile marker in not much under 3 hours as I drove home - by that time the water tables were being taken away and they were having to ask directions as all the support had gone - you have to admire the determination to finish.
Did the 1/2 in 2:07 by my watch - taking 11 minutes off last years time. I did notice there were a few changes on last years course - felt it made it better as th hills in the rist three miles didn't seem as severe as i remember them.
Apparently one woman went into labour in the fun run - thoughts are with her!
i did see all the doggies.. very good.. mad but very good.
i chatted to ant in the crowds up to 3 miles before he shifted up a gear and went off into the distance.
i thought what the heck i'll push on while i can certainly miles 5-15 were a bit quick.
then caught up with xerxes for a natter and we provided a sterling windbreak service round the rowing lake.
and i truly did lose the will to live there.
dropped xerxes second time into the wind (sorry), i knew if i started walking now i'd had it.
as it happened i did have a few walks as the track along the river was just as windy in places.
over the bridge made me feel seasick but i knew it wasnt far to go and picked up the pace to sneak under 4hours (clock time).
sorry not to hang about after xerxes as you were only about 1/2mile behind but i'm not terribly sociable after these things (sat with my eyes closed in the changing area for 10minutes).
all in all a succesful venture, and my achilles; that i was trying to ignore from about 12miles, held out.
Well done to all those who ran and finished commiserations to those who didn't finish and bad luck to those who could not start due to colds/injury.
As requested earlier in the thread I swapped work weekends just so you would not have scorching hot weather. I've been missing from on here for nearly a week due to those wonderful (not) persons at BT.
I may have one or two of you on piccies as I took three rolls of film, mostly of my clubs runners though.
Big Kisses to all three.
well done to all
er, usual Hippo question----how slow was the last marathon finisher please?
Congratulations to all that made it to the end. Commiserations to all that DNF.
My race went well for the first half, peeling off at the 12 mile mark in 1:50. Things were going well until the off road section at around 18/19 miles, where I ended up having to walk for a while.
Really suffered at the 20-23 miles and wondered if I would ever get to the finish. The wind was almost as bad as Hurricane Ivan!!
Hobbled into the finish at 4:27. I will be back next year, but will be sticking with the half.
Could not quite believe we were having to run in that wind around the watercourse.
When i ran through the finish i def was on the point of passing out. Im currently signing off and going to the pub.
Well done with the finish time, over an hour better than my one and only marathon effort.
and sorry.. but into labour??? come on!!
Currently 6:31
I am really cheesed off to find that they have not published all the results for the half - seems to stop at 1:56
Maybe more to come?
Saw Ant and Ed, Soo b Doo, Natnif and crafty boy at the start, xerxes passed me at about 10 as I was hurtling round with the trainee.
Full next year .................. maybe
Very pleased, was a 8m/m pacing run for my 3:30 attempt at Abingdon, happy with constant pace through the race. Ran 3m beforehand and 2m afterwards as wu/cd. 2nd mile was very long (8:40) and 3rd mile short (7:05), thought a few other mileposts not especially accurate -not a great problem but disconcerting when you're trying to squeeze out a target time.
GF201 distance 13.36 - within 2%
i finished,i finished,i finished,
never again,never again,never again,
1st( and last) ever marathon,4 hours 26 mins, wind around lake was CRAZY,gonna stick to 10k's and half's.
great day,great crowds, well organised..roll on next year(half!)