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Dublin Marathon 2006
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Julie - love your description - I remember once asking a complete stranger for some water (they had a bottle in their hand) - thankfully they were supporting the race...
NRG - will try and find out more about fingallians AC for you....give me a few minutes...
Shed Art Thing
do you not think that it would be a poignant reflection on the inherent futility and transience of the human condition? er.......
i'm scared now.....
The Cabin and I thank you.
Anyway I'm planning teh Kilkee tri which is at the end of June, so that leaves me space for a Spring and Autumn marathon. Autumn I'm not looking at yet but I'm looking for a fast(ish) race in Europe between late Feb and May. Paris and London are out and it has to be somewhere interesting for me to bring family to. Easy to get to (Ryanair) would also be fairly important.
I'm thinking Rome or Barcelona. Any comments or suggestions?
So are they saying that is the route problem of the knee?
The reason I ask is that most people have one leg shorter then the other, but by differing degrees. Some people seem able to run without any problems while some require inserts. Or it may be that your hips or lower back may be tilted due to problems in these areas and thus casuing and inblance in leg length......
And I may aslo be talking a lot of waffle as you have heard this all before......
I'll give Mrs A the list of alternatives and let her pick I think (so absolving himself of all responsibility)
So now I guess it's straight - has stopped my shin splints, but not my ludicrous propensity for other injuries.
Has also saved me from the curse of having any spare money in the bank....
The girl who runs the shop came first in Dublin (well first Irish girl), boys but she's skinny! They were really nice and we've talked them into doing the Mooathon I think!
I do worry about the postal service in Belfast though! MrGFB and I were walking through Belfast looking for "Up and Running" and getting lost (as usual) and asked 3 separate postmen directions and none of them knew where the street was!
I found and internet phone and looked them up and Bob's you mother's brother!!
I have to say that this video analysis of your running is the only way to buy shoes...I eventually had to buy *blush* men's shoes (hobbit) and went through about 6 pairs til we found them.
*hhhhhm tempted!*
GFB - she was running 100 miles/week when I was up there. No wonder she's skinny (and fast!). Re gait analysis - I'm not convinced that running a few hundred yards on a treadmill is really going to show how I run outside in real life. However, open to ideas. Interested to know if your new shoes make a difference to your sore feet/legs. Could have told you where the shop was!
Definitely not doing Port Tunnel. Too soon. In a tunnel. On a Sunday am (see previous posts).
Amadeus - there was a review of Rome marathon in RW UK mag a few months ago.(just checked: July 06). If you don't have it I'll scan & e-mail it to you. Gripe about chip falling off (225 lost) and mention of some cobbles. I think it's scheduled for 18 Mar & reporter said that by 12:30 (9.15am start) the temp was in low 20s which might be a bit of a shock in March! However, he said even with cobbles & heat it was a fast course.
"rewind that....no, those shoes don't suit...new shoes....play that slowly, no those shoes don't suit...look she'll still blahdeblahdeblah...rewind it slowly...play it again...run slower GFB...try those with a different insole..."etc!!
Probably not everyone got the attention I got!!
I'm planning on doing Rome. We are going to fly down on the Friday and do some sightseeing. Saturday Italy are playing Ireland in the Six Nations... have booked a couple of tickets for the game. Marathon Sunday and celebrate St Pats a day late on Sunday night. Back to Brussels Monday.