So were you walking it, because that was your challenge, or were you running, but at a slower pace, because you're old or unfit or what? How long did it take you?
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- Thread starter Steve Foster
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Minging. If you manage to grab a jelly baby (or 3) from a silver tray at the 24 mile mark, you're welcome
You have such a lovely way with words.
Pretty polite by your standards.
Youāre walking on glass here, Trig, or running on glass as you may prefer. I was running it until thighs started to go and walked 7 miles from the King Alfred. Iām not old or unfit. I finished in under 5 hours.
Maybe you should get on the Prom next year and counteract all the positive vocal support with your own cynical jeers;
Who ate all the pies? You fat Bastar.....
Youāre going home in a f****** ambulance...
Come on itās meant to be a run.....
This was my girlfriends first marathon and she had a nightmare. After about 14 miles her knees were in excruciating pain so after a great first half, she ended up walking most of the last few miles and crossed the line absolutely gutted. I really felt for her because we had trained together and put all the hard miles in together over the past few months.
She would be the first to admit that her knees were a bit of a worry beforehand because she knew her knees were weaker than they should be due to her dancing/sports when younger.
However, we ran three 18-mile runs and two 20-mile runs in the preceding few months (as well as lots of shorter distances) and her knees were fine.
I can only think the camber of the road from Kemp Town to Ovingdean and back again put too much strain on her knees.
Do any of you marathon experts out there think the camber of the coast road could have played a part?
She would be the first to admit that her knees were a bit of a worry beforehand because she knew her knees were weaker than they should be due to her dancing/sports when younger.
However, we ran three 18-mile runs and two 20-mile runs in the preceding few months (as well as lots of shorter distances) and her knees were fine.
I can only think the camber of the road from Kemp Town to Ovingdean and back again put too much strain on her knees.
Do any of you marathon experts out there think the camber of the coast road could have played a part?
Iām the first to admit Iām a bit spikey on certain threads.. But like the restaurant thread, the music threads and the Fridat drinking thread, no one comes on here to troll, goad, or belittle people. Itās a nice community where we accept and welcome and all levels and help each other and engage in something we all like. Iād like to keep it this way. If you genuinely want to know if walking a marathon is deemed legitimate feel free to ask....but please frame your question appropriately.
Bad luck that but good she crossed the line. I always try to avoid the camber and follow the most level part of a course. It could be that or more likely the mileage accumulation from training suddenly tiring the legs.
Iāll be wincing around Harveyās pubs in Lewes all afternoon. Iāll need a few to numb the anticipated pain of getting to ESU.
And thatās before the real pain starts at 7:45.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Certainly not an expert but cambers can really throw you. My last (in every sense) marathon was on the Preston Park velodrome track (all 72 laps) which is a camber-fest. It was akin to running 26+ miles with one leg considerably shorter than the other - and to make matters worse, every time you were overtaken (which was rather a lot in my case) you had to move to the right i.e. further up the camber. I seized up after about 15 miles and limped home in a 'poor' time..ā¦ā¦...but no permanent damage (other than to the ego).
PTSD can hit you any time. I know.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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I did my first (and possibly last, tho never say never)10k on Sunday, to raise funds and awareness for my two little great-nephew twins who are both battling childhood leukemia at the age of 3. I'm WAY too old and overweight and asthmatic to be doing such things, as well being crippled by gout for a significant time when I should have been training for the run. Not ashamed to say I probably speed-walked as much as I jogged (1:33 thank you for asking). But even when I was speed walking, I received nothing but support from many of the inspirational people doing the run, as well as the lovely people who had come out to cheer on complete strangers. And total respect to all the volunteers made the day possible. It really was a fantastic experience and one I'd recommend to anybody thinking of doing it.
Hillian1
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Quick question please:
Mate of mine did it, aimed for sub 4 hours, paced it exactly on his watch thingy, got to the finish and got the notification straight away of 3 hrs, 59 minutes, 55 seconds.
The app however is showing 4 hrs, 20 seconds.
Which one does he take?
Mate of mine did it, aimed for sub 4 hours, paced it exactly on his watch thingy, got to the finish and got the notification straight away of 3 hrs, 59 minutes, 55 seconds.
The app however is showing 4 hrs, 20 seconds.
Which one does he take?
Well done for persevering through the Cto5k and then moving on to this - great achievement.
Having watched the full course of marathon runners on Sunday, from the winner to the last stragglers, it struck me that for many of the slowest marathon runners the achievement is actually the greatest - especially as they do it largely without the support.
And thats what makes BM a great day for all involved.
In which case, why did you say you didn't run it? You seem to be confused.
Exactly
Most likely explanation...
On the App you should see āGun Timeā and āChip Timeā (Just under the finish time). Gun Time starts from when the starter says āGoā, Chip Time starts from when the runner crosses the start line and so of course is the real time run. Chip Time will always be less or equal to Gun Time, so I would guess your friend met his sub 4 target.(Unless there was an error with the text and the time has been corrected).
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For a 4 hour runner I would have thought the difference between the gun time and the chip time would have been more than 25 seconds.
My club Arena80 runners are saying there was up to 30 seconds added to some of their actual watch times. They have a contact to have their times amended. For your friend he should just accept the sub 4.
From the Arena site
Yes, complain about it here: https://ipicoemea.wufoo.com/forms/mt8892u1bohin9/, I'm hoping they will fix it because so many people had it happen