Marathon Thread

[Steve Foster]

Haha so my race strategy will be simply to resist scoffing at the party table. I can see the scene now.. 90 or so people in sweaty lycra tucking in to the mini scotch eggs, whilst the speedsters do their stuff..grreat!

Well done! And well done in reaching double figures too! At least the weather was as good as you could expect for this time of the year.

I still haven't done an event extending more than 30 miles & your write up hasn't persuaded me otherwise yet. 26.2 is enough for my little legs. So after a well deserved rest what's next?

 

[Pembury]

Well done! And well done in reaching double figures too! At least the weather was as good as you could expect for this time of the year.

I still haven't done an event extending more than 30 miles & your write up hasn't persuaded me otherwise yet. 26.2 is enough for my little legs. So after a well deserved rest what's next?

Thanks Steve..I was feeling very good at 26 miles, not sure why i go beyond that sometimes!

Beachy head is the next one

 

[Steve Foster]

Enjoy a relatively low mileage weekend folks. It looks as if the fun starts next week!

Beardy Gull: 7 - Eden October 2015
BrianWade4: 6 Amsterdam October 2015
Bermondseygull: 1 Beachy Head October 2015
Pembury: 10 - Beachy Head October 2015
Tommy Tradlles: 14 - Beachy Head October 2015
Ninja Elephant: 1 - Beachy Head October 2015
dazzer6666: 42 - Beachy Head October 2015
Greg Bobkin: 3 - Isle of Wight Oct 2015
Y Ddraig Goch: 3 - Snowdonia Oct 2015
Steve Foster: 89 - Dublin Oct 2015
Rodney Thomas: 0 - Athens November 2015
Bad Ash: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Ben Elton's Brother: 3 - Brighton April 2016
Cecil: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Greg Bobkin: 3 - Brighton April 2016
Guinness Boy: 0 - Brighton April 2016
knocky1: 3 - Brighton April 2016
MORTY: 3 - Brighton April 2016
D'Angelo Saxon: 0 - Brighton April 2016
Herr Tubthumper: 4 - Chicago Oct 2016

Having a sabbatical ........ for now?

Driver8: 4
Richy_Seagull: 4
blockseagull: 4
big nuts: 3
Mr Blobby: 3
TotallyFreaked: 3
Gary Nelson's teacher: 2
edna krabappel: 2
Mellor 3 Ward 4: 1
MrShaun15: 1
Wondergull 1

 

[Pembury]

Enjoy a relatively low mileage weekend folks. It looks as if the fun starts next week!

Beardy Gull: 7 - Eden October 2015
BrianWade4: 6 Amsterdam October 2015
Bermondseygull: 1 Beachy Head October 2015
Pembury: 10 - Beachy Head October 2015
Tommy Tradlles: 14 - Beachy Head October 2015
Ninja Elephant: 1 - Beachy Head October 2015
dazzer6666: 42 - Beachy Head October 2015
Greg Bobkin: 3 - Isle of Wight Oct 2015
Y Ddraig Goch: 3 - Snowdonia Oct 2015
Steve Foster: 89 - Dublin Oct 2015
Rodney Thomas: 0 - Athens November 2015
Bad Ash: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Ben Elton's Brother: 3 - Brighton April 2016
Cecil: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Greg Bobkin: 3 - Brighton April 2016
Guinness Boy: 0 - Brighton April 2016
knocky1: 3 - Brighton April 2016
MORTY: 3 - Brighton April 2016
D'Angelo Saxon: 0 - Brighton April 2016
Herr Tubthumper: 4 - Chicago Oct 2016

Having a sabbatical ........ for now?

Driver8: 4
Richy_Seagull: 4
blockseagull: 4
big nuts: 3
Mr Blobby: 3
TotallyFreaked: 3
Gary Nelson's teacher: 2
edna krabappel: 2
Mellor 3 Ward 4: 1
MrShaun15: 1
Wondergull 1

Milage reduces for me next week..its taper time! I hate taper time though, so i might just run through it rather than traditionally eat and drink through it! Good NSC showing for Beachy in two weeks.

 

[dazzer6666]

Milage reduces for me next week..its taper time! I hate taper time though, so i might just run through it rather than traditionally eat and drink through it! Good NSC showing for Beachy in two weeks.

Beachy is a slow training plod for me......then taper for the Velothon madness......

 

[Steve Foster]

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Well run Greg Bobkin today

'IOW marathon: 4:09.

The hill at the end is horrible, but on the plus side I didn't stop running until I got to it, which was 24 miles.

Very happy, even though I thought sub four might have been possible'

Keep running!

 

[Steve Foster]

Milage reduces for me next week..its taper time! I hate taper time though, so i might just run through it rather than traditionally eat and drink through it! Good NSC showing for Beachy in two weeks.

Weirdly, I have been following a new sub 3:30 training programme & the week before the marathon - the mileage is still very high. 50 miles this week! Cripes!!

 

[Steve Foster]

Well run BrianWade4 who completed the Amsterdam marathon last weekend.


Bermondseygull: 1 Beachy Head October 2015
Pembury: 10 - Beachy Head October 2015
Tommy Tradlles: 14 - Beachy Head October 2015
Ninja Elephant: 1 - Beachy Head October 2015
dazzer6666: 42 - Beachy Head October 2015
Y Ddraig Goch: 3 - Snowdonia Oct 2015
Steve Foster: 89 - Dublin Oct 2015
Rodney Thomas: 0 - Athens November 2015
Bad Ash: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Ben Elton's Brother: 3 - Brighton April 2016
Cecil: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Greg Bobkin: 4 - Brighton April 2016
Guinness Boy: 0 - Brighton April 2016
knocky1: 3 - Brighton April 2016
MORTY: 3 - Brighton April 2016
D'Angelo Saxon: 0 - Brighton April 2016
Herr Tubthumper: 4 - Chicago Oct 2016

Having a sabbatical ........ for now?

Beardy Gull: 8- after Eden October 2015
BrianWade4: 7
Driver8: 4
Richy_Seagull: 4
blockseagull: 4
big nuts: 3
Mr Blobby: 3
TotallyFreaked: 3
Gary Nelson's teacher: 2
edna krabappel: 2
Mellor 3 Ward 4: 1
MrShaun15: 1
Wondergull 1

 

[beardy gull]

Just got home from Eden Project marathon. 4:13:39 which I'm very pleased with given the challenging course. Not a PB but a big improvement on my Brighton 2015 debacle. Great race through some cracking countryside. Pint of bitter and a cornish pasty at the end was an added bonus. Downland Devil next for me, then Brighton half and full training begins.

http://www.goodrunguide.co.uk/RouteMap/MyRoutes/352714

 

[dazzer6666]

Is anyone doing Beachy going to attempt to get to the game after ? Not sure it's doable, but tempted to try.........expecting to be close to 5 hrs, so straight to the car (parking as close to St Bede's as I can), drive to Lewes Station (30 mins) and might make it close to kick off ? Any thoughts ?

 

[Steve Foster]

Well done to everyone who ran Beachy Head or Snowdon marathon yesterday. Both are wonderful events & I trust the hills were not too hard .....

Let us know how you faired and what you have planned next (after a long recovery, no doubt!)

 

[dazzer6666]

Well done to everyone who ran Beachy Head or Snowdon marathon yesterday. Both are wonderful events & I trust the hills were not too hard .....

Let us know how you faired and what you have planned next (after a long recovery, no doubt!)

Agreed

I DNS due to illness. Gutted. Velothon next hopefully in a couple of weeks.

 

[Steve Foster]

Agreed

I DNS due to illness. Gutted. Velothon next hopefully in a couple of weeks.

Sorry to hear. I am sure you made the right decision. It is difficult to not start a race when entered. I was the only Brit who entered a marathon in Florida a few years ago, but went down with flu half way through the holiday! Grr.

 

[Steve Foster]

We'll run at Beachy Pembury 3:54, Ninja Elephant with 4:57, The May Tradles 4:20

Any more marathons planned peeps?

The numbers game:

Steve Foster: 89 - Dublin Oct 2015
Dazzer6666: 42 - Brighton velodrome Oct 2015
Rodney Thomas: 0 - Athens November 2015
Bad Ash: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Ben Elton's Brother: 3 - Brighton April 2016
Cecil: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Greg Bobkin: 4 - Brighton April 2016
Guinness Boy: 0 - Brighton April 2016
knocky1: 3 - Brighton April 2016
MORTY: 3 - Brighton April 2016
D'Angelo Saxon: 0 - Brighton April 2016
Herr Tubthumper: 4 - Chicago Oct 2016

Having a sabbatical ........ for now?

Y Ddraig Goch: 4 After Snowdonia Oct 2015
Pembury: 11 After Beachy Head October 2015
Ninja Elephant: 2 After Beachy Head October 2015
Bermondseygull: 2 After Beachy Head October 2015
Tommy Tradlles: 15 After Beachy Head October 2015
Beardy Gull: 8- after Eden October 2015
BrianWade4: 7
Driver8: 4
Richy_Seagull: 4
blockseagull: 4
big nuts: 3
Mr Blobby: 3
TotallyFreaked: 3
Gary Nelson's teacher: 2
edna krabappel: 2
Mellor 3 Ward 4: 1
MrShaun15: 1
Wondergull 1

 

[beardy gull]

We'll run at Beachy Pembury 3:54, Ninja Elephant with 4:57, The May Tradles 4:20

Any more marathons planned peeps?

The numbers game:

Steve Foster: 89 - Dublin Oct 2015
Dazzer6666: 36 a Brighton velodrome Oct 2015
Rodney Thomas: 0 - Athens November 2015
Bad Ash: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Ben Elton's Brother: 3 - Brighton April 2016
Cecil: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Greg Bobkin: 4 - Brighton April 2016
Guinness Boy: 0 - Brighton April 2016
knocky1: 3 - Brighton April 2016
MORTY: 3 - Brighton April 2016
D'Angelo Saxon: 0 - Brighton April 2016
Herr Tubthumper: 4 - Chicago Oct 2016

Having a sabbatical ........ for now?

Y Ddraig Goch: 4 After Snowdonia Oct 2015
Pembury: 11 After Beachy Head October 2015
Ninja Elephant: 2 After Beachy Head October 2015
Bermondseygull: 2 After Beachy Head October 2015
Tommy Tradlles: 15 After Beachy Head October 2015
Beardy Gull: 8- after Eden October 2015
BrianWade4: 7
Driver8: 4
Richy_Seagull: 4
blockseagull: 4
big nuts: 3
Mr Blobby: 3
TotallyFreaked: 3
Gary Nelson's teacher: 2
edna krabappel: 2
Mellor 3 Ward 4: 1
MrShaun15: 1
Wondergull 1

I'm doing Brighton again in April 16.

 

[Tommy Tradlles]

We'll run at Beachy Pembury 3:54, Ninja Elephant with 4:57, The May Tradles 4:20

Any more marathons planned peeps?

The numbers game:


.

Steve Foster: 89 - Dublin Oct 2015
Dazzer6666: 42 - Brighton velodrome Oct 2015
Rodney Thomas: 0 - Athens November 2015
Bad Ash: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Ben Elton's Brother: 3 - Brighton April 2016
Cecil: 1 - Brighton April 2016
Greg Bobkin: 4 - Brighton April 2016
Guinness Boy: 0 - Brighton April 2016
knocky1: 3 - Brighton April 2016
MORTY: 3 - Brighton April 2016
D'Angelo Saxon: 0 - Brighton April 2016
Herr Tubthumper: 4 - Chicago Oct 2016

Having a sabbatical ........ for now?

Y Ddraig Goch: 4 After Snowdonia Oct 2015
Pembury: 11 After Beachy Head October 2015
Ninja Elephant: 2 After Beachy Head October 2015
Bermondseygull: 2 After Beachy Head October 2015
Tommy Tradlles: 15 After Beachy Head October 2015
Beardy Gull: 8- after Eden October 2015
BrianWade4: 7
Driver8: 4
Richy_Seagull: 4
blockseagull: 4
big nuts: 3
Mr Blobby: 3
TotallyFreaked: 3
Gary Nelson's teacher: 2
edna krabappel: 2
Mellor 3 Ward 4: 1
MrShaun15: 1
Wondergull 1

I am now in training for the Brighton Marathon. It will be my sixteenth as last marathon. Mind you I've said that before

 

[Steve Foster]

I am now in training for the Brighton Marathon. It will be my sixteenth as last marathon. Mind you I've said that before

A good shout for your 16th. I ran my PB on my 16th marathon. Sure you can as well

 

[Bermondseygull]

Managed to get round Beachy Head - 4:34. A fair bit off my last marathon time but I was actually anticipating it would be longer towards the end, have to admit it was tougher even than I was expecting. Whereas my first marathon I hit the mental wall, this time round it was much more of a physical one - definitely could have been better conditioned going into the race, legs were just knackered by about mile 20. Fantastic course though, despite the camber, and good support and marshalling. Brighton 2016 up next, with some more 'fun' runs (Tough Guy, Fan Dance) in between, unless I lose my head and sign up for another marathon between now and April. Looking forward to my first road marathon, will definitely be going for a PB

 

[Steve Foster]

#90 finished in Dublin in 3:35.44. Pleased with that. 7th fastest marathon to date. Still life in my aging legs.

 

[Tommy Tradlles]

Well done Steve Foster. Another medal for the collection.