So who is going to do the Brighton Marathon 2014?

[knocky1]

I'm tempted to have another go.

I hate all the training, but I'll see all the runners & the fun & games on the day and wish I was a part of it.

How about you, [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] ?

Entry for 2014 opens on the 8th April...

You can join up for 2015 today at Brighton Centre for a discounted £42.50. I aim to.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I always really feel for the bloke in the rhino costume, always looks close to extinction by the time he's cleared Preston Park.

 

[Badger]

Good luck to all those doing it on Sunday, the weather forecast isn't looking too great, hopefully it won't be hammering it down too much. I can't imagine training was too much fun this winter either.

I did it in 2011 and beat [MENTION=159]Stumpy Tim[/MENTION] 's time so that was mission accomplished, no need to go through it again.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Good luck to all those doing it on Sunday, the weather forecast isn't looking too great, hopefully it won't be hammering it down too much. I can't imagine training was too much fun this winter either.

I did it in 2011 and beat [MENTION=159]Stumpy Tim[/MENTION] 's time so that was mission accomplished, no need to go through it again.

I have more TIMBER to carry, so on a distance/weight basis I beat you handsomely

 

[martin tyler]

Ill be running Sunday for the REMF. I signed up in January but due to a bad foot injury sustained a week later ive not yet managed any training. I am still going to give it a go and see what happens.

 

[Bob!]

Ill be running Sunday for the REMF. I signed up in January but due to a bad foot injury sustained a week later ive not yet managed any training. I am still going to give it a go and see what happens.

Really?

 

[Badger]

I have more TIMBER to carry, so on a distance/weight basis I beat you handsomely

Yes, but think of all the extra energy you could store in that TIMBER.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

ill be running sunday for the remf. I signed up in january but due to a bad foot injury sustained a week later ive not yet managed any training. I am still going to give it a go and see what happens.

ouch!

 

[martin tyler]

Really?

Yep. No idea why. I was generally fit until a year ago. It will be very hard but i feel i should give it a go. Ive raised a fair bit of cash so i feel i should try at least.

 

[martin tyler]

ouch!

It will be a very sore week. Hopefully my foot can last the distance

 

[martin tyler]

So anybody who is watching and see's a guy in an REMF top struggling along near the back give me a cheer will need all the help i can get

 

[Stumpy Tim]

It will be a very sore week. Hopefully my foot can last the distance

Best of luck. It'll be painful, but hopefully you'll have the mental strength to get through it

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Seems a bit late

Ooops

 

[Lady Whistledown]

For anyone thinking about it, and probably thinking "I can't", you should give it a go. It's an amazing experience. I said never again, but went back for a second, and I'm now getting itchy feet and contemplating 2015.

 

[Badger]

For anyone thinking about it, and probably thinking "I can't", you should give it a go. It's an amazing experience. I said never again, but went back for a second, and I'm now getting itchy feet and contemplating 2015.

I sometimes have itchy feet, then I remember one of my 16ish mile training runs in the pissing rain with the wind blowing towards me (even when I turned round and came back), that seems to suppress any desire to do it again.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I sometimes have itchy feet, then I remember one of my 16ish mile training runs in the pissing rain with the wind blowing towards me (even when I turned round and came back), that seems to suppress any desire to do it again.

It's amazing how easily we forget those in the midst of the pre-race atmosphere & the post-finish euphoria, isn't it?

 

[Badger]

It's amazing how easily we forget those in the midst of the pre-race atmosphere & the post-finish euphoria, isn't it?

Indeed, the actual marathon seems quite easy in comparison to those long training runs on your own with no support.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

After I did London I swore I would never do another. I have never felt the desire to change my mind

 

[Lady Whistledown]

After I did London I swore I would never do another. I have never felt the desire to change my mind

My second one felt so much better than the first. I think perhaps because it's not quite such the great unknown in your mind. You know you can do it, and have done it, and what it's going to feel like. I can see how that would also work against you, but I wasn't so nervous second time around as a result of knowing what to expect, and I ran a much more even pace (rather than pushing it too much at the start), which resulted in a quicker time.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I sometimes have itchy feet, then I remember one of my 16ish mile training runs in the pissing rain with the wind blowing towards me (even when I turned round and came back), that seems to suppress any desire to do it again.

I remember doing a 20 miler in similar conditions. I got home with my soaked heavy metal t-shirt almost around my ankles, blood soaked shoes and shirt, fell on the floor in front of my wife and started sobbing. I've trained for another 3 since this but I have now purchased proper running tops.