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poorbabe

Hmm, when is it? I can't do cold weather runs over half marathon distance................................. unless heated gloves/socks and armwarmers have been invented and it's guaranteed to be a dry day :eek::D:rolleyes:

Edit: I've found out the information. 13 September sounds like a lovely time for a marathon. I'll book online when I get home tonight and save my final 1 day hol to recover on the Monday. PS: where we stopping overnight and I'll need to get up there early enough to eat fish and chips and sink a can of Guinness.

chickadee

becky_rtw wrote: »

I didnt eat at all really until the next day - although I remember being quite precious about my cheese for some reason when everyone else was eating sandwiches :o:o

Its funny what you crave after a marathon - on the plane the next day they fed us soo much food and its the first time I've ever finished all my plane food :eek::eek:, I must have been very hungry really!!!

Whenever I have finished a marathon, or a half for that matter, all I want is a cup of tea. After all that water and those energy drinks, a cuppa is well overdue. This time, I had some muscle repair drink made up in my bag waiting for collection at the finish. It is a bit like milkshake and I didn't really enjoy drinking it (not a milkshake fan) but I swear it made a difference. My legs have ached more this week after my hill walk at the weekend than they did after Prague.

RichOneday_2

scorgeous wrote: »

By the time I started on wave 7 I was flippin freezing. I had warmed up before I got into place, then everything had cooled back down by the time I actually started to run.

Mo Farah and his little friends were at 9km by the time I got to just over 1km. I'll be honest though with regards to the atmposhere. I didn't hear anything as I just put my ipod on and shut everything out. I didn;t even notice any of the historic landmarks that they kept going on about

It was doubly impressive that Mo Farah managed to run the fastest ever 10K for a British runner given the lack of atmosphere - you see more enthusiasm/excitement at a 100 runner parkrun tbh.

What was very obvious though was the lack of club shirts - only a handful were spotted, and by that I actually saw 3!. My overall impression was that it was an event with an identity crisis.

What was it? A fun run? A charity run? A serious race? An elite race? An elite race + charity run, but no serious race? I can see why there weren't any crowds because it wasn't at all clear what it was!:rolleyes:

RichOneday_2

chickadee wrote: »

Whenever I have finished a marathon, or a half for that matter, all I want is a cup of tea.

You can add 10k to that too!;)

After the Pennine 10K they were almost your first words.:p

becky_rtw

poorbabe wrote: »

Hmm, when is it? I can't do cold weather runs over half marathon distance................................. unless heated gloves/socks and armwarmers have been invented and it's guaranteed to be a dry day :eek::D:rolleyes:

Edit: I've found out the information. 13 September sounds like a lovely time for a marathon. I'll book online when I get home tonight and save my final 1 day hol to recover on the Monday. PS: where we stopping overnight and I'll need to get up there early enough to eat fish and chips and sink a can of Guinness.

Well me and Rich are staying at his I think...unless you have ideas Richie??

Tbh I didnt like blackpool so I would try fleetwood itself if I were you :D

I need to book the Monday off too actually as long as I'm going to be fit enough to run it :rolleyes:

chickadee

RichOneday wrote: »

You can add 10k to that too!;)

After the Pennine 10K they were almost your first words.:p

Yes but that was a really cold day and I needed tea to thaw me out......


.....come to think of it, a cup of tea goes down well at any time. :p

RichOneday_2

scorgeous wrote: »

I didn;t even notice any of the historic landmarks that they kept going on about

That thing that looked like a big clock after a couple of minutes of running is called Ben. (or before Becky gets pedantic, its bells are!:p) and that big house in front of you at the finish is where a little old woman lives with her disfunctional family.

You should also have seen a wheel she had built for her giant hamster on the other side of the river and a building shaped like an unpopular vegetable near the turnaround point.

Just before the finish you'll have run under Prezza's former grace and favour flat and just before that a phallic looking thing in a square which is no longer covered in pigeon poo.

poorbabe

Ok Becky

I'll research the accommodation this evening. I'd like to put faces to names and say my 'goodbye, lovely to meet you' at the start line because I just know I'll finish at least an hour and a half behind you both :rotfl:

chickadee

becky_rtw wrote: »

Well me and Rich are staying at his I think...unless you have ideas Richie??

Tbh I didnt like blackpool so I would try fleetwood itself if I were you :D

I would suggest Lytham or St Annes as better options to stay over than either Blackpool or Fleetwood. If you think Blackpool is rough, you ain't been to Fleetwood!

becky_rtw

Thats like Rich and a cup of coffee

Oh I told my friend about her WAVA and she loved it