DFW Running Club!!

hypno06

Seems like everyone is making progress :T :T :T

I have just arranged with P to go for a 4 miler this evening - will be good to blow the cobwebs away after a stressful day at my desk!

becky_rtw

Hi Hypno - let us know how it goes on your run with P!

Okay so I'm being brave and am posting my target time and letting you all know my plans for next year (and why I cant do Leeds in june!). Rich can you update the racing plans where ever they are?

Phew (deep breaths):
FLM 09 - target time 3.30
Venice Mara (Oct 09) - target time 3.15

This should qualify me for FLM 2010 without having to raise sponsorship - um Rich am I right in thinking I would run in the elite womens then??

So now you can see why I've been putting in so many miles and worrying so much about times etc...Leeds may or may not be on depending on what my training plan between the two marathons in 09 looks like!

RichOneday_2

becky_rtw wrote: »

Okay so I'm being brave and am posting my target time and letting you all know my plans for next year (and why I cant do Leeds in june!). Rich can you update the racing plans where ever they are?

Phew (deep breaths):
FLM 09 - target time 3.30
Venice Mara (Oct 09) - target time 3.15

This should qualify me for FLM 2010 without having to raise sponsorship - um Rich am I right in thinking I would run in the elite womens then??

So now you can see why I've been putting in so many miles and worrying so much about times etc...Leeds may or may not be on depending on what my training plan between the two marathons in 09 looks like!

This is the criteria, so in short, the answer is YES!:

Championships
The championship qualifying standards for a full marathon are sub 2:45 for men and sub 3:15 for women, for a half marathon the qualifying standards are sub 1:15 for men and sub 1:30 for women.

The qualifying time must have been achieved since 1st January 2007.
If you are a UK runner and have a Championship Qualifying Performance from 2007 or 2008, please send proof of your performance (either a photocopied race certificate or a newspaper results clipping) and proof of ID (a photocopy of your passport, photographic driving license or birth certificate) to:

Championship Entries
The Flora London Marathon
PO Box 3460
London
SE1 0YA
Closing date for applications – 2nd January 2009
Closing date for completed entry forms to be received back in office – 9th January 2009

becky_rtw

OMG that is scary!

But surely that wouldnt mean lining up with all the 'proper' professional runners though - the 2.24ers must have a seperate start from the 3.15sers surely??

RichOneday_2

Road Race Plans:
2008
Sept
Sept 14th Bristol 1/2 Marathon Sally 2:36
Sept 14th Chippenham 1/2 Marathon Donner-Kebab 2:16
Sept 21st Swansea 10k Idiophreak 49:29(PB)
Sept 21st Swansea 10k Poodlecrazy 58:00(Approx)
Sept 28th Sandringham 10k Jennyred 1:30:00(Approx)
Sept 28th 5K Fun Run Poodlecrazy 25:32
Oct
Oct 5th GREAT NORTH RUN Chickadee 2:09:20
Nov
Novemb 5k race (TBA) Redsquizzer
Nov 22nd ParkRun Hyde Park 5K Rich(Steve)
Nov 23rd Pembury 10Mile
Nov 23rd 10K Race(?) Donna
Dec
Dec 6th 10K Coastal Run Poodlecrazy
Dec 7th 5K Race Santa Run Poodlecrazy
Dec 14th Merthyr Mawr 'Pudding Run' 10K Idiophreak
Dec 14th 10K December Fun Run Poodlecrazy
Dec 14th Pudding Run Chickadee
2009
Jan
Jan 1st Wymondham 10K Yoxford08, Hypno06
Jan 10th Disneyworld 1/2 Marathon Boomdocker
Jan 18th St Alabans 10 Becky, Rich
Jan/Feb 10k race (TBA) Redsquizzer
Jan/Feb 1/2 marathon (TBA) Beer Tins
Feb
Feb 8th Llandudno Nick Beer 10K Evab
Feb 15th Liversedge 1/2 Marathon Rich
Feb 22nd Sussex Beacon 1/2 Marathon Becky
March
March 2nd Wymondham 20 Hypno06
March 8th Llanelli Half Marathon (Idiophreak)
March 8th Lydd 1/2 Marathon Beer Tins
March 22nd South Leeds 5 Rich
March 22nd Aldi Ashby 20 Becky
April
April 5th Blackpool Marathon Rich
April 10th Roger Wing Memorial 10K Hypnoo6
April 19th The Bungay 'Black Dog' Half Marathon Hypno06, Pania, Redsquizzer
April 19th The Bungay 'Black Dog' Marathon Yoxford2008
April 25th Balmoral 10K Maz
April 26th THE LONDON MARATHON Herewegoagain, Hypno06, Sally, Pania, Becky, Uberalles
April 26th Sheffield 1/2 Marathon Redsquizzer
May
May (Date TBC) Aberdeen 10k Maz
May (Date TBC) RFL 5k Snaggles, TigTag
May (Date TBC) Glasgow 10k Lucifa73
May 31st Baker Hughes Aberdeen 10K Maz
May 31st Edinburgh Marathon Redsquizzer, Pania
June
June (Date TBC) RFL 5k Maz
June 21st Run For All 10K - Bunny, Snaggles, Evab, Maz, Sally
July

August

Sept
Sept 13th Moray Marathon 10k Maz
Oct
Oct Great North Run Rich (Steve)
Oct VENICE MARATHON Becky, Rich(Steve)
Nov
Nov New York City Marathon Sally

LONDON 2010: Beer Tins, Rich(Steve), Mollymunchkin, Becky

RichOneday_2

becky_rtw wrote: »

OMG that is scary!

But surely that wouldnt mean lining up with all the 'proper' professional runners though - the 2.24ers must have a seperate start from the 3.15sers surely??

Erm, no I don't think so!

The AAA Championship start goes with the Elite about 30mins before the rest - in other words you get a clear run, ideal.

And lets not underestimate this aim - this is an attempt to go from a complete non-runner in June 2008 to the Elite start of The London Marathon in April 2010.

You deserve a lot of respect for setting the bar so high and giving it a go!

becky_rtw

Can you add me to London 2010 please too!

becky_rtw

RichOneday wrote: »

Erm, no I don't think so!

The AAA Championship start goes with the Elite about 30mins before the rest - in other words you get a clear run, ideal.

And lets not underestimate this aim - this is an attempt to go from a complete non-runner in June 2008 to the Elite start of The London Marathon in April 2010.

You deserve a lot of respect for setting the bar so high and giving it a go!

Eeeek - do I need to get a proper coach i.e. a real live one?? The last thing I want is to be the slowest elite runner there :rotfl:

Also do I need to think about weights and other things as well as running training now??

Have I done my usual thing of setting the bar too high I wonder...:o

hypno06

Bloody Hell Becky :eek: :T :j Good luck to you girl!!!

Back to my plodding......can you add me to the list for the Wymondham 10k on New Year's day, together with the Roger Wing Memorial 10k on Good Friday. Also the Wymondham 20 on (I think) the 2nd March (or whatever that Sunday is!).....

evab_2

Can you put me down for Llandudno Nick Beer 10km on 8th Feb 2009

Ta!