London Marathon.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:26 pm

What a staggering event this thing is. Just watched the runners coming in. Last year it raised 45 million for charity in one day. Athletes, celebrities, charity runners, fun runners, kids, guys in wheel chairs, people carrying amazing loads (one dressed a s a fxxking rhinocerous) six Massai warriors with spears and shields and just about every form of fancy dress imaginable. Makes me wish I was younger (make that much, much younger) just to stagger round and be a part of that. Young, old, long, short and tall. Even one guy from Japan who was on crutches and a girl on stilts. Guy from Northern Ireland has run four marathons in twelve days, and all for charity. A -fxxking-mazing.

Power to their elbows for a fantastic event. Well done all.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:30 pm

2 good friends of mine ran this year, I don't envy them.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:43 pm

My turn next year.

My friend made it in 4hrs 5mins.

Can't wait

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:40 am

Mad as a hatter

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:15 am

I can't begin to imagine the embarrassment of after having trained for months on end, one being overtaken by Uncle Bulgaria.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:47 am

Saw a bit of it on t'tele yesterday when my head was still banging. Made me feel dizzy just looking at it.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:50 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:I can't begin to imagine the embarrassment of after having trained for months on end, one being overtaken by Uncle Bulgaria.

Or Jonathon Pearce as he's otherwise known?

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:24 pm

Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:Mad as a hatter

Me?

I'm also doing the half-marathon 5th October. Care to join me?

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:33 pm

enfieldwhite wrote:I'm also doing the half-marathon 5th October. Care to join me?

Great North Run? You're not the only one off here doing that (no, not me!)

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:57 pm

blurred wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:I'm also doing the half-marathon 5th October. Care to join me?
Great North Run? You're not the only one off here doing that (no, not me!)

Great North Run is done this year.

No. I'm talking about the 'Run to the Beat' London Half-Marathon.

Live bands at intervals along the route. Gonna be great.

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:11 pm

enfieldwhite wrote:
Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:Mad as a hatter
Me?

I'm also doing the half-marathon 5th October. Care to join me?

I'd have trouble running for a bus at the moment

I've also got a stress fracture in my right foot so not even a pretence of runnign for me for a while

I wish you luck

spraggy · Post by **spraggy** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:30 pm

I did it in 4h 40 in 2005, raised over a grand for charity. Absolutely brilliant day, met some great people and had some cracking banter with fellow strugglers towards the end. Couldn't walk for 3 days afterwards but one of the best days of my life.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:49 am

enfieldwhite wrote:
blurred wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:I'm also doing the half-marathon 5th October. Care to join me?
Great North Run? You're not the only one off here doing that (no, not me!)
Great North Run is done this year.

No. I'm talking about the 'Run to the Beat' London Half-Marathon.

Live bands at intervals along the route. Gonna be great.

eh? It's November.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:59 am

communistworkethic wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:
blurred wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:I'm also doing the half-marathon 5th October. Care to join me?
Great North Run? You're not the only one off here doing that (no, not me!)
Great North Run is done this year.

No. I'm talking about the 'Run to the Beat' London Half-Marathon.

Live bands at intervals along the route. Gonna be great.
eh? It's November.

Where did 4 months go?

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:43 am

Am doing a 10km leg of the world's biggest relay race, the Batavierenrace ( http://www.batavierenrace.nl/english/the_race/ ) next Thursday. I only got roped in last week, so I've only done a couple of training runs so far.

What do you running types think an acceptable 10k time is?

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:29 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Am doing a 10km leg of the world's biggest relay race, the Batavierenrace ( http://www.batavierenrace.nl/english/the_race/ ) next Thursday. I only got roped in last week, so I've only done a couple of training runs so far.

What do you running types think an acceptable 10k time is?

Depends on a lot of different factors.

Course difficulty (surface, gradient, weather conditions)

Level of fitness.

Experience

Given that there's not a lot of you and you seem fairly fit, you should be looking at 5min km or faster, so sub 50 minutes overall (if I can do it, you can)

Good Luck!

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:31 am

Nutters the lot of you.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:11 am

enfieldwhite wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Am doing a 10km leg of the world's biggest relay race, the Batavierenrace ( http://www.batavierenrace.nl/english/the_race/ ) next Thursday. I only got roped in last week, so I've only done a couple of training runs so far.

What do you running types think an acceptable 10k time is?
Depends on a lot of different factors.

Course difficulty (surface, gradient, weather conditions)

Level of fitness.

Experience

Given that there's not a lot of you and you seem fairly fit, you should be looking at 5min km or faster, so sub 50 minutes overall (if I can do it, you can)

Good Luck!

enfield's over estimating things a bit here. Realisticly you should forget about time for your first one, especially if you've not covered that distance before - you should be able to cover at least 4.5 miles comfortably before race day. If you come in at anything under 1hr 10 then that's perfectly acceptable for your first bash - especially as you've only got little legs and will have to make so many extra strides to cover the distance.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:19 am

communistworkethic wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Am doing a 10km leg of the world's biggest relay race, the Batavierenrace ( http://www.batavierenrace.nl/english/the_race/ ) next Thursday. I only got roped in last week, so I've only done a couple of training runs so far.

What do you running types think an acceptable 10k time is?
Depends on a lot of different factors.

Course difficulty (surface, gradient, weather conditions)

Level of fitness.

Experience

Given that there's not a lot of you and you seem fairly fit, you should be looking at 5min km or faster, so sub 50 minutes overall (if I can do it, you can)

Good Luck!
enfield's over estimating things a bit here. Realisticly you should forget about time for your first one, especially if you've not covered that distance before - you should be able to cover at least 4.5 miles comfortably before race day. If you come in at anything under 1hr 10 then that's perfectly acceptable for your first bash - especially as you've only got little legs and will have to make so many extra strides to cover the distance.

Possibly, but as it's the Netherlands there ain't gonna be too many gradients to overcome!

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:01 pm

Plenty of dykes though......

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