Giants Head Marathon - June 2013

Seriously - is there a cut off time for the marathon? Tripped over a tree root on the South Downs Marathon and been having trouble with my knee. Saw your posting on Facebook about tree roots! WIll be gutted if I have to miss this as must have been one of the first to sign up for this. 

Seven hours Lorra

What time did you run SD in Lorra? I would imagine that your GH time will be similar.

I tripped on a tree root a while ago, injured my knee, ankle and ribs. Couldn't run for a couple of weeks. I do hope your injury is not bad, if it's just bruising you should be fine. Don't know how I tripped, landed flat on my back.

Nervous, excited, looking forward to this!

(Just need to get Shrewsbury out of the way......)

Finished in 5hours 19minutes. Tripped at mile18 and somehow managed to finish. Still don't understand how tripping over a tree root can do so much damage? My left knee is tight and pain felt on the inner side. I'm just swimming and gym training at the moment and will make a decision next week.  

Would be a shame not to do it for the medal, t shirt, the food, the cider and the company of fellow insane people

There are 20 fit young men running, surely you can get one of them to carry you around.

I was concentrating on the hog roast at the finish! Only 20 fit men? 

Unfortunately so, most of the others are posting on here saying how unfit they are and that this is going to kill them. Most of the training appears to be in the format of drinking bear and eating cake. Very little running is being done.

Looks like a dodgy knee won't be a handcap to getting round after all.

As long as you have arms and hands you can drag yourself round like the rest of us

And I'll carry you if you can't walk

Race instructions will be published in a day or so email, website on here Facebook etc

We wont be posting numbers out

Can I have number 200,  just so I don't feel under pressure to over perform?

No Gemma the number Goddess will issue the numbers you will get wot you is given

Well okay, as long as we don't have to finish in the right order - I hate when that happens.

mrs. hog - mousey wrote (see)

There are 20 fit young men running, surely you can get one of them to carry you around.

Oh gawd ... I forgot about them !! ... Goldie, are you providing 'hiding facilities' at the start line for those of us of a not so athletic nature ...

I'm thinking like a modern day version of the old Victorian Bathing Machine, that we can sit in and be wheeled to the start line out of view of the crowds, and then just released in to the hills !

goldbeetle wrote (see)

No Gemma the number Goddess will issue the numbers you will get wot you is given

Is it true that I am going to be No.2 , as I'm going to look like **** when I finish !!