Gloucester Marathon

frank mc d - that's my marathon pace, sorry.  I'd better not go off that fast ...

25.5-mile offroad event  at the weekend with 5600' ascent.  Just got Snowdonia marathon to go this year and hopefully some decent winter training.

Hi All
Some familer faces (well avatars).
I am in for the marathon, I accidently PB'd here last year so might try for a PB again .

No events for me till December, in the mean time I am going to try training! Apparently it's  blast and if you do it propoly it makes you run faster!  

Hi all

thought would show my face. Attempted Abingdon at weekend. Training had gone well and was looking at 3h15/20 but had had an awful cold in the week prior and come mile 16 felt awful, chest was painful and had to drop out. Very depressing.

Anyway got Portsmouth Coastal as a training run in Dec but mainly focussing on Gloucester. Is it a pb potential course???

Best Wishes

Hi All,

I've just ran Abingdon and set a massive PB breaking 4 hours for the first time, and am thinking of another marathon early next year... I was hoping Feb/March time, but there's not that much around. Just seen this one, but notice it's a really small field... it is lonely at the back? Am I likely to be getting lost/running alone for a large portion of the race if I enter?

Many thanks,

Cara

Hi Cara

The Marathon is is three laps and the ultra is four laps of the same course so there will still be runners doing the ultra as you turn off for the finish. In my experience of smaller events they don't tend to attract lots of fast runners and the majority are average. I'm sure at around 4 hours pace you will have plenty of good company. 

Thanks guys... sounds good! Now I just have to workout if I can be in shape again in time... i'm in recovery at the moment and will be another couple of weeks before I can start building the mileage and pushing pace again... looks like I need to get planning

My goal would actually be 3:50 with the aim for a GFA for London 2012

I'll be there but just trying to decide whether I do Anglessey the day before & make it a double as I have done the past 3 years or do i go for a 50km PB ? (7.54 for 50km with a 3.09 marathon PB might be a bit soft ?!!)

If i double it'll be 2 marathons - i've done a marathon followed by a 30 miler but 5 hours might be tight with a tough Extreme terain marathon the day before ? 

Hi, are any of the organisers posting on here. Ive entered through Runners world, but didn't get a confirmation e-mail. Ive e-mailed both the organiser and runners world but neither have responded. The money has come out of my account and I'm getting a bit anxious now just incase my entry hasn't gone through.

Hi All, Entered a few weeks ago and just found the thread, Ideal, not done this one before, Glad to hear its a fastish course.

Cornish marathon next month, then tick over till this one.  

The admin for this one is very low key.  I wouldn't be worried about not hearing anything.

I don't what it is about Stratford but every time I've done it it has always been hot, one year very much so and there were people collapsing all over the place along The Greenway.

Hi, Muzza.  Yes, a fast course.  Is that a pic of you finishing in Cardiff Millennium Stadium?

T rex, yeah cardiff mara 2004 i think, 1st time under 3 so enjoyed it!

 Woody, if you havent entered do it, £5 extra on the day....definatly see you there, i love the cornish. weather permitting.

have had a few good runs at this event

 4:40 - 5:03

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 Woody, if you havent entered do it, £5 extra on the day....definatly see you there, i love the cornish. weather permitting.

Not entered Cornish yet but will do in the next week, pre entered and ran it last year was one of my better runs and first time I'd managed to run a negative split.