Preston Guild Marathon - Page 42 - Events

rick slater 2

30/10/2012 at 21:08

cheers for tip puremanic i will give it a go when i get back running.i live in accrington so plenty of hills round here,i have a friend that sometimes runs with me and hes a fell runner.hes always trying to drag me on one of them.theres a 5mile dash in darwen soon going upto the tower and back.might be tempted to give that a go,but i do love my canal at 7am sunday morns lol,hes one for you,blackpool marathon is on 7th april with manchester marathon on 28th april.would it be possible to run blackpool and be ready to do manchester one 21 days later?

alan taylor 6

30/10/2012 at 21:29

Measured it today and it was 225m long hope that helps. I for one am cheesed of as we put so much time and effort in to make it right and some idot could not read his notes or look at a picture provided by brian. well done to all of you who had pbs or very near all the best Alan T.

Chippy1

30/10/2012 at 21:32

Is any one willing to swap their large Preston marathon T shirt for my medium size T shirt that I collected on Saturday in error? It has not been worn. Thanks.

SlokeyJoe

30/10/2012 at 22:04

Rick, it depends what you want to get out of them. If you want two days out combined with the challenge of knocking out a marathon then go for it but make sure you take them easy and do plenty of recovering in between. I've twice done races 5 weeks apart in the past and the second race felt much harder both times.

If you want to push for a PB or even just run close to your potential then pick one and forget the other.
(go for Manchester! I'll see you on the start line)

The Egyptian Toe

30/10/2012 at 23:00

Too many of these wrong/long course stories about recently IMO.
I may well have a ten mile entry available although I ran for 32 mins today!

rick slater 2

31/10/2012 at 07:29

Id be up for 10 mile run if i cam get a placr

Run Wales

31/10/2012 at 15:19

rick slater 2 wrote (see)

Id be up for 10 mile run if i cam get a placr

rick... is there any problem with that? According to the website, it says that registrations close tomorrow.http://prestonguild2012.com/?OBH=1223

slightly confusingly, if you click on the link to the entry form, it says that entries are accepted up to the 9th.

rick slater 2

31/10/2012 at 17:59

Cheers i will check it out.

janet davies 9

31/10/2012 at 19:09

This was my first marathon so nothing to compare it to other than the numerous halfs I have done but ... I have to hand it to the Marshalls . They were super : really encouraging and supportive . A huge thank you to them ! And to the public who braved that awful wind and rain to spur us on . I was disappointed with my time and swore never ever again but reading the comments on this forum and the race organisers press reports that it was a "challenging course" feel a little more inclined to try again - in nicer weather .

fisherino

01/11/2012 at 10:23

Racing two marathons in three weeks is manageable if your training has good volume and is consistent. The key would be to spend three days after Blackpool running each day, but only for 20 mins on soft terrain, you're legs will feel stiff, even terrible, but the gentle running should get rid of it and getting really good sleep is essential! Try and get some normal training in two weeks after and then taper leading in to Manchester. Just be careful.

01/11/2012 at 19:04

Chippy1---- I've a lrg if you still need 1. Don't need to swop I didn't do it

Chippy1

01/11/2012 at 21:17

9, I would really appreciate that if it's ok with you. I did contact the organisers this week but they could not help. Could you email me at z053pb4@ntlworld.com please.

01/11/2012 at 21:23

Email sent
My names Darren , just in case you get a few

Chippy1

01/11/2012 at 21:26

Darren, appologies but it should have been z053pb4@gmail.com, and it's only a temporary email.

01/11/2012 at 21:30

It's failed and been returned??
I'm at Walton-le-dale are you in Preston ?

Edited: 01/11/2012 at 21:37

SJPC14

02/11/2012 at 08:29

Im in Walton-le-dale too 9, i bet ive seen you out running a few times!

02/11/2012 at 09:56

Probs have. I run down tram lines into the park or upto houghton tower.

SJPC14

02/11/2012 at 13:34

Oh yes i have had many a run round those parts. I like the Houghton / Gregson lane area as there are loads of country lanes and hills to tackle, makes for some good training runs.

If you go the other way, you can cut through cuerdale valley and get to the Leeds-Liverpool canal. Thats a nice run too.

And if you take up the parkrun, your see me on the occasions i go, as i run down via the farm by Capital Centre and along the river to the park, crossing at the bridge at the bottom of tram way.

If your on RunningAhead you should be able to do a search of the area and your find my runs, they will help give you some ideas for your own runs. My runs are usually prefixed with " SC - "

Edited: 02/11/2012 at 13:35

02/11/2012 at 13:58

Im going to do a parkrun before end of year. We live in a lovely area.
Are you in a club ? You should be

If you fancy something a little different ,sign up for muddy bottoms , march next yr.
Always a lovely spring day and it goes off road locally.
I'll look at that runningahead!

SJPC14

02/11/2012 at 15:25

No not in a club, i get asked a lot, like i guess all runners. I just dont think i could fit it in, so would be letting folk down.

I'll be next at ParkRun on the 17th i think, well thats when im planning on doing. I will let you know and im sure i will bump into you running down, as its only about 2 miles. It makes for a hard 5k, but im thinking in time your 5k and 10k times will come down, which a be nice and its a none serious even so you can play around it i think.

Yer ive heard about that muddy bottoms, but it seemed a bit more of an orienteering thing than a run, maybe im wrong though.

And yes we are lucky that W-L-D is places so close to so many parks, walk ways and country lanes though which you can spend most of your running avoiding main roads.

If you make any runs on RunningAhead save them with the prefix " 9 - " then i will know that they are yours, then I might be able to pinch some of your ideas lol