RunLiverpool Marathon 2012 - Page 70 - Events

Fit-Running-Cat

11/10/2012 at 17:14

King Kenny, to get the right "lap" you need to press on mile 14 to finish that mile. Garmin will jump but that gets you the proper time for mile 13. Mile 12, very close to tunnel, if not inside. Sure Alan will pipe up.

Adam Theobald

11/10/2012 at 18:05

Does anyone use endomundo? Will that just auto correct itself?

cybarev

11/10/2012 at 18:56

Sean and Tom, last year I took my shirt down to Birkenhead Market and got my name printed on it. It was dead cheap, and after numerous washes they're still holding fast.

FRC I'm 3370 a blue top with Geoff on the front and cybarev on the back. Thanks for supporting I'll give you a shout as I plod past!

Adam, I use Endomondo, its great but i don't think it'll cope with the tunnel. Not sure if it has a manual setting for laps, I don't think it does. It may just be a case of go into tunnel, let it loose GPS but keep it on so the time is correct and then when you come out the other side it'll pick up GPS again. Mileage may well be out but time will be accurate.

Adam Theobald

11/10/2012 at 18:59

I am blue 2649, THEO on the front and strapped up right knee! I will probably be hobbling

Keep Plodding On pirate

pirate

11/10/2012 at 19:01

FRC - Im number 800, I'll be wearing my purple top which provided I can get some iron on letters tomorrow will have 'Jay' on the top.

Graham M

11/10/2012 at 19:25

Can't keep up with the thread now.

Go away for a few hours and it's skipped on a few pages.

Hope it won't be the same when Mish is pacing me on Sunday.

Mish1

11/10/2012 at 20:15

Thought you were pacing me

cosmic

11/10/2012 at 20:19

http://s3.runnersworld.co.uk/members/images/568568/gallery/liverpool_small.jpg?width=350

Liverpool Marathon Running Outfit.

First run celebrating 100 years of the 1stA Birmingham Boys' Brigade.

Mish1

11/10/2012 at 20:31

You have a look of Frank

Fit-Running-Cat

11/10/2012 at 21:44

Adam Theobald, no gps solution will work well & correct itself perfectly. Just run & enjoy it. You'll be off by 0.5m maybe.
Make sure you switch off wifi on an iPhone, can do some odd things as you come out of the tunnel. One friends last year jumped from Lpool to Stoke, approx 50 miles.

St Johns Market & Birkenhead Market will print on existing tops for you. Really helps.

Race numbers (update & add yours, give a copy to friends & family)

244 2old - welsh dragon top
412 Mish1 - pink top
800 Keep Plodding On - purple top, Jay on front
2649 Adam Theobald - Theo on front (strapped knee !)
3370 cybarev - blue top, Geoff on front, cybarev on back

Stubee

11/10/2012 at 22:06

Good luck to everyone running the Marathon on Sunday, and to Alan for running the Marathon for everyone. I'll be watching this year but may be back running it next year.

http://s4.runnersworld.co.uk/members/images/544554/gallery/marathon20finish20line.jpg?width=350

Rdrunner

11/10/2012 at 22:51

Sorry to bring back the gps thing but just a quick question, if I have my watch set to auto lap can I just manually pres lap in the tunnell or does it have to be set to manual lap the whole way? If I press it at mile 13 does it automatically correct the distance shown on the watch to 13?

Fit-Running-Cat

11/10/2012 at 23:03

You don't need to be in manual lap all the way.
Pressing lap doesn't correct the distance, it just marks the time on your garmin for how long it took you to do something. In this case, the 13 miles.

If you read the link above though, I'd go manual lap all the way, I do that in all races. As you zig zag, take corners wide and expect the garmin mile beep to be perfect, all add to your distance. Press lap when you see the marker, that is a real race mile. Instead of 26.2 miles total you might have run 26.3-26.8 even. That could be another 5-7 minutes and important if you are after a specific time.

Rdrunner

11/10/2012 at 23:11

Thank you for that, I will give manual a try, do I take it that average pace is useless then as the distance will be short by the mileage lost in the tunnel even if I press lap every mile?

Fit-Running-Cat

11/10/2012 at 23:26

Is this on a 110/ 210? Av pace will work inside each mile once you have a GPS signal.

If you have a heart rate strap, you can wear that, and keep the effort the same.

Seriously, the tunnel is nothing to worry about. It's the best bit of the race (apart from the finish!), coming out is just fab. Big Brazilian drumming band, lots of people and right in front of Liver Building.

Rdrunner

11/10/2012 at 23:40

Thanks fit running cat, I re-read the link again and answered my own question, sometimes you get very confused when you over think things....or at least I do!!!! My number is 1413, cancer research uk vest with LANA on front and back. Can't wait now !

chronotopian

12/10/2012 at 07:22

Oh yes, weather forecast now says 'Sunny' on MET Office & BBC, light winds from the south (5pm) - the best weather for days. Now... as long as it doesn't change again...!

Carb loading is bizarre. I could practically feel my calves inflating yesterday with all the water & good stuff. Lots of tea w/ honey, too. I'm loving it.

FRC, my number is 318, and I'm wearing a blue Motor Neurone Disease Association vest.

It's great to see everyone getting excited on here! I don't think anyone can really understand it unless you've spent all summer training and looking forward to an event that finally feels like a reality!

Rdrunner

12/10/2012 at 07:42

Chronotopian.. Just checked about 10 different forecast sites and they all say SUNNY. Wooo hooo. I'm not going to look again in case it changes!!!

Martin King 8

12/10/2012 at 08:44

The Garmin 'Lap Reset' advise is really good, but just a balanced word of warning - and it's along the lines of "nothing new on race day"..... I've always just generally relied on auto lap for my runs, but when I first started trying to incorporate some speedwork into my training and tried to use the manual lap to slit my intervals, oh the number of times I accidently pressed the stop button instead of lap reset and then found half way through a tough work out that Garmin ignored half of it!

Does anyone else find that they are hyper sensitive to niggles coming up to a race? In the week or so leading up to the last race I ran in I had niggles that on one day was my left hamstring, the next day my back, then my right ankle, then my left knee, yet I was fine on the day. So, I've been really good at following my taper plan and not getting too tempted to do more than I should, and this week I've only done an easy 7 miles on Saturday, an easy 4 on Monday then an easy 4 last night, all of them a good minute slower than marathon pace and I stretched as normal afterwards. Yet after last nights stretching I had a tight niggle in my right calf that feels a bit like I've been kicked, yet I really haven't done enough to have injured it I'm certain.

I'm now really worried and don't know what to do for the best. Should I ignore it? Strap it? Stretch it out? Have a little extra loosening run? Ibruprofen? ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!! Please advise room!!!

cybarev

12/10/2012 at 08:52

Alan, is Jamie Carragher setting off the runners on Sunday or do we have another local celeb to do it? If it's a person from the Blue or White side of town my lads might come to watch the start. If its a Red they'll probably give it a miss and support from Hamilton Square!