Are there many inclines in the FLM - General running

17/12/2002 at 17:34

Hi Managed to get a GB entry into the FLM, first time for me, is the course relativly flat or are there many slopes ? curently training up to 14 miles with 3 Bitch hills on route so just trying to get a level of effort required over the weeks to come.

Nessie

17/12/2002 at 17:36

From memory, a couple of gentle inclines, but nothing in the least bit scary. Keep training on the bitch hill, and London will feel like it's downhill.

Good luck - wish I could say I was going to be there to, but I'm a reject :-(

Slim Shady

17/12/2002 at 20:43

It's about as flat as they get.

A Chimp Writes

17/12/2002 at 20:44

I'm inclined to agree CI

fat face

17/12/2002 at 20:45

Flatter than that. I think the finish is slightly lower than the start.

17/12/2002 at 20:55

Thanks for the feed back, I,ll keep the hills in the training to help build the leg strength up.

XFR Bear

17/12/2002 at 23:05

From memory (there was a sort of height map think in a newspaper pullout) the finish is about 30-40 metres lower than the start.

A nice downhill at the start, a bit of an incline coming out of Greenwich going along Creek Road, maybe a slight up going into Surrey Quays, and the underpass at about 23-24 miles (after a nice downhill, but even that can kill your legs after that far!).

These are all pretty minor - not what I'd call bitch hills!

Johnny

17/12/2002 at 23:50

If it was any flatter it would be concave!

Parky

18/12/2002 at 09:02

Don't forget the horror incline coming out of Tower hill, and the cobblestones. Nightmares about the cobblestones for weeks afterwards!!! :-)

Seriously though JB if you're doing hill training you won't even feel any of the slight inclines

Womble

18/12/2002 at 12:40

And you have to go up over Tower Bridge. Agree about the horrible incline coming off the cobbles at Tower Hill, that's the steepest bit I reckon.

cougie

pirate

18/12/2002 at 13:19

Oh yeah - there is that bit up off the cobbles, but I didn't think the cobbles were bad at all. I avoided the carpet as it was too crowded.

Watch out for the Speed bumps at the start - someone took a nasty tumble there this year !

Parky

18/12/2002 at 13:53

Oh yeah and don't go full pelt at the start because this year, toilets were positioned 600m from the start and loads of people stopped to have a wee causing the entire field to grind almost to a halt.

cougie

pirate

18/12/2002 at 14:48

Yeah Parky - I'd just about broken into a jog before everyone veered across the road to the loos, and stopped me dead in my tracks.

Cost me about 43 mins I reckon. ;-)

Bionic Ironwolf pirate

pirate

18/12/2002 at 20:35

Yep - if it was any flatter you would be going downhill!

Except for Tower Bridge and that blasted underpass coming back from the east - I know it isn't much but I really hate having to run under that tunnel and then up the other side.

Slim Shady

18/12/2002 at 21:59

The worst bit is from the 800m to go sign just as you turn onto the Mall - bloody long 1/2 mile!!

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