Support Group 3 - Page 11 - Spring Marathon

05/04/2012 at 09:14

Doughnuts are very nutritious - don't they count towards your 5 portions of fruit and veg???? I hope so, I bought a box of mini chocolate ones which I've been chomping through - and I don't really like doughnuts - must be something about all this running.

Having decided on vest and shorts for my marathon début the weather had better get warmer again!

Ignorant question here please - do they have pacers starting in each of the starts - blue, red, green - or do you just have to hope to catch up with them at some point?

Long Tall Sally

05/04/2012 at 09:20

Pacers will be at each of the starts DL. They have a stand at the Expo and can tell you all about the service. Chocolate doughnuts? Yum.

SuperCaz

05/04/2012 at 14:53

Chocolate doughnuts? Not for me. I like my chocolate uncontaminated thank you. I've just snaffled a whole bar of Dairy Milk, but in my defence I did swim 8.2k this morning so needed the energy.

Iron Pugsley pirate

pirate

06/04/2012 at 20:15

8.2k caz?? I can't believe that no-one has commented on that swim! Serious black line fever after that I'm sure.

06/04/2012 at 20:23

haha IP we did comment on other threads! It is an awesome distance!

kittenkat

pirate

06/04/2012 at 20:24

Hey guys, thanks for the support, so appreciated. However I've deferred, I'm not injured just running a bit under par and skint.

I'm taking a year off London but will be back.

Run well, good luck and all have a fab time!

06/04/2012 at 20:46

Aw shame we won't be seeing you KK, but good news you are not injured and can do it next year instead

kittenkat

pirate

06/04/2012 at 20:47

Thanks B

Ratzer

06/04/2012 at 21:44

KK, big shame about that. Hopefully I can get GFA and will catch up with you next year! Although... I'm sure I said somewhere that I'm never running a marathon again. Okay, hopefully I won't get GFA. Anyway, as B says, good news you're not injured.

When you said whole bar, Caz, did you mean family sized like I would...?

SuperCaz

07/04/2012 at 07:28

Sorry to hear that KK. Are you going to pop along and join us supporting instead?

Ratzer, a whole bar is one of those 220g bars. Sometimes I go for the slightly smaller 180g ones if they are on special offer.

I've decided to pull out of my marathon too. I've not put the training in and although I could get round I don't think I would enjoy it.

Ratzer

07/04/2012 at 18:48

I think I'd never race if I thought I had to be fully, properly and carefully trained before I could... But then I know the odd runners who seem to be permanently in base training.

So, what is everyone doing for their LR this weekend? Anyone testing out chocolate egg as a gel replacement?

CC2 - Speedy Goth

07/04/2012 at 18:52

Ratzer, I imagine eating a Creme Egg while running might prove to be a tad difficult! 18 miles for me with the last 6.2 at marathon pace.

07/04/2012 at 22:13

Good running CC2

I was given a creme egg for volunteering at parkrun this morning ... I did wait until after my run to eat it though, I agree they are not ideal runing fuel ... nice though!

Ratzer

08/04/2012 at 14:23

15.5 for me all slow. Just about to have my chocolate reward...

08/04/2012 at 15:02

Well earned Ratzer

CC2 - Speedy Goth

08/04/2012 at 15:28

I very much enjoyed my 18 miler with the last 10k @ MP. I got to spend that last 10k playing sergeant major and bullying a friend round to a PB

No chocolate for me though, I'm dairy intolerant. I have had a rather nice homemade dairy free hot cross bun though. And a large amount of roast turkey with half a plateful of chips (and four sprigs of broccoli for good measure).

08/04/2012 at 16:43

Good to see you are getting the superfoods in CC2 ... by that I mean the chips obviously

Actually we treated ourselves to take out fish and chips last night, it was bloomin' lovely!

SuperCaz

08/04/2012 at 18:06

Today I have mostly been eating cake.

themp

08/04/2012 at 19:40

Hi everyone just discovered this today ,think it;s a great idea

name. Cliff

number. 30569

wearing. black shorts black vest with CLIFF on it .

request. big smile, big shout, and an energy gel please

time. hoping to hit 17miles around the 2 hour mark

See you at the expo thanks all !

SuperCaz

08/04/2012 at 20:05

Thanks themp. Can you leave the gel at the RW stand at Expo, with it labelled with your name and Support Group 3, so that we know it is yours. I could supply you with a gel but it would probably be the wrong brand for you.