What if I don't get in - Page 4 - Spring Marathon

29/10/2003 at 17:29

Planning the next one after monday then?

SELFISH GIT!!!

31/10/2003 at 18:36

Lars ...Rotterdam, you wont be dissapointed its a beauty - My cheque for FLM was cashed yesterday so Im startin g the Marathon year with Rotterdam then FLM 2 weeks later. I very glad they are not on the same day in 2004.

BK again

02/11/2003 at 09:45

M.

Well done running this thread. Keep up the good work

BK again

02/11/2003 at 09:49

Bungay is April 4 2004

http://www.bungayblackdogrunningclub.co.uk/

BK again

02/11/2003 at 09:56

Taunton appears to be April 4 as well

02/11/2003 at 22:44

Thanks BK again. Quite looking forward to a European marathon holiday now. Dublin last week was lots of fun even though I only spectated. Ta for the info on Bungay and Taunton....

Barcelona - March 14
Connemara - March 28
Rome - March 28
Lyon - March 28
Bungay Black Dog - April 4
Taunton - April 4
Bonn - April 4
Zurich - April 4
Paris - April 4
Rotterdam - April 4
Turin - April 18
Hamburg - April 18
Tresco - April 18
Linz - April 18
Shakespeare - April 25
Padua - April 25
Lochaber - April 25
Madrid - April 25
Neolithic - May 2
Dusseldorf - May 2
Belfast - May 3
Copenhagen - May 16
Vienna - May 16
Prague - May 23
Stockholm - June 5
Dartmoor Vale - June 13
Edinburgh - June 13

Le Touquet - ?(mid April)
Leeds - ?(early May)
Sheffield - ?(in June last year)
Lake Vyrnwy - ?(early June)

Plodding Hippo

02/11/2003 at 22:55

eeeeeeyin

could you please e mail or post about how you recover between maras
or are you just fit

02/11/2003 at 22:56

And dates for Leeds and Lake Vyrnwy.

Barcelona - March 14
Connemara - March 28
Rome - March 28
Lyon - March 28
Bungay Black Dog - April 4
Taunton - April 4
Bonn - April 4
Zurich - April 4
Paris - April 4
Rotterdam - April 4
Turin - April 18
Hamburg - April 18
Tresco - April 18
Linz - April 18
Shakespeare - April 25
Padua - April 25
Lochaber - April 25
Madrid - April 25
Neolithic - May 2
Dusseldorf - May 2
Belfast - May 3
Leeds - May 9
Copenhagen - May 16
Vienna - May 16
Prague - May 23
Stockholm - June 5
Lake Vyrnwy - June 6
Dartmoor Vale - June 13
Edinburgh - June 13

Le Touquet - ?(mid April)
Sheffield - ?(in June last year)

Fat Squirrel

02/11/2003 at 23:11

Boston to Skegness Sea Bank Marathon was 8th June this year. No date for next as yet.

Multi

02/11/2003 at 23:20

M.

You're doing a brill job!

Thanks!

BeerBellyBlues

03/11/2003 at 00:00

No cheques cashed yet...ho hum which too choose.

One abroad would be nice but the cost puts me off....surely going to Paris is gonna cost about £400? Plus I do enough travelling abroad on my own with work I don't fancy going running abroad on my own...anyone any good experiences and examples of how much a European marathon cost them?

RunningCommentary

03/11/2003 at 07:24

Use a low-cost airline. Someone I know has just booked a weekend in Frankfurt for £2.99. We had a weekend in Olso last year; fares were £9 each.

Cost isn't the real problem. If you don't like travelling abroad on your own, there isn't lot to say. You could do Lochaber in Scotland or Loch Ness.

Multi

03/11/2003 at 07:42

BBB, There's already 15+ forumites booked up for Paris and I'm sure that the list will grow. You definitely won't be alone there!

SELFISH GIT!!!

04/11/2003 at 08:14

European Marathons 2004
Flights race entry accommodation and spending money

Paris with wife 2 nites £600
Rotterdam with pal 3 nites £250
Belfast 2 nights with pal £200
Prague 1 nite with pal £100
Den Hague Day Trip £120
Leiden day trip £120
Amsterdam 2 nites £200
(Prague was a KLM bonus flight only paid taxes and Airport costs)

Three cheers for EasyJet

SELFISH GIT!!!

04/11/2003 at 08:22

Peppermint Hippo ...... Recovery - a week between marathons is not a problem 2 weeks is much better but I think a lot of it is in the mind ..... I did 4 in a month all around 3:30 mark (1st one was 3:21) Look at Sir Rannulf Finnes.... 60 years old and 7 marathons in 7 days plus jet lag .... amazing. I did struggle with Amsterdam and then Dublin recently, but i didnt prepare if any at all. for the 4 in a month, I was averaging only 25 miles a week and a long cycle once a week. Its a tremendous buzz flying to an international marathon which helps too.

Lars

07/11/2003 at 18:04

Do you think it is time to really think about alternatives now or would you wait another week if the cheque hasn't been cashed so far?
And looking at EEyin's list Rotterdam would really be the best option.

07/11/2003 at 18:16

I'm waiting till the magazines come out. Some people didn't have their cheques cashed till a few days before the magazines arrived last year.

M (in the wait and see camp)

Lars

07/11/2003 at 18:21

And one other thought. Does any of the alternatives has a half marathon attached? A friend of mine still owes me 13.1 miles support on a marathon from this years Robin Hood marathon.

SELFISH GIT!!!

07/11/2003 at 20:33

Good choice Lars ... I applied on Thursday.

I want To Enter One Of EEyins Favorites

Urban Road Runner

07/11/2003 at 21:44

... you could run the grandad of all marathons, 108th edition of the Boston marathon.

19/4 Boston Marathon