Never again moments

We have all had them, and our resolve rarely lasts very long. 

Which events did you vow never to do again?

Confession time!

London marathon. Its sh*t.

Any marathon. Did London in 1998 and hated it. Too far for me. I did a Steve Redgrave and said to the wife 'if I ever say I want to do a marathon again, shoot me'. Guess what... I'm doing one in October.

Cardiff marathon. Didn't train well enough for it and had to walk/run the last 13 miles with someone else.

I knew it wasn't be a good race when I reached the start of the second lap and was watching the bulk of people heading towards the Millenium stadium for the finish while I could see maybe 2 or 3 people heading off in front of me on the second lap.

UTLD lastyear I realised it has grown to big for me to enjoy and to expensive for me to justify runninig paths and tracks that I can run anytime for free.

To be fair it was a great event in it`s early years when it was smaller and cheaper, but sadly those days have gone, and my resolve is strong.

I will still cover the route as a solo self supported runner for free though 

Andy AFCB wrote (see)

Great north run - 52,000 runners and their supporters all heading to south shields - a town surrounded by water on 2 sides and only one main road out - which is closed for the run!

Yep that was another one I did it a few years back and it took me longer to get off of the car park than it did to run the race.

Stupid and a waste of life I thougtht then and still do so never again.

And my resolve is strong 

Manchester Marathon, it was the worst organisation ever and next year even worse, starting and finishing at Old T........ can't bring myself to say it

reading half 2004 ,simply to many runners  , huge event, had to wait for a bus at the end just to transport us back to the carpark 3miles away,  and it snowed

being late at the start of a race, registered at 10 .29 am and sprinted all the way to ths start line just as the gun went off , good job it was a 10 k

British 10K, need I say more...

dalli wrote (see)

being late at the start of a race, registered at 10 .29 am and sprinted all the way to ths start line just as the gun went off , good job it was a 10 k

Dalli was that the one where i stepped over you near the end..............

probably lou as did many others, ive never been late for a race since , anyway i dont do 10 ks anymore they hurt

i second that...far too much effort required in a 10k...iz we lazy?lol

JP Morgan Corporate Challenge.  3.5m held every year in Battersea Park.  Takes longer to get there than it does to run it and every year the elite section is packed out with idiots who insist on 'getting near the front' and then start walking after 50 yards, so the first mile is spent tripping over them.  I would never contemplate doing this again, besides which it takes me that long to warm up these days.

Not that I was in the elite section, I hasten to add, I was back with the 8-min milers.

I said after my 1st London marathon, I wouldn't do it again, so 2 years later there I am again saying never again, and then 5 years after that I'm on the start line again, saying never again.....and so far it's stuck! just hope I can keep it stuck now....

but then I've also retired from Ironman racing 3x and everyone who knows me are wondering when I'll be back.....

I have the willpower of a flea

I won't do the London mara again either. 

Just too many people, too crowded, people slowing to a walk in front of you, etc., etc.

Also the Mersea Round the Island race: appx 13 miles mostly off road, on sand, sea walls, over stiles, with no shade at all, in (the year I did it) boiling hot weather.