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Emmy - yes, I'm at Shrewsbury.

Are you ready to have a go at more even mile splits for this race?

There's usually quite a few Brits do that race too, so you won't be that lonely

Big G - I've read that book 'Running with the Kenyans' and it was very good, they have it in Newton Abbot library if you don't want to buy it!

molly - at least in the heat you're not out for so long whilst doing the short speedy stuff

Emmy - do you have a race this weekend?  

molly -  all that shopping you'll have to do to become a pirate!

VR - Venice is quite easy to get to, or used to be, flights from Bristol.   I've never done it as it usually clashes with Dublin

SK - good luck today, the pressure is on but I'm sure you'll win easily.

Keith - with those qualifying times I think the €400 entry fee would be the least of my problems.

I've never wanted to do that race anyway, thankfully

ET - I know you were trying to help and I do appreciate it

I've done several multi lap marathons (even a 40 lap one but without hordes of other runners) but would always prefer a single lap route into the countryside.

I think I have made a mistake entering this race, usually I don't enter marathons on their first outing so the organisers can sort out the cock ups.  I feel very sorry for the faster runners who will catch the tail end of the half marathon runners and have a hell of a job to fight their way through the slower runners.

I've just emailed the race organisers to ask for a link to view the course as the info is not available unless I register with MapMyRun or change my privacy settings on FB.