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Afternoon all,

 I have entered my first Marathon so thought I would join this thread!  I've gone for the Berlin Marathon as I have a couple of friends that have been there and got the t shirt and it's somewhere I would also like to explore.  That and the fact I have 9 months to train for it!

 I entered my first tri last year at Blenheim and am down to do it again, along with an olympic distance in July at the London Tri. 

Longest I have ever run is around 10 / 12 miles which was when I was training for a half a few years ago but I twisted my ankle before the race so never completed it!

 I have started using a Forerunner 305 and it's really helping my motivation to see my runs with all the stats there in front of me.

 I am based in London during the week (Isle of Dogs) so if anyone can point me in the direction of a friendly running club near by, please do.

 good luck all ! (great thread by the way)

I have an Original Mountain Marathon back pack.

 Really light as it's made of the same material as running jackets.  It's big enough to carry a towel, trainers (if I need to), spare shirt, lunch and has 2 external carriers for drinks bottles or an internal bladder.

 I have this one http://www.theomm.com/ClassicMarathon25L.html but you may find the smaller ones are big enough for what you need.

 It has straps around the waist and chest so you can pretty much keep it in it's place when running (i hate bags that are bouncing all over the place)