instead of sitting behind the fence sipping tea)But after I debriefed I found I was fascinated with the whole world of marathons, like how many people do it. How there were 35,000 runners with a single shared desire, how much of a spectacle the whole thing
and was not seen again. At mile 16 the Runner's World eight-minute mile pace team overtook, panicking me as I was still two minutes ahead of schedule, and thought they should be behind me. I stayed with them until the next water stop when I got hemmed
Belfast last year in 3:11, but did not really do the full training. This year I followed the sub 3hr schedule and felt really confident that I could break 3hrs. I ran 2:51, so can I say a big thank you to Runner’s World for getting me there. One
first 'Good For Age' time.What I would do differently: pay more attention to my feet (I blistered after only eight miles!)The key to my success: yet again, for the third successive marathon, using an RW training schedule. Hopper, 3:32Best moment
recently posted a 1:37 half marathon I was confident of a 3:45 finish. I’d put in four months of training, following a schedule with numerous runs on or around 20 mile mark.But a nightmare scenario occurred when I came down with a temperature the day before
been a lot slower without him. My half-marathon time shows I did the second half one minute faster than I did the first half - a perfect split!Tara Emery, 4:31 -->Best moment: was just after the Cutty Sark when I saw a whole group of Sunflower
half-marathons I did, I came last - followed by the ambulance each time (very off-putting).I really enjoyed the whole experience, the crowds and the other runners were fantastic. It was a totally brilliant atmosphere.The worst bit was at about 13
Hanscomb at around mile 10. 70-year-old John is one of the 29 people who has done all 25 marathons. His son Guy used to work with me. I was just running along, minding my own business, and saw a runner with JOHN HANSCOMB written on his back. I ran past
who witnessed the event, either as a runner or a spectator will know why: it is quite simply the greatest running event in the world!RFJ, 3:51The start area was great. I met up with Tea and Toast Man, AlanM and Dunnarunner as planned on the 3:30 forum
5 HOURS+ (Page 8) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rach, 5:20 FLM '05 - my third and slowest marathon! I managed to meet up with my mate Snoop at the four-mile mark. The plan was that he would pace me round to a 4:30 PB. The first half went
