Walled City Marathon

muffler · 19-05-2013 4:02pm

Well done lads.

Keep her lit as they say

Penfailed · 30-05-2013 10:15pm

Not long now! :eek:

muffler · 30-05-2013 11:15pm

Nay bother tae ya

bobtisdall · 30-05-2013 11:46pm

Penfailed wrote: »

I don't know who your source was but they were wrong. These guys are the sponsors - http://www.sse.co.uk/

SSE wholly owned by Airtricity.

Penfailed · 01-06-2013 1:29am

bobtisdall wrote: »

SSE wholly owned by Airtricity.

Fair enough...but Guinness sponsor loads of stuff and no-one says it's Diageo

Two sleeps until marathon day! :eek: Loads of traffic cones have been laid out by the side of the route around the city already. Collected my race pack today. It's all getting very real!

guttenberg · 01-06-2013 11:08am

Good luck! I'll be heading over to see the start of it, if it returns next year I'll hopefully be able to do it. This will be some fella on the news last night 105th marathon :eek:

NIMAN · 01-06-2013 8:30pm

Good luck to all the participants, fair play to ye's.

pow wow · 02-06-2013 10:27am

Good luck with the short run lads

NIMAN · 02-06-2013 9:39pm

Well? How you all do?

And wasn't it amazing that the same guy won the last Derry marathon in 1981 !

How fit is he!

0lordy · 03-06-2013 10:29am

Came in at 4:10 which I was delighted with. It was pretty grim in parts, but the support on the streets was amazing, especially at Fahan Street.

It was a great day for the city, great atmosphere on the streets and the race itself was very well organised. It would we brilliant if this was an annual event. Not sure if I'd be taking part next time though, I think my work is done there!

guttenberg · 03-06-2013 11:50am

Well done! Did the leprechaun on the bike do the whole thing?

0lordy · 03-06-2013 11:53am

So I wasn't hallucinating

Only saw him at the start, don't know after that.

Penfailed · 03-06-2013 8:31pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Well? How you all do?

And wasn't it amazing that the same guy won the last Derry marathon in 1981 !

How fit is he!

He won it in '84 and '85

What an amazing day. The atmosphere and support were fantastic. Got round in 4.19

muffler · 03-06-2013 9:16pm

Congrats and well done guys

west side kid · 04-06-2013 9:24pm

4:19 here - after fighting off an ITBS knee injury that meant I couldn't train for the last 3 weeks. But delighted indeed to finish and run all the way. My first marathon.

Tough - and hillier than I thought - I don't live local and we don't have a lot of hills where I live.

Amazing and warm support indeed. Highlights include the flute band, the Little Irish Dancers, the rave music, the run down , the Salvation Army in uniform all clapping for us, the jelly beans and cups of water that the residents of that housing estate just off the Caw had set up (Waterfoot Park??) plus, as someone said, the absolutely amazing support going up Fahan Street. I was literally willed up through the walls!!!

It felt like being at a moment in history.

Congrats to all the finishers!

Penfailed · 05-06-2013 5:49am

Penfailed wrote: »

Got round in 4.19

west side kid wrote: »

4:19 here

:eek:

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