Rotterdam Marathon 2012 - 15/04/2012

Best of luck to everybody doing this. Very fond memories of when I did this 2 years ago. Not much in the way of scenery but a good general atmosphere, with lots of music around the course, and of course it is fairly pan flat. Hopefully the Dutch weather will be as kind as it was on that day.

Enjoy the pints after but stay away from those coffee shops!!

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

I'm easy - hopefully I'm heading back to the hotel for a shower shortly after 1:30, so around 3 bells?

Cant commit 100% to making it but will try and make an appearance. Have a few club mates headng over so will try and steer them in that direction.

Abhainn wrote: »

I believe Gary Thornton from Galway will be chasing a sub 2:15 which will get him the B olympic qualifying standard

I think that would be the A standard. On the men's side Sean Connolly is also running. Not too sure about the ladies.

Best of luck to all those running. I'll be keeping a keen eye on the race as well as the obvious Irish interest I expect the world record to be smashed this weekend. Fingers crossed you all get the times you are chasing.

brutes1 wrote: »

im not sure if this can be got online, would be good to watch..Paris marathon is on eurosport

Agreed. For some reason I thought Rotterdam would be a higher profile event and would have got coverage, no offence to the Paris runners or anything.

I think Moses Mosop is running Rotterdam also.

Yeah Connolly running. I ended up having a few pints with his brother who had just trotted around Barcelona in a 2:49 having run a 3min negatitive split...for the craic;) Hope he does it.

Best of luck to everyone.

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Hat and Gloves for the start line?

Old Hat, gloves and a long sleeve top which i saved from recycling for this purpose. I have a pair of cycling armwarmer things i rarely ever wear which might get a purpose in their soon to be short lives for the first 5k or so.

Sunday is the only day that is windy (NNE wind 26kph). Really need that wind to blow somewhere else till after the race! If not it may be a factor on and off from 20k across the bridge and right into it from 29k-34k depending on how exposed that park is. Anyone know?

COURSE HERE

I remember Kiwirunner saying he ran it with wind in 2010 but was able to offset it be sheltering in a group which is good. Im not being pessimistic but Its worth preparing and keeping in mind if it is a little windy: Ill be Planning to shelter in a group (not isolated) from 29k through to 34k which should eliminate it as a significant factor.

Hopefully Saturday or Monday will get Sundays wind though!

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Best of luck on Sunday to all you Rotterdam runners. At the end of the day, remember, there's only one thing that matters: Running faster than the lazy gits in the London marathon thread. Anyone who needs an extra week of training deserves a good whuppin'. Have a blast and secure those target times.

Ha we've been on the piss the last 2 weeks to try and give you lot a fighting chance.

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

Ha we've been on the piss the last 2 weeks to try and give you lot a fighting chance.

I'm actually drunk right now....:cool:

Best of luck to all running this. It was my first marathon and there is a lot of unfinished business I will have to attend to over there in the next few years.

For those not able to make it the local Dutch tv station is streaming the race live.

http://www.rijnmond.nl/

Click on "Kijk nu TV Rijnmond Live" about half way down on the right hand side in a blue tab and you should be sorted. It will be in Dutch but at least you might see the the world record being beaten. Traffic through the site might be busy during the race so not sure of the quality of the feed but at the moment it is perfect.

Mods: Not sure if this contravenes Boards policy regarding copyright. It is a local offical tv stations homepage so I wouldn't expect there to be a problem. Please remove link if there is.

Dev

dev123 wrote: »

Apologies to those whose hopes I might have raised but further investigation into the televising of Rotterdam has unearthed that the tv station are showing 8 minutes of the finish area at around 1.30pm in the afternoon, 3 hours after the start.

It seems that UPC are showing it from 1.30pm on. Seems strange. Maybe the rights have been bought up.

Apologies again, there is a lot of egg on my face right about now :(

I think you can watch it on Universal Sports for $4.99 US which I guess isn't too bad. There's a lot of sport on that morning for me to watch though

tunguska wrote: »

Is Gary O hanlon running this? I was told hes injured but the Indo listed him as one of the lads aiming for 2:15. I know Sean Connolly is going for it, hopefully he'll nail it to the wall. A couple of the ladies going over to, Catriona Jennings, Gladys Ganiel, Lizzie lee. Although I think 2:37 is a bit beyond them.
Best of luck to Asimonov, T-runner and everybody else heading over.

thanks tunguska, yeah he is running - i saw a tweet from some guy who was out warming up with him today. Conditions are pretty good here now, not too windy but fresh, hopefully it will last. Seems to be irish everywhere you turn. back now at the hotel feet up for the afternoon.

edit: sorry tunguska, i take that all back. it's gary thornton who's running.