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Dublin Marathon 2011 Novices Mentored Thread

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    #2822
    neilc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭neilc


    RayCun wrote: »
    (keep an eye on boards too, there might be something in the next few weeks)
    Intrigued, tell us more!!


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    #2823
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    If it helps I was in the Leeds United jersey carrying a baby around.

    No it was not my baby as Shiv suggested :mad: :p


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    #2824
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    No it was not my baby as Shiv suggested :mad: :p

    It suited you though! :D


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    #2825
    Younganne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Younganne


    Hurray....I finally got an official time, 4.27.17 so 1 min longer than my garmin but don't care as still under 4.30 and proves to all my doubters i didn't get the bus from the halfway mark:D


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    #2826
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Why are all the split times gun time? Or is that just my results?


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    #2827
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    Why are all the split times gun time? Or is that just my results?

    That's the same for everybody, it was like that last year too. The TDS site shows chip and gun splits and tells you where the splits actually were (5miles and 20 miles as opposed to 10 and 30k). Much better site for checking results than the DCM site, which is a shame.


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    #2828
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    menoscemo wrote: »
    That's the same for everybody, it was like that last year too. The TDS site shows chip and gun splits and tells you where the splits actually were (5miles and 20 miles as opposed to 10 and 30k). Much better site for checking results than the DCM site, which is a shame.

    Do you have a link boss?


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    #2829
    Younganne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Younganne


    Mr Slow wrote: »
    Do you have a link boss?

    http://www.tds-live.com/ns/index.jsp...57&id=4027


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    #2830
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Mr Slow wrote: »
    Do you have a link boss?

    Are you joking? The results have been up there since the race was over and the link pasted everywhere. I guess it goes with your name :p here you go anyways:
    http://www.tds-live.com/ns/index.jsp?pageType=1&id=4027

    Looks like your chip failed by the way boss, chip and gun the same and you didn't make 3:30 :mad:


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    #2831
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    My time is still gun time, what a shambles!


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    #2832
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Mr Slow wrote: »
    My time is still gun time, what a shambles!

    Yeah, email them office@dublinmarathon.ie
    and see if they can fix that. Let them know you started in the 2nd wave (even your gun time is the first wave gun tim). If you read the Thread in the events forum you'll see you're not alone.


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    #2833
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Yeah, email them office@dublinmarathon.ie
    and see if they can fix that. Let them know you started in the 2nd wave (even your gun time is the first wave gun tim). If you read the Thread in the events forum you'll see you're not alone.

    Cheers but even if they amend everybodies time by the 5 or 10 mins it's still not accurate unless you were at the front of each wave. I'm just waiting for delivery of the wrong time for the back of my medal.


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    #2834
    antomagoo
    Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭antomagoo


    Fair play to everyone for finishing on Monday. Had a bit of rough day, things didnt go well from the start, but hey you live & learn & I've got my medal :P

    Havent posted much here, but have read almost every post and have to say thanks to Ray & the rest who have doled out advice in the lead up to the race.

    The one bit of advice I didnt follow and I would hammer home to anyone who asks me about doing the marathon was
    First piece of advice?
    DON’T DO IT
    Seriously, don’t enter Dublin this year. Too many people start running and go straight into running marathons. It’s a bad idea. You are much better off spending a couple of years running shorter distances.

    Although I put the effort in with the training, LSR's etc the big thing that was missing was just experience. I reckon it'll be 24 months before I think about stepping up to the 26.2 miles again, just going to stick to short stuff up to half marathon distance and just enjoy running instead of making it a chore


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    #2835
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    menoscemo wrote: »
    That's the same for everybody, it was like that last year too. The TDS site shows chip and gun splits and tells you where the splits actually were (5miles and 20 miles as opposed to 10 and 30k). Much better site for checking results than the DCM site, which is a shame.

    Yeah I always go to TDS first anyway but they should have it sorted on their site by now.

    It was a massive shambles this year. Couldn't search club results either as we weren't down as running for our clubs. DOB's were wrong.

    In fairness, whatever went wrong with the registrations obviously left them with a lot of work to do for getting results out.


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    #2836
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Mr Slow wrote: »
    It suited you though! :D

    Feck off :mad:


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    #2837
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    antomagoo wrote: »
    Fair play to everyone for finishing on Monday. Had a bit of rough day, things didnt go well from the start, but hey you live & learn & I've got my medal :P

    Havent posted much here, but have read almost every post and have to say thanks to Ray & the rest who have doled out advice in the lead up to the race.

    The one bit of advice I didnt follow and I would hammer home to anyone who asks me about doing the marathon was



    Although I put the effort in with the training, LSR's etc the big thing that was missing was just experience. I reckon it'll be 24 months before I think about stepping up to the 26.2 miles again, just going to stick to short stuff up to half marathon distance and just enjoy running instead of making it a chore

    You don't realise it yet but you now have an aerobic base to build on. See you at the start line next year!;)


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    #2838
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    Feck off :mad:

    Seriously, I could see you happy out up deyer in Ballyer with 13 kids like steps on the stairs!


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    #2839
    digger2d2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭digger2d2


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    Feck off :mad:
    Mr Slow wrote: »
    Seriously, I could see you happy out up deyer in Ballyer with 13 kids like steps on the stairs!

    Focus the Children's Allowance RQ.... There might even be a social grant for new running shoes :D


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    #2840
    Younganne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Younganne


    Name|marathon time|Total so far|Marathon Comments
    Vagga||461 miles||
    Nules10||479||
    Househunter||702 miles||
    Mr Abbey||332 miles||
    PDCAT||350.5m|
    ShivDCM||428m||
    BobMac104||511.55||
    red face dave||280.5 miles||
    Younganne|4.27|298.5m|tough marathon but great atmosphere:D
    rom||470 miles||
    maggiemissy||536 miles||
    mazken||408.8 miles| |
    run44 (Aoife)||502 miles||


    anyone fancy filling in this table(if it works) to see how we all got on


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    #2841
    jamesmurphy1
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭jamesmurphy1


    RayCun wrote: »
    Lots of good suggestions for next year's mentor, but maybe you should wait until next spring before deciding? See who is still active on boards, who has gone on to race more, who feels ready to do it...

    (but really, it's not that difficult. Just rip off the previous mentored threads, repeat the same few pieces of advice over and over again, and have too much time on your hands :D )

    Ray thanks again to you and all the lads for all your help and advice but before I close the door on DCM 2011 can you help resolve this mystery for me. I was hoping for 4.30 based on the following Clontarf H/M 2.00 Frank Duffy 10m 01.31 and last year 01.34 also last year DCM 05.56 was on time for 04.30 up to 18miles. Athlone 3/4 03.17 but sadly this years marathon 5.54. Followed H/H novice 2. Any thoughts I think I need to get away from this program next year


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    #2842
    maggiemissy
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭maggiemissy


    Name|marathon time|Total so far|Marathon Comments
    Vagga||461 miles||
    Nules10||479||
    Househunter||702 miles||
    Mr Abbey||332 miles||
    PDCAT||350.5m|
    ShivDCM||428m||
    BobMac104||511.55||
    red face dave||280.5 miles||
    Younganne|4.27|298.5m|tough marathon but great atmosphere:D
    rom||470 miles||
    maggiemissy|4.38|562 miles|didn't go to planmad.gif but better next time hopefully!|
    mazken||408.8 miles| |
    run44 (Aoife)||502 miles||

    anyone fancy filling in this table(if it works) to see how we all got on


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    #2843
    househunter
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭househunter


    Name|marathon time|Total so far|Marathon Comments
    Vagga||461 miles||
    Nules10||479||
    Househunter|3:55|702 miles|Tough but a great experience. All went to plan. Atmosphere was fantastic. Will defo do another some time :D|
    Mr Abbey||332 miles||
    PDCAT||350.5m|
    ShivDCM||428m||
    BobMac104||511.55||
    red face dave||280.5 miles||
    Younganne|4.27|298.5m|tough marathon but great atmosphere:D
    rom||470 miles||
    maggiemissy|4.38|562 miles|didn't go to planmad.gif but better next time hopefully!|
    mazken||408.8 miles| |
    run44 (Aoife)||502 miles||


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    #2844
    mazken
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭mazken


    Name|marathon time|Total so far|Marathon Comments
    Vagga||461 miles||
    Nules10||479||
    Househunter|3:55|702 miles|Tough but a great experience. All went to plan. Atmosphere was fantastic. Will defo do another some time :D|
    Mr Abbey||332 miles||
    PDCAT||350.5m|
    ShivDCM||428m||
    BobMac104||511.55||
    red face dave||280.5 miles||
    Younganne|4.27|298.5m|tough marathon but great atmosphere:D
    rom||470 miles||
    maggiemissy|4.38|562 miles|didn't go to planmad.gif but better next time hopefully!|
    mazken|4.03|444 miles|An amazing experience and one i'll never forget!!|
    run44 (Aoife)||502 miles||


    Great idea Anne!! A nice way to round off the thread!! I'm actually going to miss filling out these tables :(


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    #2845
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    jamesmurphy1 wrote: »
    Ray thanks again to you and all the lads for all your help and advice but before I close the door on DCM 2011 can you help resolve this mystery for me. I was hoping for 4.30 based on the following Clontarf H/M 2.00 Frank Duffy 10m 01.31 and last year 01.34 also last year DCM 05.56 was on time for 04.30 up to 18miles.

    What happened at 18 miles? Injury? Run out of energy? Stomach problems?


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    #2846
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    jamesmurphy1 wrote: »
    Ray thanks again to you and all the lads for all your help and advice but before I close the door on DCM 2011 can you help resolve this mystery for me. I was hoping for 4.30 based on the following Clontarf H/M 2.00 Frank Duffy 10m 01.31 and last year 01.34 also last year DCM 05.56 was on time for 04.30 up to 18miles. Athlone 3/4 03.17 but sadly this years marathon 5.54. Followed H/H novice 2. Any thoughts I think I need to get away from this program next year

    Spend a few months getting used to running at least 30 miles per week, then start building in speed sessions, read up, and you could then look at something like this for next year. That's pretty much what I did and shaved 46 mins off of my DCM time.


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    #2847
    red face dave
    Registered Users Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭red face dave


    Name|marathon time|Total so far|Marathon Comments
    Vagga||461 miles||
    Nules10||479||
    Househunter|3:55|702 miles|Tough but a great experience. All went to plan. Atmosphere was fantastic. Will defo do another some time :D|
    Mr Abbey||332 miles||
    PDCAT||350.5m|
    ShivDCM||428m||
    BobMac104||511.55||
    red face dave|4.43|306.7 miles|Bad day but I will be back:)|
    Younganne|4.27|298.5m|tough marathon but great atmosphere:D
    rom||470 miles||
    maggiemissy|4.38|562 miles|didn't go to planmad.gif but better next time hopefully!|
    mazken|4.03|444 miles|An amazing experience and one i'll never forget!!|
    run44 (Aoife)||502 miles||


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    #2848
    PDCAT
    Registered Users Posts: 1,703 ✭✭✭PDCAT


    Name|marathon time|Total so far|Marathon Comments
    Vagga||461 miles||
    Nules10||479||
    Househunter|3:55|702 miles|Tough but a great experience. All went to plan. Atmosphere was fantastic. Will defo do another some time :D|
    Mr Abbey||332 miles||
    PDCAT|4.13|350.5m| Was doing fine until mile 18, then the wheels came off. Think it has something to do with missing couple of weeks training including two LSR's and two Long Midweek runs in September. Only one training run over 16.5 miles. Legs just died at 18 miles. Happy with completing first marathon though. That's the main goal.
    ShivDCM||428m||
    BobMac104||511.55||
    red face dave|4.43|306.7 miles|Bad day but I will be back:)|
    Younganne|4.27|298.5m|tough marathon but great atmosphere:D
    rom||470 miles||
    maggiemissy|4.38|562 miles|didn't go to planmad.gif but better next time hopefully!|
    mazken|4.03|444 miles|An amazing experience and one i'll never forget!!|
    run44 (Aoife)||502 miles||


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    #2849
    run44
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭run44


    Name|marathon time|Total so far|Marathon Comments
    Vagga||461 miles||
    Nules10||479||
    Househunter|3:55|702 miles|Tough but a great experience. All went to plan. Atmosphere was fantastic. Will defo do another some time :D|
    Mr Abbey||332 miles||
    PDCAT|4.13|350.5m| Was doing fine until mile 18, then the wheels came off. Think it has something to do with missing couple of weeks training including two LSR's and two Long Midweek runs in September. Only one training run over 16.5 miles. Legs just died at 18 miles. Happy with completing first marathon though. That's the main goal.|
    ShivDCM||428m||
    BobMac104||511.55||
    red face dave|4.43|306.7 miles|Bad day but I will be back:)|
    Younganne|4.27|298.5m|tough marathon but great atmosphere:D
    rom||470 miles||
    maggiemissy|4.38|562 miles|didn't go to planmad.gif but better next time hopefully!|
    mazken|4.03|444 miles|An amazing experience and one i'll never forget!!|
    run44 (Aoife)|4.21.26|502 miles|After I got over the nerves, was smiling all the way around - had a blast! Still amazed at the great support out on the day :D|


    Great idea, Anne!


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    #2850
    run44
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭run44


    mazken wrote: »
    I'm actually going to miss filling out these tables :(

    Me too. Have grown quite attached to this thread!


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    #2851
    kit3
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    Anyone out for a run yet ? Have itchy feet (and achy thighs it must be said). Mad to go but decided to wait till 2moro as per Rays advice :)


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