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Dublin Marathon 2012 - Mentored Novices Thread
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Best of luck to everyone tomorrow !
Bag is almost ready, gear is laid out with number on !
I'll be hopefully running with the 3:45 group and ill be in an orange tshirt with 1016 on it.
Those that should be thanked will have to wait until the pub after the race
Ps. I'm sick of pasta now
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Checked into the hotel. Had a "nice" discussion with reception who were telling me late checkout was not available (despite me booking it online months ago) because half the hotel looked for it with the marathon on tomorrow.
One late check out confirmed later myself and mrs messiah and our little one are in the room. Hoping to meet up with blockic later on at some point.
Went to the expo today. Really well organised number and goody bag collection. Particularly enjoyed my all be it brief visit to the pacers stand. Whilst picking up a 5 hour pace band I asked was there a slower one too as a fall back if 5 hours wasn't happening. Got politely and firmly told I was finishing in 5 hours and not to even think about having a pace to drop back to before being handed over to a 5 hour pacer to introduce myself.
Loved the positivity of that.
Best of luck everyone tomorrow. Hope some of you will still be in the pub when I get there ! I'm debating getting back to the hotel for a shower (meant to be having dinner in the city tomorrow night with family who are coming in to see me run) shower means mcgrattans at 4 at earliest. Will people still be there ???
Can't see myself staying out the entire night with no shower (which will happen if I hit mcgrattans first as won't make it back for a shower then) hmmm what to do !0 -
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Pageant Messiah wrote: »
Ha just had a mental image of a naked me sitting in the sink.
....getting a sponge bath from trampas 0 -
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My final post as a member of the hasn't-run-a-marathon community!
Thanks seems like such a small word for what I want to say. I found this thread back in April when I was playing with the crazy idea of doing a marathon & it seemed like fate (I'm not at all superstitious, but of all the threads, in all of boards, this one wad on the home page when I logged in that day. I'd say it's barely left it since )
6 months later, this thread & all the pros & other novices on here have kept my head in the game. There was more than one day when I didn't want to run, but the thought of a big fat zero on the spreadsheet got me out the door! Cheers for that PM, it's been the ultimate motivation tool!
I've learned more about running than I ever thought I'd want to know from this group.
And tomorrow the secret will be out! I'll finally tell my friends I was training for a marathon all summer & will probably have to tell my mum tonight since she's invited herself to stay!
Good luck tomorrow everyone. Any problems, just slow down. We WILL do this!
(also thanks lads for the info on road closures & taxis. I can sleep sound tonight & save my precious energy!)0 -
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Just a short note tonight, will try and save some words for the race report...!
Just thanks to everybody on here. Quite simply, without this thread I wouldn't be doing the marathon tomorrow, wouldn't have lost two stone in weight, wouldn't have become so disciplined and wouldn't be already planning the next one!
Good luck to everyone, be it sub 3 or sub 5 it's a real fn achievement 0 -
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Absolutely fantastic job by the 3:45 pacers, meno you're a legend !
Was with you all the way to 38k when both legs cramped
3:48:25 for me, and I have to be happy that I beat my b-target of 3;50.
Back next year to knock the socks off that time !0
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