Berlin Marathon - 2018

davedanon

Think of it as good acclimatisation training for a warm one in Berlin.

purelike

It’s a week earlier this year, so more likely to be warmer than cooler as a result. Usually the first hour or two in the morning are cool enough, it’s the middle of the day then when temperatures climb. I’m hoping for about 12 degrees and overcast

mdlb

mdlb wrote: »

Same boat here... ended up with shin splints which physio originally diagnosed as a stress fracture.. que a two week layoff waiting on MRI and results ... only cross training and starting to get back doing some very short runs.... at this stage it will be a trot round and try and enjoy it rather than aiming for any time in particular...

6 pain free kilometres this morning for first pain free run in ages!

Slow ramp up now for the next two months and hopefully not suffer too much!!

Seem to have lost surprisingly little fitness which is encouraging but not getting carried away!!

adrian522

purelike wrote: »

It’s a week earlier this year, so more likely to be warmer than cooler as a result. Usually the first hour or two in the morning are cool enough, it’s the middle of the day then when temperatures climb. I’m hoping for about 12 degrees and overcast

Nice to be running a 1500M PB in the middle of marathon training!

seanin4711

and knocked out a 21km run yesterday after calf strain .

very easy 6min/kms 10km run in morning
followed by easy 11km after work.

delighted not 100% but definitley heading the right way.
had one visit to physio every week since calf strain and it was issue with sciatica (periformous/hammys and calfs).


10km tomorrow followed by 21km charity half marathon in work Sunday.
Going to be a challenge with 1 mile laps around the periphery of workplace but hope to add a few more laps in (perhaps 15-16 see how the body is.
Plan is to go 140bpm (+/- 5bpm) all the way around and every three miles grab some drinks food-low intensity long training run.

hope everyones training is going injury free as I understand how frustrating it is when its less than 2 months away.
panic starts to set in and the training gets condensed.

slan
Johnny

davedanon

purelike wrote: »

It’s a week earlier this year, so more likely to be warmer than cooler as a result. Usually the first hour or two in the morning are cool enough, it’s the middle of the day then when temperatures climb. I’m hoping for about 12 degrees and overcast

Meh. Won't make any difference. If it's warm on the 16th it's likely to be just as warm a week later.

seanin4711

missed out on 4hr last time 4:08.
how can i hope to get in with the 4hr pacers?
can i request at registration/thanks

NeedsTraining

Hi guys,

Is there a finishers t-shirt for the marathon or do you have to purchase one?

Maybe it's just me but I find the website confusing.

Cheers,

NT

PCX

NeedsTraining wrote: »

Is there a finishers t-shirt for the marathon or do you have to purchase one?

I'm pretty sure that I remember ordering one when I paid the registration fee - I think it was an extra €30. You could choose between a finishers t-shirt and an event t-shirt.

I had to contact them about something else a couple of weeks ago and they reponded the next day so I'd recommend using the contact form on the website and asking if you can add one to your registration.

Huzzah!

NeedsTraining wrote: »

Hi guys,

Is there a finishers t-shirt for the marathon or do you have to purchase one?

Maybe it's just me but I find the website confusing.

Cheers,

NT

The website is confusing.

You've to purchase the finisher's tshirt. There was an option to do so when you signed up but it seems there will be more available for purchase at the expo: "A t-shirt is not automatically included with your race materials, but of course you can purchase an event or finisher t-shirt at the Expo. If you pre-ordered a t-shirt, you will get that at the expo too." https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/faq/before-the-race/race-materials.html

NeedsTraining

Cheers guys, I've dropped them a note via the online contact form.

Hope training is going well.

innuendo141

Guys, what half marathons/10 milers have ye signed up for? Getting close to crunch time and we are a bit lost as to what to do for a half.

NeedsTraining

I did a 10 mile race yesterday.

Didn't quite go as planned. Conditions and poor sleep the night before contributed to that.

I don't plan on any other races between now and Berlin though.

What dates are you hoping to build a HM into?

NT

innuendo141

NeedsTraining wrote: »

I did a 10 mile race yesterday.

Didn't quite go as planned. Conditions and poor sleep the night before contributed to that.

I don't plan on any other races between now and Berlin though.

What dates are you hoping to build a HM into?

NT

I met a couple of lads doing Berlin who will do Kilcock 10 on the 19th August. That seems to be the only option

davedanon

innuendo141 wrote: »

Guys, what half marathons/10 milers have ye signed up for? Getting close to crunch time and we are a bit lost as to what to do for a half.

My coach has suggested the new Kilcock 10 miler. The date suits and it's a relatively flat course. I'm not doing a Half at all.

innuendo141

davedanon wrote: »

My coach has suggested the new Kilcock 10 miler. The date suits and it's a relatively flat course. I'm not doing a Half at all.

That sounds good enough for me. Hopefully Clare will be playing later in the day so will only be a spin in the road for it

eliwallach

Huzzah! wrote: »

The website is confusing.

You've to purchase the finisher's tshirt. There was an option to do so when you signed up but it seems there will be more available for purchase at the expo: "A t-shirt is not automatically included with your race materials, but of course you can purchase an event or finisher t-shirt at the Expo. If you pre-ordered a t-shirt, you will get that at the expo too." https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/faq/before-the-race/race-materials.html

When I ran it a few years back there was a stall after the finish line (well beyond it in fact, cos I had my alcohol frei beer in hand) where you could also purchase the t-shirt and other memorabilia. So have €50 stowed in your bag at the finish.

Phoebas

innuendo141 wrote: »

Guys, what half marathons/10 milers have ye signed up for? Getting close to crunch time and we are a bit lost as to what to do for a half.

I'm doing the Rock n Roll 1/2 on the 12th.
It's about as far out from Berlin are the race series 1/2 is from DCM

davedanon

The R&R is a hateful event, though, and on a real pig of a course.

In my opinion.

OOnegative

davedanon wrote: »

The R&R is a hateful event, though, and on a real pig of a course.

In my opinion.

Your right.

noelearly

NeedsTraining wrote: »

Hi guys,

Is there a finishers t-shirt for the marathon or do you have to purchase one?

Maybe it's just me but I find the website confusing.

Cheers,

NT

You can purchase at the Adidas stall at the expo. Expo is a cattlemart by the way.

Phoebas

davedanon wrote: »

The R&R is a hateful event, though, and on a real pig of a course.

In my opinion.

I enjoyed it in previous years. I thought the course was a nice mix of city and park and I enjoyed the bands along the way, but the course this year isn't nice (and the new starting point doesn't suit me at all).

Back to Berlin, can anyone whose done it previously give us a flavour of it; the organisation of it, the support, atmosphere etc?

RayCun

Phoebas wrote: »

Back to Berlin, can anyone whose done it previously give us a flavour of it; the organisation of it, the support, atmosphere etc?

If you search this forum, there are threads like this from 2017, 2016... with race reports at the end from the people who ran.

average_runner

Phoebas wrote: »

I'm doing the Rock n Roll 1/2 on the 12th.
It's about as far out from Berlin are the race series 1/2 is from DCM

But the race series half is too close to the Dublin marathon if your running the half hard.

RNR is a terrible course

I would skip the RNR and look at Kilcock 10 miler

noelearly

average_runner wrote: »

But the race series half is too close to the Dublin marathon if your running the half hard.

RNR is a terrible course

I would skip the RNR and look at Kilcock 10 miler

I used the Clonmel half last year. Great course excellent set up. If it's feasible I'd travel to there.

Ardennes1944

My flight is due in to Berlin at 3pm on the Saturday, I see the expo closes at 7 and there is no option to pick-up the morning of the race.

Has anyone missed their pick up before and was able to pick it up the morning of the race?


The fact the expo is at Templehof airport, theres no public transport there from Schoenfeld, just thinking in case my flight is delayed.

davedanon

The Expo's at the airport???

adrian522

It's an old disused airport not the airport you fly into.

Ardennes1944

Yes sorry Templehof is a closed airport as the user above says.

But its a good distance out of the city.

Glencarraig

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

My flight is due in to Berlin at 3pm on the Saturday, I see the expo closes at 7 and there is no option to pick-up the morning of the race.

Has anyone missed their pick up before and was able to pick it up the morning of the race?


The fact the expo is at Templehof airport, theres no public transport there from Schoenfeld, just thinking in case my flight is delayed.

If you search the Berlin Underground journey planner you will see that you can get from Schonfeld Airport to Platz der Luftbrucke (this is the underground station right beside the expo) in around 40 mins......max 50 with a train change or two.