Amsterdam Mararthon 2019

OOnegative · 25-09-2019 9:43am

The Davestator wrote: »

Sorry to hear about the drop outs.

Anyone left doing it?!

Did the half last week in 1.37 so hoping my sub 3.30 target is realistic once the next few weeks go to plan and I dont succumb to the sickness in my house at the moment.

How is everyone else's prep going?

Doing the half, training going well, not sure what time i’ll be targeting but hope to run a PB of some kind. Traveling up & down from The Hague that day.

spc78 · 26-09-2019 2:50pm

The Davestator wrote: »

Sorry to hear about the drop outs.

Anyone left doing it?!

Did the half last week in 1.37 so hoping my sub 3.30 target is realistic once the next few weeks go to plan and I dont succumb to the sickness in my house at the moment.

How is everyone else's prep going?

I'm still in - 2 week taper so long this weekend and one more the following week and the hard training is done. Really looking forward to it.

sca21 · 26-09-2019 7:37pm

I'm still in also and looking forward to taper. Training has gone well so far... got a 1.36 half in Charleville and a decent 3/4 marathon. Speed work has suffered because the legs have been heavy so that's my only concern. I'm hoping to go for a sub 3.30 and take 4 minutes of my PB. Berlin was my first choice but I'm glad I went for Ansterdam as Plan B. Not long now I hope everyone stays fit, healthy and injury free over the next 3 weeks or so.

The Davestator · 27-09-2019 10:19am

sca21 wrote: »

I'm still in also and looking forward to taper. Training has gone well so far... got a 1.36 half in Charleville and a decent 3/4 marathon. Speed work has suffered because the legs have been heavy so that's my only concern. I'm hoping to go for a sub 3.30 and take 4 minutes of my PB. Berlin was my first choice but I'm glad I went for Ansterdam as Plan B. Not long now I hope everyone stays fit, healthy and injury free over the next 3 weeks or so.

Very similar to you. Did 3.32 in Edinburgh last year so hoping to go 2 mins faster. Have done more miles and more speed work so hopefully it will pay off. Going to stick with the pacers hopefully

OOnegative · 27-09-2019 10:23am

The Davestator wrote: »

Very similar to you. Did 3.32 in Edinburgh last year so hoping to go 2 mins faster. Have done more miles and more speed work so hopefully it will pay off. Going to stick with the pacers hopefully

Pacers on the continent tend to be very erratic just to let you know, some have been known to run ridiculous splits while pacing. Unfortunately all pacers aren’t as good as the ones at DCM.

The Davestator · 27-09-2019 10:29am

OOnegative wrote: »

Pacers on the continent tend to be very erratic just to let you know, some have been known to run ridiculous splits while pacing. Unfortunately all pacers aren’t as good as the ones at DCM.

Hadn't heard that so thanks. I'll have my little virtual pacer set as a back up.

I'm sure everyone knows, but I always set my watch to a pace for 26.5 miles as I missed a time once by having the pacer set to 26.2 miles.

sca21 · 27-09-2019 5:16pm

The Davestator wrote: »

Very similar to you. Did 3.32 in Edinburgh last year so hoping to go 2 mins faster. Have done more miles and more speed work so hopefully it will pay off. Going to stick with the pacers hopefully

I'm hoping to run the first half in 1.43.30 so that would put me slightly ahead of the 3.30 Pacers. From past experiences only, pace grouping can be quite congested.

sideshowbob321 · 27-09-2019 7:32pm

The Davestator wrote:

Did the half last week in 1.37 so hoping my sub 3.30 target is realistic once the next few weeks go to plan and I dont succumb to the sickness in my house at the moment.

The Davestator wrote:

How is everyone else's prep going?

I'm still in too and looking forward to the last big one this weekend ! Similar to you too I did 1.38 at the Half so aim is a sub 3.30.....
Last year I did 1.37 Half and 3.28 in DCM so hopefully a similar time is do-able in the Dam

sideshowbob321 · 04-10-2019 5:23pm

Race Day Magazine emailed out today.
Lots of expo, travel and race info included
no sign of the App for this years race going up yet.

Lots of gels, drinks, bars & bananas on route at every 5K - wouldn't get that in Dublin !

Isotar Gels - anyone tried them ? Are they okay or as sickly as the rest ??

OOnegative · 04-10-2019 7:22pm

sideshowbob321 wrote: »

Race Day Magazine emailed out today.
Lots of expo, travel and race info included
no sign of the App for this years race going up yet.

Lots of gels, drinks, bars & bananas on route at every 5K - wouldn't get that in Dublin !

Isotar Gels - anyone tried them ? Are they okay or as sickly as the rest ??

Have tried them and never had issues with them*, usual gel type goo.

*Disclaimer- I have a stomach like a rubbish tip!!

OOnegative · 04-10-2019 7:54pm

Temperatures are slowly dropping here in Holland also but humidity is still very high, 90% plus most mornings. Hopefully it will drop off in next few weeks.

bellinter · 07-10-2019 3:28pm

sideshowbob321 wrote: »

Race Day Magazine emailed out today.
Lots of expo, travel and race info included
no sign of the App for this years race going up yet.

I never got this... did everyone else?

OOnegative · 07-10-2019 3:35pm

bellinter wrote: »

I never got this... did everyone else?

Yeah got one to, maybe drop them an email?

The Davestator · 07-10-2019 3:37pm

bellinter wrote: »

I never got this... did everyone else?

I got it but it was in the promotion section (of gmail)

bellinter · 07-10-2019 4:52pm

Thanks! Panic over it was in the promotion section too

sca21 · 07-10-2019 6:23pm

Got mine today also. It was in the promotion section also. I'm in the pink starting area which is 3 hours to 3.30. I didn't know what I put down as I entered a year ago!

The Davestator · 08-10-2019 11:00am

sca21 wrote: »

Got mine today also. It was in the promotion section also. I'm in the pink starting area which is 3 hours to 3.30. I didn't know what I put down as I entered a year ago!

In Pink too - probably a few on this thread in there by the looks of it.

Fingers crossed the weather plays ball

spc78 · 10-10-2019 12:24pm

The Davestator wrote: »

Fingers crossed the weather plays ball

10 Day forecasts in range now....can start obsessively checking every day now. Does look like temp <14 which would be great

The Davestator · 10-10-2019 12:37pm

spc78 wrote: »

10 Day forecasts in range now....can start obsessively checking every day now. Does look like temp <14 which would be great

Looks windy though. Too soon to be sure, but we'll obsess anyway!

spc78 · 10-10-2019 1:04pm

The Davestator wrote: »

Looks windy though. Too soon to be sure, but we'll obsess anyway!

Is Amsterdam a marathon sheltered cpurse or are the bits along the river quite exposed?

The Davestator · 10-10-2019 2:56pm

spc78 wrote: »

Is Amsterdam a marathon sheltered cpurse or are the bits along the river quite exposed?

I dont know but I assume that the part along the river will be windy. But, it will only be windy one way, so hopefully from 14 to 20 and not 20 to 26!

https://www.tcsamsterdammarathon.nl/files/2019/08/Parcourskaart-TCS-Amsterdam-Marathon-42-km-1.pdf

Van.Bosch · 10-10-2019 3:32pm

spc78 wrote: »

Is Amsterdam a marathon sheltered cpurse or are the bits along the river quite exposed?

The roof ends after about 18 miles.

Seriously - did it last year and it is quite open along the canal/river section which is about 7 miles I think (out and back).

OOnegative · 10-10-2019 5:20pm

spc78 wrote: »

10 Day forecasts in range now....can start obsessively checking every day now. Does look like temp <14 which would be great

Thing to keep an eye most is the humidity, being an Irishman living here it’s the thing that hits me most regardless of sun, wind or rain. Fingers crossed for anything below 80% come race day.

sideshowbob321 · 10-10-2019 8:25pm

Official race app is available for download includes tracker etc.

sideshowbob321 · 10-10-2019 9:01pm

Ok Colours to the mast time....
Final head count and target times please

I'll go first

Sideshowbob
PB - 3.28.00
Target - 3.25.00
Actual - ?.??.??

OOnegative · 10-10-2019 9:08pm

Sideshowbob
PB - 3.28.00
Target - 3.25.00
Actual - ?.??.??

OOnegative(HM)
PB - 1.26.11
Target - New PB
Actual - ?????

skyblue46 · 10-10-2019 9:57pm

Sideshowbob
PB - 3.28.00
Target - 3.25.00
Actual - ?.??.??

OOnegative(HM)
PB - 1.26.11
Target - New PB
Actual - ????

Skyblue46(HM)
PB - 1.33.20
Target - 1.45.00 (3 month injury, still only jogging)
Actual - ???

Anyone getting the Aer Lingus red eye on Saturday morning?

sca21 · 11-10-2019 12:11am

Sideshowbob
PB - 3.28.00
Target - 3.25.00
Actual - ?.??.??

OOnegative(HM)
PB - 1.26.11
Target - New PB
Actual - ????

Skyblue46(HM)
PB - 1.33.20
Target - 1.45.00 (3 month injury, still only jogging)
Actual - ???

Sca21
PB - 3.34.43
Target - 3.28.58
Actual- ????

Flying ryanair sat morning 11ish. Not quite red eye thankfully.

The Davestator · 11-10-2019 9:17am

sca21 wrote: »

Sideshowbob
PB - 3.28.00
Target - 3.25.00
Actual - ?.??.??

OOnegative(HM)
PB - 1.26.11
Target - New PB
Actual - ????

Skyblue46(HM)
PB - 1.33.20
Target - 1.45.00 (3 month injury, still only jogging)
Actual - ???

Sca21
PB - 3.34.43
Target - 3.28.58
Actual- ????

Flying ryanair sat morning 11ish. Not quite red eye thankfully.

The Davestator
PB: 3.32.05
Target: 3.29.59
Actual:

Anyone able to do a table?!

sideshowbob321 · 11-10-2019 3:32pm

Sideshowbob
PB - 3.28.39
Target - 3.25.59
Actual - ?.??.??

OOnegative(HM)
PB - 1.26.11
Target - New PB
Actual - ????

Skyblue46(HM)
PB - 1.33.20
Target - 1.45.00 (3 month injury, still only jogging)
Actual - ???

Sca21
PB - 3.34.43
Target - 3.28.58
Actual- ????

The Davestator
PB: 3.32.05
Target: 3.29.59
Actual:

Amsterdam Mararthon 2019

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