DCM 2019 - Mentored Novices Thread

ReeReeG

Singer wrote: »

There's more time in between the waves this year to control the flow of runners over the course and finish line (mostly the latter I think), so it might be as much as 10 minutes.

Ah ok, hadn't realised this. Thanks for the info

coogy

Hey everyone,


just thought I'd drop by and wish you all the the very best of luck on Sunday.

I've been dipping in and out of the thread over the last few months and I can tell that you are all more than ready for this, a testament to the guidance from your mentors who have done an unbelievable job this year.

Over the next couple of days, nerves will undoubtedly take hold but I will tell you from experience as a 2018 graduate, standing at the start line on Sunday morning will feel like the most natural thing in the world. Drink it in, relish it and enjoy the ride!


Looking forward to meeting some of you in McGrattans afterwards!!

Mr. Guappa

The expo opens tomorrow! Peak times are 2-4 on Saturday, so maybe attend outside of those hours if you can. The priority for Saturday is rest and minimising time on your feet, so don't spend all day traipsing around the RDS! Also, and particularly if you are travelling to Dublin on Saturday - plan ahead with your food! Don't leave yourself go hungry. Between travelling, the expo, new surroundings, and just general excitement it's easy to get carried away and forget to eat.

kyomi

The only time I can make the expo is tomorrow lunchtime... I know it will be packed but to do it at any other time would mean a longish journey there and back.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I have to go to a wedding on Saturday! A family thing, and most of my extended family are not runners so "I have a marathon the next day" wasn't going to cut it as an excuse. Luckily the reception is taking place quite near where I live. I told them I couldn't stay for the whole thing so I'd just drop in, see everyone, and then leave before the meal. Hoping to be home by 6:30 for pre-race dinner followed by early bedtime. It means I have to dress up, do my hair and makeup etc., which is a pain, but at least it'll pass the time - I imagine a Saturday with no plans could feel very long and nerve-racking!

rainbow kirby

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

The expo opens tomorrow! Peak times are 2-4 on Saturday, so maybe attend outside of those hours if you can. The priority for Saturday is rest and minimising time on your feet, so don't spend all day traipsing around the RDS! Also, and particularly if you are travelling to Dublin on Saturday - plan ahead with your food! Don't leave yourself go hungry. Between travelling, the expo, new surroundings, and just general excitement it's easy to get carried away and forget to eat.

If you're a Dub - go tomorrow if you can. It will be busy as hell on Saturday. I'm combining parkrun tourism with a visit on Saturday morning.

6run28

Best of luck all! Trainings over - relax and enjoy

Naked Lepper

48 hours to go!
who's ready for some pain?

Lambay island

Naked Lepper wrote: »

48 hours to go!
who's ready for some pain?

:eek::eek:

ewc78

Naked Lepper wrote: »

48 hours to go!
who's ready for some pain?

https://youtu.be/o4N3gbZAxr8

Cartman78

Nearly there now folks :cool:

Well done on making it this far without getting injured, sick and/or going crazy :pac:

I've found this week extremely long tbh but I'm probably better prepped for this marathon than any of my previous 5 so fingers crossed things go to plan on Sunday.

Mr. Guappa

Naked Lepper wrote: »

48 hours to go!
who's ready for some pain?

It'll be grand......

https://youtu.be/3ItnxJLAOeY

Lambay island

Looks like we will be getting rid of all the rain today. Sunday looks like ideal running conditions though

Lombardo123

Never thought I'd say it.. Im finding it hard to eat all these carbs!

ariana`

I just wanted to come on and wish you all the very best of luck of Sunday!

Thanks to your amazing mentors and your own dedication and commitment there can be no doubt you are all well prepared for this marathon, a lot better prepared than the majority of other runners who will be lining up alongside you on Sunday!! Be proud of how far you have come and what you have achieved already, training for a marathon is by far the hardest part, running it will be a pure joy compared to those 16-18-20 m long runs you slogged out a few weeks ago.

Everyone will give you different advice but my one piece of advice it to ENJOY IT! You will only run your 1st marathon one time. Don't let the time you do it in be the main thing. You have worked so hard for this, you've made sacrifices, your family and loved ones have most likely made sacrifices on your behalf. If it takes 3 hrs or 6 hrs, or if it took 30 mins longer than you planned, crossing the finish line is a moment to savour forever, crossing the finish line is what matters most - you are now one of an elite group who get to call themselves marathon runners! There will be many more marathons and many more opportunities to shoot for a time.

Have a brilliant day one and all #runthistown

skyblue46

I'll jump in here and join the ever growing list of well wishers! You are all on the brink of a really special day. Embrace it. You have trained so hard and are getting to the start line because you earned it.

Enjoy the tingle of excitement that comes as you are laying out your race gear.

Enjoy the sense of trepidation as you make your journey into the city on Sunday morning.

Enjoy the surge of emotion you will feel as the start gun goes off and you take the first of many strides.

Enjoy the crowds on the course.

Enjoy having the confidence to let others belt off as you know that taking it easy until Castleknock College is crucial.

Enjoy freewheeling downhill through the Phoenix Park.

Enjoy having the know how to speed up or slow down. Run to how you feel and don't feel pressured to stick to some arbitrary time target you have.

Enjoy gritting it out when the going gets really tough (which it will)

Enjoy the last mile when you realise for sure that you got this beast in your back pocket.

Enjoy the soft feeling of that famous blue carpet under your feet.

Enjoy smiling for the finish line camera.

Enjoy getting that medal around your neck.

Enjoy wanting to laugh, cry, burst with pride and scream with pain simultaneously!

Enjoy trying to find McGrattans.

Enjoy beer!

Now what was the message I was trying to get across? :pac:

ReeReeG

skyblue46 wrote: »

I'll jump in here and join the ever growing list of well wishers! You are all on the brink of a really special day. Embrace it. You have trained so hard and are getting to the start line because you earned it.

Enjoy the tingle of excitement that comes as you are laying out your race gear.

Enjoy the sense of trepidation as you make your journey into the city on Sunday morning.

Enjoy the surge of emotion you will feel as the start gun goes off and you take the first of many strides.

Enjoy the crowds on the course.

Enjoy having the confidence to let others belt off as you know that taking it easy until Castleknock College is crucial.

Enjoy freewheeling downhill through the Phoenix Park.

Enjoy having the know how to speed up or slow down. Run to how you feel and don't feel pressured to stick to some arbitrary time target you have.

Enjoy gritting it out when the going gets really tough (which it will)

Enjoy the last mile when you realise for sure that you got this beast in your back pocket.

Enjoy the soft feeling of that famous blue carpet under your feet.

Enjoy smiling for the finish line camera.

Enjoy getting that medal around your neck.

Enjoy wanting to laugh, cry, burst with pride and scream with pain simultaneously!

Enjoy trying to find McGrattans.

Enjoy beer!

Now what was the message I was trying to get across? :pac:

Just the smallest bit of FOMO then S?:pac:

skyblue46

ReeReeG wrote: »

Just the smallest bit of FOMO then S?:pac:

Not in the remotest! I'm more than happy to just skip to the last one this year :pac: See you in McG's

py

How many packs of tuc crackers should we be up to per day at this stage and when do we start the tuc taper?

DolG

skyblue46 wrote: »

I'll jump in here and join the ever growing list of well wishers! You are all on the brink of a really special day. Embrace it. You have trained so hard and are getting to the start line because you earned it.

Enjoy the tingle of excitement that comes as you are laying out your race gear.

Enjoy the sense of trepidation as you make your journey into the city on Sunday morning.

Enjoy the surge of emotion you will feel as the start gun goes off and you take the first of many strides.

Enjoy the crowds on the course.

Enjoy having the confidence to let others belt off as you know that taking it easy until Castleknock College is crucial.

Enjoy freewheeling downhill through the Phoenix Park.

Enjoy having the know how to speed up or slow down. Run to how you feel and don't feel pressured to stick to some arbitrary time target you have.

Enjoy gritting it out when the going gets really tough (which it will)

Enjoy the last mile when you realise for sure that you got this beast in your back pocket.

Enjoy the soft feeling of that famous blue carpet under your feet.

Enjoy smiling for the finish line camera.

Enjoy getting that medal around your neck.

Enjoy wanting to laugh, cry, burst with pride and scream with pain simultaneously!

Enjoy trying to find McGrattans.

Enjoy beer!

Now what was the message I was trying to get across? :pac:

You have me nearly in tears here. Thank you.

Mr. Guappa

py wrote: »

How many packs of tuc crackers should we be up to per day at this stage and when do we start the tuc taper?

They are fair addictive :eek:

Laineyfrecks

skyblue46 wrote: »

I'll jump in here and join the ever growing list of well wishers! You are all on the brink of a really special day. Embrace it. You have trained so hard and are getting to the start line because you earned it.

Enjoy the tingle of excitement that comes as you are laying out your race gear.

Enjoy the sense of trepidation as you make your journey into the city on Sunday morning.

Enjoy the surge of emotion you will feel as the start gun goes off and you take the first of many strides.

Enjoy the crowds on the course.

Enjoy having the confidence to let others belt off as you know that taking it easy until Castleknock College is crucial.

Enjoy freewheeling downhill through the Phoenix Park.

Enjoy having the know how to speed up or slow down. Run to how you feel and don't feel pressured to stick to some arbitrary time target you have.

Enjoy gritting it out when the going gets really tough (which it will)

Enjoy the last mile when you realise for sure that you got this beast in your back pocket.

Enjoy the soft feeling of that famous blue carpet under your feet.

Enjoy smiling for the finish line camera.

Enjoy getting that medal around your neck.

Enjoy wanting to laugh, cry, burst with pride and scream with pain simultaneously!

Enjoy trying to find McGrattans.

Enjoy beer!

Now what was the message I was trying to get across? :pac:

Sean this is literally the straw that broke the camels back! I am an emotional wreck, came ito a balloon & card from all in my office then flowers & a nanna xmas decoration from my grandson & daughter... emotional & pure excited... i'm not crying you are

Thanks to all the well wishes on here, feeling extremely grateful today that i can & will do this on Sunday

Sheep1978

Best of luck all. You'll have a great day

Unthought Known

Good luck on Sunday everyone. Remember to smile!

DBB

Bib No.|Username|Target Time|Actual Time
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|Naked Lepper|04:05:00|
|Treviso|03:29:59|
|Fraggle07|04:59:59|
12222|DBB|04:59:59|
|UNKNOWNABILITY|03:28:59|
|kemcloughlin|05:59:59|
|karlos80|04:10:00|
|pd79|05:10:00|
|doc76|04:59:59|
|py|03:59:59|
|Rega|04:15:00|
|Sunday Runner|04:20:00|
|Fowler87|04:22:00|
|Wombled|05:09:00|
|DeepBlue|03:49:59|
|Lombardo123|03:59:59|
|rizzee|04:39:59|
|Lambay Island|03:30:00|
|akenno|03:59:59|
|Frash|04:35:00|
|3boyz|04:35:00|
|saffron22|04:15:00|
|mister paul|03:27:59|
|jackc101|04:15:00|
|wpd|04:59:59|
|Prospector1989|04:30:00|
|DolG|05:15:00|
|goldsalmon33|03:55:00|
|DaaaaaaaaaaN|03:55:00|
|Sorbet|04:40:00|
|Marathon19|03:58:58|
|Clareview|04:29:59|
|greentea is just wrong|05:15:00|
|Laineyfrecks|03:49:59|
|Eabha19|04:30:00|
|Ais_Byrne7|04:59:59|
|Soulsun|05:00:00|
|TillyDCM|04:59:59|
|Clickhere|04:10:00|
|kyomi|03:59:59|
|ByrneDCMbrian|03:59:59|
|limerick91|04:09:00|
|Rojo|04:20:00|

mister paul

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|passinginterest|03:59:30|
|Naked Lepper|04:05:00|
|Treviso|03:29:59|
|Fraggle07|04:59:59|
12222|DBB|04:59:59|
|UNKNOWNABILITY|03:28:59|
|kemcloughlin|05:59:59|
|karlos80|04:10:00|
|pd79|05:10:00|
|doc76|04:59:59|
|py|03:59:59|
|Rega|04:15:00|
|Sunday Runner|04:20:00|
|Fowler87|04:22:00|
|Wombled|05:09:00|
|DeepBlue|03:49:59|
|Lombardo123|03:59:59|
|rizzee|04:39:59|
|Lambay Island|03:30:00|
|akenno|03:59:59|
|Frash|04:35:00|
|3boyz|04:35:00|
|saffron22|04:15:00|
332|mister paul|03:27:59|
|jackc101|04:15:00|
|wpd|04:59:59|
|Prospector1989|04:30:00|
|DolG|05:15:00|
|goldsalmon33|03:55:00|
|DaaaaaaaaaaN|03:55:00|
|Sorbet|04:40:00|
|Marathon19|03:58:58|
|Clareview|04:29:59|
|greentea is just wrong|05:15:00|
|Laineyfrecks|03:49:59|
|Eabha19|04:30:00|
|Ais_Byrne7|04:59:59|
|Soulsun|05:00:00|
|TillyDCM|04:59:59|
|Clickhere|04:10:00|
|kyomi|03:59:59|
|ByrneDCMbrian|03:59:59|
|limerick91|04:09:00|
|Rojo|04:20:00|

Kellygirl

I hope every one of you has a brilliant day Sunday. It’s some journey to get to the start line and the Boards group makes it all the more exciting as hopefully you’ll be meeting up before and after and you’ll have each other to rehash the day with when your family and friends have had enough!

Smile as much as you can, enjoy the signs and the noise ... and the quiet part running down the hill in the Phoenix after the madness of Castleknock. Wear your name on your bib and you’ll feel like a celebrity.

Mr Guappa, Huzzah, and ReeReeG, you’ve been outstanding mentors. Very well done.

Lambay island

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|passinginterest|03:59:30|
|Naked Lepper|04:05:00|
|Treviso|03:29:59|
|Fraggle07|04:59:59|
12222|DBB|04:59:59|
|UNKNOWNABILITY|03:28:59|
|kemcloughlin|05:59:59|
|karlos80|04:10:00|
|pd79|05:10:00|
|doc76|04:59:59|
|py|03:59:59|
|Rega|04:15:00|
|Sunday Runner|04:20:00|
|Fowler87|04:22:00|
|Wombled|05:09:00|
|DeepBlue|03:49:59|
|Lombardo123|03:59:59|
|rizzee|04:39:59|
9705|Lambay Island|03:30:00|
|akenno|03:59:59|
|Frash|04:35:00|
|3boyz|04:35:00|
|saffron22|04:15:00|
332|mister paul|03:27:59|
|jackc101|04:15:00|
|wpd|04:59:59|
|Prospector1989|04:30:00|
|DolG|05:15:00|
|goldsalmon33|03:55:00|
|DaaaaaaaaaaN|03:55:00|
|Sorbet|04:40:00|
|Marathon19|03:58:58|
|Clareview|04:29:59|
|greentea is just wrong|05:15:00|
|Laineyfrecks|03:49:59|
|Eabha19|04:30:00|
|Ais_Byrne7|04:59:59|
|Soulsun|05:00:00|
|TillyDCM|04:59:59|
|Clickhere|04:10:00|
|kyomi|03:59:59|
|ByrneDCMbrian|03:59:59|
|limerick91|04:09:00|
|Rojo|04:20:00|

sideswipe

Good luck to everybody running their first marathon on Sunday and congrats for making it through all the training.
Make sure to take in every second, you only get to do your first marathon once- enjoy, smile, high five the kids spectating and run the mile your in!

TFBubendorfer

All the best to all the Novices, enjoy your marathon, the first one is always extra special!

Always remember, as long as you can still take at least one more step you're still in the game!

DolG

Doc76 wrote: »

I’d be happy to meet up before. I’m in wave 4 and the friends I’m coming into town with are in waves 2 and 3 so I’ll probably have a little spare time!

Thanks Doc76. My bib number is 18223