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Dublin Marathon 2012 - Mentored Novices Thread
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Acceptance slip printed and signed* Bin bag tailor made....took me 2 attempts....don't ask! In the process of rounding up all my clothes....this is not looking like its going to be a light bag
Stupid question alert: What am I going to do with my wallet?....it says not to leave any valuables in your race bag
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career_move wrote: »Stupid question alert: What am I going to do with my wallet?....it says not to leave any valuables in your race bag
It's safe enough - according to the guy in charge of the baggage area last year, there were no problems reported. But it's not perfectly safe, so bring what you need but don't leave an ipad or passport in your bag:).0 -
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career_move wrote: »Have you?
Read all 3 to see what the fuss was about !
Edit - More accurately read 1st one to see what fuss was about and then figured I may as well see how the story went thereafter.
(Will be slated for that I'm sure but it is the truth ! 
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SnailsPace wrote: »First male Ive encountered who read them - fair play
More likely just the first who isn't embarrassed to say so. 0 -
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career_move wrote: »Acceptance slip printed and signed* Bin bag tailor made....took me 2 attempts....don't ask! In the process of rounding up all my clothes....
Printing acceptance slip, getting The Outfit into the washing machine, laying out all the other bits & pieces & was going to style my bin-bag-cover-up tomorrow. Any tips? What do I not do?
Home from Tesco now with sensible dinners for the rest of the week & a half trolley load of treats for Monday evening! 5 more sleeps (if I can actually sleep, this is like waiting for Christmas & a big exam on the same day!!!)0 -
no gaa in kenya.. im 30 and runnin fairly seriously for about year in between gaa season. done 5 races this year. 5k pb 17.56, 8k pb 29.49, 10k pb 38 mins flat. aslo done a dualathon in march and was 7th and warriors run in sligo in 1h.08m. started trainin seriously for marathon bout 1 month ago. first run was 14mile with avg mile of 7.02. next was 16mile in 7.10 avg. then 21mile in 2.32.04 7.14 avg per mile. next was 8mile hilly run in 7.00 mile avg. then was a 16 mile run in 6.54 avg mile.in 1 last long run was a 14.2mile with last 5k hilly 1.42.46. think i got a good bit done and takin it easy last week and half. what speed people rrecommend i should go off for first few miles. think 3.10 a reasonable target and if feeling good 16miles in will push to break 3.05.
3:10 pace sounds about right. Plenty of lads with those times would be gunning for sub 3 but being your first marathon with only 1 run over 20 miles then that would probably be a bit too ambitious. I'd say go at your own pace in front of the 3:15 pacers and try to keep the average pace (if you have a Garmin) around 7:10/mile...as you say if you are feeling good near the end you can kick on a bit. Remember getting under 3:10 will get you a guaranteed entry for London marathon (if you can just find a UK address
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Best of luck and make sure your mate gets a sticker for the first wave for your bib.0 -
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I had a ridiculous marathon dream last night.
I was standing near the start which was on nassau street and an announcement was made for all the novices to do a warm up by walking down to Pearse st train station area - led by someone looking a lot like Ray Darcy. Anyway as we reach the train station we hear the gun go off to start the race so everyone legs it back towards nassau street. I'm at the front of the crowd and I come across some police tape with a guard telling us all to go away as the marathon has started and to wait for it to finish before we could cross (in other words we were all treated as cars / traffic) I duck under the tape and join the front of the crowd - we're all passing through a single airport type scanner as the starting chip mat. Then after getting through that I entered an area that could only be described as a cross between a cargo net and a duty free shop. Literally bouncing around on a net trying to navigate past stalls and stands of drink, teddy bears and running gear. I'm getting more and more annoyed that this is effecting my time and I am losing time etc.
Then I realise with horror that I have messed up completely and have joined the front of the race, am in the wrong wave and the 5 hour pacers are ages behind me - rendering them useless because if I follow them I will have started that far ahead of them my 5 hour time is gone. Then I decide to go it alone - look down at my wrist and realise I don't have my watch on. I'm getting very very very uptight at this stage - my race is ruined before it has started, I'm gutted - about to throw a huge tantrum then it dawns on me that this must be a dream. A couple of seconds of confusion and I decide it's definitely a dream at which point I wake up.
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Pageant Messiah wrote: »I had a ridiculous marathon dream last night.
I was standing near the start which was on nassau street and an announcement was made for all the novices to do a warm up by walking down to Pearse st train station area - led by someone looking a lot like Ray Darcy. Anyway as we reach the train station we hear the gun go off to start the race so everyone legs it back towards nassau street. I'm at the front of the crowd and I come across some police tape with a guard telling us all to go away as the marathon has started and to wait for it to finish before we could cross (in other words we were all treated as cars / traffic) I duck under the tape and join the front of the crowd - we're all passing through a single airport type scanner as the starting chip mat. Then after getting through that I entered an area that could only be described as a cross between a cargo net and a duty free shop. Literally bouncing around on a net trying to navigate past stalls and stands of drink, teddy bears and running gear. I'm getting more and more annoyed that this is effecting my time and I am losing time etc.
Then I realise with horror that I have messed up completely and have joined the front of the race, am in the wrong wave and the 5 hour pacers are ages behind me - rendering them useless because if I follow them I will have started that far ahead of them my 5 hour time is gone. Then I decide to go it alone - look down at my wrist and realise I don't have my watch on. I'm getting very very very uptight at this stage - my race is ruined before it has started, I'm gutted - about to throw a huge tantrum then it dawns on me that this must be a dream. A couple of seconds of confusion and I decide it's definitely a dream at which point I wake up.
Analyse that one
If you insist!
-you have a man crush on Ray D'Arcy .... this explains why he is appearing in your dreams
-you have ambitions to become an elite marathon runner .... hence the starting at the front
-you have negative feelings towards An Garda Siochana .... in the dream they are an obstacle to your success
-you are well travelled .... the airport security/duty free shop
-you are eagerly anticipating the birth of your child ..... teddy bears
-you have been sandbagging (i think that is the term used) about your injury and keeping it secret that you are in fact going with the 4.30 pacers .... the 5 hr pacers are behind/you're going alone/no watch:D:D:D 0 -
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career_move wrote: »If you insist!
-you have a man crush on Ray D'Arcy .... this explains why he is appearing in your dreams
-you have ambitions to become an elite marathon runner .... hence the starting at the front
-you have negative feelings towards An Garda Siochana .... in the dream they are an obstacle to your success
-you are well travelled .... the airport security/duty free shop
-you are eagerly anticipating the birth of your child ..... teddy bears
-you have been sandbagging (i think that is the term used) about your injury and keeping it secret that you are in fact going with the 4.30 pacers .... the 5 hr pacers are behind/you're going alone/no watch:D:D:D
LOL - I'd thank that 10+ times if I could. 0 -
Don't overthink itshortie_chik wrote: »Printing acceptance slip, getting The Outfit into the washing machine, laying out all the other bits & pieces & was going to style my bin-bag-cover-up tomorrow. Any tips? What do I not do?
I can't even explain how I managed to cut it so that the pointy edges of the bag were at the front instead of the sides 0 -
career_move wrote: »
If you insist!
-you have a man crush on Ray D'Arcy .... this explains why he is appearing in your dreams
-you have ambitions to become an elite marathon runner .... hence the starting at the front
-you have negative feelings towards An Garda Siochana .... in the dream they are an obstacle to your success
-you are well travelled .... the airport security/duty free shop
-you are eagerly anticipating the birth of your child ..... teddy bears
-you have been sandbagging (i think that is the term used) about your injury and keeping it secret that you are in fact going with the 4.30 pacers .... the 5 hr pacers are behind/you're going alone/no watch:D:D:D
Yeap agree with the sandbagging...all this injury talk is spoof 0 -
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career_move wrote: »Don't overthink it
I can't even explain how I managed to cut it so that the pointy edges of the bag were at the front instead of the sides
Don't you just cut a hole in the bottom big enough to stick your head through and then poke your arms through the sides? I'm intrigued now...bin liner fashion tips gladly accepted. ;-)0 -
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