You are my next target if my new flip belt can shave off 7 seconds per km.
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āNormally Iām just running as fast as I can and just waiting for it to be over,ā
me too Emer.
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Destroyed the record as well
Holy shit. I can just about scrape in under 20 and would nearly have a coronary in the process.
Is anyone doing the Belfast marathon in September?
I mentioned it at the time, but it was a sobering moment when the 10-year old son of one of my secondary school & UCD classmates easily beat me in parkrun in Wexford in 2019.
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I was having a look at it the other day. Have a deferred entry for Berlin which is September too but no idea what the chances of it going ahead or being allowed to travel. Iāll definitely consider it. Seems to be a pretty decent climb at the half way mark from looking at the profile.
Yeah it looks like a pig of a hill there at halfway but a reasonable enough course other than that.
Havenāt done a full marathon before but seriously considering popping my cherry on this one.
Think Iāll just book it and be done with it and hope thereās no issues with travel come September.
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Iāve got the Keswick mountain festival fell run half marathon ** in September which should see me fucked utterly until mid November.
**25k
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25k in the mountains sounds like heavy sledging. Whereās Keswick?
Lake District. I did one before of 17k. Brutal. Mainly the descents are awful on the legs.
What kind of elevation are you looking at?
Iād say Belfast chance of doing one this year. Dublin probably less likely even though itās a month later and I think entries were carried over from last year too. If you start building up the mileage from June youāll be grand. Just make sure to get a few 20 mile plus runs into you before the day.
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About 900m ascent iirc.
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Iād be surprised if Belfast doesnāt happen, and surprised if Dublin does.
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I donāt mind the hill running but more for enjoyment than racing. I donāt have the confidence for the descents and would lose minutes going down to lads that Iād be quicker than on the flat.
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Iāll not be racing. Survival is key here
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Yeah, Iād be thinking along those lines too. Iād say Berlin will go ahead but might be restictions and vaccine dependent or something like that.
Slow and steady and walk the steep sections. Youāll be grand.
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Yeah Iāll build it up bit by bit and hopefully be hitting the 20s by August.
Whatās your marathon pb?