You need to get her on a zoom call with Coach Fenway.
The Eco Trail marathon? Not a chance you should do that mate.
@caulifloweredneanderthal - talk to the man
Edit - 1000m elevation 
At least sheās letting you go 
Thatāll be a brilliant event mate. You should do it @Bandage.
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Could you drop back to the half? Would be good training for the Cork marathon in June. To do the marathon youād need to be doing long runs in the hills at least every second weekend. I definitely wouldnāt recommend doing that as your first marathon.
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I think a trail marathon would really help @bandage indulge in the running apparel and accessories market. New trail runners. A running pack. Soft flasks. A head torch.
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I guess I could, although @fenwaypark has yet to veto the full marathon.
Although I only recently became an ATHLETE myself, Iāve mixed in ATHLETICS circles for a good few years via my life partnerās friends and their partners. A few of them have been following my progress and have been dropping hints that this would be a bit of a mad one to start with.
One of them sent me this list of alternatives this morning. Itās a real case ofā¦weāre not telling you not to do it but A, B & C would be way better.
iād rather you do a traditional marathon. You are capable of running a very decent time. Target something at home first.
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Iāve been out but itās been so utterly pitch dark itās hard to run properly as we canāt see the surface. Yesterday if we hadnāt known where we were going weād have run into the trees.
Iām abandoning ship for a few days.
Have you a head torch?
Iāve only ran one spring marathon in Boston and that was a bit of a disaster. Find it hard to get motivated at this time of year but youāve a great base and would have no issues. From that list I know a good few that have ran Rotterdam and itās flat and known for fast times and easy to get to. I think Manchester is early April also and also pretty flat. Iāve a deferred entry from Belfast for May but doubt Iāll do it after hearing the feeback from the recent one. Limerick in May or Cork in June might be good options for you
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Think of the likes you could mop up @bandage with a trip to Limerick to do the marathon. Itās a no brainer.
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You need to do the Polar Circle one in Greenland in April @Bandage. Iām sure Kevās mate would put you up for the weekend
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I think you should do it if the lads you were going with are gonna do it,
It was a mistake but youāve signed up,
Donāt treat it as a marathon, donāt even think about time, walk up the hills,
But you CAN do it, and you wonāt regret it,
Brilliant, fuck em all and take it on, then an Autumn marathon with the experience in the bag
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When you do your first marathon you always run your PB. Never forget that @Bandage
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Itās not a good return on a 20 week block of training. Thatās a huge investment in time.
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Only if he views it as that
I wouldnāt be treating it like a normal marathon, lots of long slow runs and trying to get into the hills at the weekend.
Heād be out running anyway, heās a runner now and it sounds like a great experience, he has flights and all booked right? @Bandage?
I mean if nothing is booked then fuck it
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A real test of @fenwayparkās agility as a trainer here
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Itās like Tiger Roll going for the cross country before a tilt at the Grand National
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We will have to agree to disagree on this.