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Sub 3Hr Marathon

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Bowman 🇸🇪 Oct 2024 5:51am, 16 Oct 2024 4,009 posts	Quote Pin Bowman 🇸🇪 Have a really good one @rhb some head wind is ok, it fills your lungs with some over pressure, almost like a turbo or compressor and if it’s from an other direction just sail on it Run strong!
G-Dawg Oct 2024 1:47pm, 16 Oct 2024 54 posts	Quote Pin G-Dawg Good luck, RHB. It was windy when I did Abingdon, we were at the back end of a big storm and turning some corners was grim with headwinds. On one gust, I got blown halfway across a road in an industrial estate. I missed a PB that day by 14 seconds! Hope it's OK for you, or at least in your back.
Windsor Wool Oct 2024 1:59pm, 16 Oct 2024 6,501 posts	Quote Pin Windsor Wool Ha. @G-Dawg was there with @FergusG and me back in 2017! Small world. Don’t worry rhb….that was the day of virgin sub 3s and you’re in far, far better shape than we were going in to that day! Groups though. Find a group, particularly on that tiny uphill that’ll be in to the wind.
FergusG Oct 2024 2:52pm, 16 Oct 2024 5,729 posts	Quote Pin FergusG rhb - you are, as WW says, in better shape than we were on that day. Your recent half-marathon PB is about 3 minutes faster than the one I carried into Abingdon! all - Berlin 2025 ballot is currently open... bmw-berlin-marathon.com
OO61 Oct 2024 11:08pm, 16 Oct 2024 394 posts	Quote Pin OO61 London GFA is open too 😇
DT19 Oct 2024 11:55pm, 16 Oct 2024 211 posts	Quote Pin DT19 Jomo, sounds like a great run to me, congrats! Rhb, good luck Sunday. G dawg, yes we can sort something closer to time re meet up. It'll be a six star party. Just at airport in Chicago, on way home. Been a great little break, really enjoyed it, made all the better with a decent race outcome.
Chris Oct 2024 9:25am, 17 Oct 2024 1,797 posts	Quote Pin Chris Tempted to enter Berlin, once accepted do they automatically take the payment or do you have the option to decline the entry?
FergusG Oct 2024 9:54am, 17 Oct 2024 5,730 posts	Quote Pin FergusG Only charged if/when you’re successful, but you are fully committed at point of applying… We received your registration for the lottery for a race entry in the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2025 on September 21, 2025! It is no longer possible to change or cancel your registration. This is not yet a confirmation for your race entry!
Chris Oct 2024 11:14am, 17 Oct 2024 1,798 posts	Quote Pin Chris I'd best ask permission from the other half before applying then
rhb Oct 2024 4:32pm, 17 Oct 2024 2,437 posts	Quote Pin rhb Thanks all for good luck and windy anecdotes. In the spirit of nothing being simple I seem to have pulled something in my back last night. Todays run (5 miles easy inc. 8x10s strides) went ok as there are no specific running movements that make it painful. Sitting / household task stuff on the other hand has occasional yelp pain. So annoying. Hoping that just by stretching gently, keeping moving, and most importantly not fretting it'll ease off over the next couple of nights. Otherwise I'm now eating like it's a contest, I love this part of race week. Garmin fully charged today also so one less thing to forget to do.

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