Sub 3Hr Marathon

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LouLou Sep 2014 8:42pm, 13 Sep 2014 6,371 posts	0 LouLou Manchester? My sister liked it.
steeplechaser Sep 2014 9:24pm, 13 Sep 2014 43 posts	0 steeplechaser Thanks LouLou, Manchester is a bit big for me, I prefer small local races. I;m now considering Shakespeare Marathon. Best wishes
Windsor Wool Sep 2014 9:55pm, 13 Sep 2014 1,537 posts	0 Windsor Wool I don't think you'd find Mcr 'big' at the front at all Steeple. Loads of space and a super-flat / fast (short?) course. Have heard that Stratford is quite tough by comparison.
dan. Sep 2014 4:05pm, 14 Sep 2014 597 posts	0 dan. Manchester is good, wasn't busy at 7:10 pace, so even quieter ahead of that, very flat and fast
Nelly Sep 2014 6:03pm, 14 Sep 2014 1,941 posts	0 Nelly delurks I ran both Manchester and Shakespeare this year. MCR is definitely flatter and quicker, but also larger. However, it's worth noting that Shakespeare is ran at the same time as a half marathon, so I'd guess they'd both be "as busy" as each other at sub3 (& sub90 HM) pace for the first half, but Shakespeare would be significantly quieter in the second half. But even then I don't think Shakespeare is small enough to be classed as a small/local race. As for it being short, I know many measured it short (me included), but as 1st & 2nd used their time to qualify for the English marathon squad for the European Championships and Welsh marathon team for the Commonwealth Games respectively it must be correct as I can't imagine either country would have allowed that if the course had been short, especially as Andi Jones was only a few seconds inside the standard. relurks
jdarun Sep 2014 7:40pm, 14 Sep 2014 128 posts	0 jdarun Is there an award for closest shave? As I posted on the 3:15 thread, I just did 2:59:44 (my time, the event website is down) at Chesterfield. Luckily I wasn't really aiming for sub-3 (at least not until near the end) or it might have been a bit stressful! Conditions were perfect of course, and the event was very good especially considering it was the first time. Now I have to think about how to approach vienna next spring, which was going to be my real sub3 target. But there's some serious eating and resting to work on first!
True Gritts! Sep 2014 9:56pm, 14 Sep 2014 1,542 posts	0 True Gritts! Well done jd
LouLou Sep 2014 10:07pm, 14 Sep 2014 6,373 posts	0 LouLou Good work JDA - I had an even closer shave Savour the moment, take a rest, then push on
daviec Sep 2014 10:20am, 15 Sep 2014 4,629 posts	0 daviec Great result JDA. Well done
clairevmc Sep 2014 10:39am, 15 Sep 2014 2,385 posts	0 clairevmc Oh wow jdarun - that's an amazing time!! Huge congratulations!