Brathay Windermere Marathon 2009

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Lizzie W Mar 2009 3:36pm, 2 Mar 2009 2,263 posts	Lizzie W Welcome to Fetch Apparently, it's a beautiful marathon!
R4R Mar 2009 3:37pm, 2 Mar 2009 279 posts	R4R Rentboy, well done at Lasswade - were you pleased ?
Paul Jackson Mar 2009 5:11pm, 2 Mar 2009 5 posts	Paul Jackson I'm going for Windermere as my first ever marathon. I love the lakes and thought I may aswell have great scenery for 26 miles. Any tips about training, the race itself or anything that will help a first time marathoner?
Foxy Davy Mar 2009 6:06pm, 2 Mar 2009 2,813 posts	Foxy Davy Hi paul, be good to see you in May - welcome to the addictive world of Fetching
Foxy Davy Mar 2009 6:07pm, 2 Mar 2009 2,814 posts	Foxy Davy greetings to rentboy too
Treacle Mar 2009 6:10pm, 2 Mar 2009 2,796 posts	Treacle Hi Paul! Welcome:-) And hello Rentboy:-) Paul - run hills. Lots of them. I think that pretty much covers it from a training viewpoint;-) btw - I know El Bee has posted an elevation profile for the mara, but I was wondering if anyone knew what the total ascent/descent actually is. Was just wanting to compare it to my 16 miler from Saturday to see whether I'm roughly on the right sort of terrain, or whether I need bigger hills!
Foxy Davy Mar 2009 6:17pm, 2 Mar 2009 2,816 posts	Foxy Davy personally i'd rather not know the elevation !!!
Velociraptor Mar 2009 6:20pm, 2 Mar 2009 6,388 posts	Velociraptor The Rentboy, Paul Jackson, welcome to Fetch DaveA will no doubt pop along to tell you what a perfect first marathon the Brathay Windermere Marathon is, and how it's an ideal PB course. Foxy Davy, you'll find out soon enough Actually, it's not a ferocious course at all. There's nothing on the scale of the hills at Langdale and Snowdonia.
eL Bee! Mar 2009 6:21pm, 2 Mar 2009 8,123 posts	eL Bee! Treacle - i vaguely remember measuring the TOTAL ascent as 660m - but I may be making that up. I'll see if I can dig out the info
eL Bee! Mar 2009 6:23pm, 2 Mar 2009 8,124 posts	eL Bee! Actually - i don't think that's right