First time marathonist in Spring 2013? Lets motivate and support each other here!

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Sep 2012
10:32am, 22 Sep 2012
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DiscoSteve
Folowing HermanBloom's post on doing his first marathon next year which generated some interesting debate, it looks like there are quite a few of us doing, or considering doing, our first marathon in Spring 2013. So let's have a thread where we can compare notes and generally support and motivate us through those long winter mornings/nights of training.

Experienced marathoneers very welcome to pop in here for a cuppa and let us know how we're doing :-)
Sep 2012
10:38am, 22 Sep 2012
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Andy39
Nice one DiscoSteve. Doing my first marathon in May. Edinburgh. After getting fed up of not getting in London.

Just managed 1.39 at GNR. I'm Now spending the time until I start my marathon schedule trying to improve my 10k and 5k times.

I'll start the marathon schedule just after Christmas.
Sep 2012
10:46am, 22 Sep 2012
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DiscoSteve
Nice one Andy. Am doing Rome in March. Have a half marathon in October, then will have a few weeks of running for fun, then starting my schedule mid-November.

Will update the header with names and races of first-timers if you want to post these or fmail me the details.
Sep 2012
11:09am, 22 Sep 2012
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Andy39
Rome for a first marathon. I'm envious. It's somewhere I've always intended to visit.
Sep 2012
11:26am, 22 Sep 2012
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Hourglass
Hi FTM 'ers :-) ...can I join too? I'm doing the Bath Beat on the 6th April :-)
Sep 2012
11:31am, 22 Sep 2012
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Andy39
Hiya Hourglass. I see you've walked a marathon before?
Sep 2012
11:42am, 22 Sep 2012
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Andy39
Sorry, premature hitting of the enter key.
I meant to add welcome. We are a very select group at the moment aren't we?
Sep 2012
11:42am, 22 Sep 2012
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Easy Easy Easy
Hi Disco Steve

wel done on this thread

my first marathon was a long time ago :)
Sep 2012
11:43am, 22 Sep 2012
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That man from March
Morning all you will be first timers. Hope the training goes well. But don't get disheartened if you go through a bad patch. Just get a good training plan that suits your life style and try to stick to it. Try to find another local runner you can train with that helped me through my first marathon. Have done 3 now London x 2 and Edinburgh. Running Brighton this year :)
Sep 2012
11:48am, 22 Sep 2012
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Hourglass
Hi Andy :-) ...I certainly did, it was the Moonwalk :-) - and I didn't appreciate the 'time on feet' thing til the day (we always walked so much quicker in training, but the masses changed our pace somewhat). Nor did I reckon on training like for like, it was pavement and we'd done the majority of our long walks off road :-O

...and from small acorns, eh ;-)

About This Thread

Maintained by DiscoSteve
Right, by popular demand (as in, at least 2 people thought it was an ok idea) we're expanding into a 'second-or-more-time marathonist at some point in the future' thread. Have left the first timers up for posterity (although deleted any that we didn't have a result for, let me know if I have exterminated you in error).

I think we also need a motivational quote from the more experienced marathoneer a la Fitz's 'Eyes on the prize!', answers on a postcard.

2nd+ timers:

Toks (honorary first-timer!) - London (21 April) medal 5:54:18
Buzby (second-timer!) - Manchester (21 April) medal 3:47:35
Colettedean (2nd-timer!) - Kent Roadrunner (1 June) medal 5:25:00
London Nici (2nd-timer!) - Kent Roadrunner (1 June) medal 5:44:38
Gary Fatbloke - Kent Coastal (1 September)
Mole-thing - Abingdon (20 October)
Andy39 - York (20 October)
Colettedeann - York (20 October)
Debart - London (13 April 2014)
Colettedeann - Kent Roadrunners (31 May 2014)

First-timers:

Buzby123 - Bolton Hill (10 Mar) bunting 4:50:11
DiscoSteve - Rome (17 Mar) bunting 4:25:05
Km10 - Blackpool (7 April) bunting 6:00:57
Colettedeann - Brighton (14 April) bunting 6:05:40
KeepGoing! - Brighton (14 April) bunting 5:42:02
SherryB - Brighton (14 April) bunting 5:30:47
_2Jabs_ - London (21 April) bunting 4:34:25
Broeinon - London (21 April) bunting 4:59:28
Debart - London (21 April) bunting 4:49:28
Go Snoopy! - London (21 April) bunting 5:54:00
Jo_London - London (21 April) bunting 4:58:34
Kato - London (21 April) bunting 6:26:19
London Nici - London (21 April) bunting 6:07:25
Mave - London (21 April) bunting 4:54:06
Redeel - London (21 April) bunting 5:32:44
Rosehip - London (21 April) bunting 5:44:15
Iris - Manchester (28 April) bunting 4:35:53
Mole-thing - Manchester (28 April) bunting 3:56:40
Nickid - Manchester (28 April) bunting 4:58:50
JayElle - North Dorset (5 May) bunting 3:44:22
Barb - Milton Keynes (6 May) bunting 5:23:44
RunningRach - Milton Keynes (6 May) bunting 5:39:06
Andy39 - Edinburgh (26 May) bunting 3:56:41
CamBear - Edinburgh (26 May) bunting 4:24:08
Sarabop - Edinburgh (26 May) bunting 4:15:03
Yossarian Lives - Edinburgh (26 May) bunting 3:44:19
Gary Fatbloke - Kent Roadrunner (1 June) bunting 5:11:48
Jencossy - Derry (2 June) bunting 4:38:56

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