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Mar 2009
9:05pm, 15 Mar 2009
5,079 posts
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Marathon Lads
Fabulas weekend of running
My weekend started with rising at 2am on Saturday morning to go and do my Comic relief bit for my club - The club arranged a 24 hour treadmill event - people doing stints of 30 minutes or 1 hour - I opted for 1 hour -( 3 - 4 am ) I opted for that time, so as my wife and son where safe and asleep - and I wasn’t taking up any of my wife’s precious free time ( she does‘nt have much free time ) - I sweated like merry hell - it felt like the old days - I then returned to bed for a sleep
Then came Sunday - Trimpel 20 in 2:58 ( equaling our 20 miles best )
Away at 5.30 am for the Lancashire & Morecambe ( Trimpell 20 miler ) 2 hours 40 drive up there and 3hour 10 drive back
I was told the Trimpell 20 miler was all on cycle paths ( ALL tarmaced ) mostly along the river Lune- good as flat and traffic free almost - I really wanted something different- so I went with the mind of
“ expect the unexpected “ - but there was no need for any worries - on this occasion the description was simply and purely bang on
We met a lot of people - RW Forumites - and Fetches - all of whom really made our day - all fellow runners were friendly and smiles and laughing - thanks to all of u
The run itself, we clocked and equalled our 20 miles pb of 2:58 - I was chuffed I can tell u - the course was superb in every way - marshals, support, directions, drinks - the atmosphere as super as well - seeing the front runners coming back at u and then turning and seeing who we’d passed - and cheering everyone on
Most of the course and along the river was pure picturesque - conditions were so perfect -
I can only assume the organisers have gone to great lengths to make this event different but spot on - and it IS spot on -
A most perfect day for us - one that I’ll treasure for a long time to come
If EVER anyone wants to do something different a 20 miler traffic free OFF road - ( if u like ) go and run the Trimpell 20 - it’s pure magic
Thank you to everyone involved in making the Trimpell 20 happen
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Mar 2009
9:30pm, 15 Mar 2009
22,206 posts
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Max71
First 20 miler for this marathon.......that is one mental bridge crossed....a bit outside of my target (by 9 minutes), however I'm still happy with it.
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Mar 2009
9:36pm, 15 Mar 2009
691 posts
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Littlemiss
very good.. only 37 mins.. but feeling fine!!
new earphones are cooooooooool !!!
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Mar 2009
9:37pm, 15 Mar 2009
123 posts
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One of my best runs. Ace weather. Fantastic night out Saturday. Fantastic run Sunday morning. All good.
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Mar 2009
10:15pm, 15 Mar 2009
264 posts
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Tumble
smoothe new shoes nike triax11
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Mar 2009
11:14pm, 15 Mar 2009
8,374 posts
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eL Bee!
Second one was very nice
8 miles - virtually deserted streets. Fab
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Mar 2009
11:19pm, 15 Mar 2009
2,696 posts
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Fenland Runner
What is this running you speak of
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Mar 2009
11:21pm, 15 Mar 2009
409 posts
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Nellers
eL Bee!, are yu some kind of nutter? Didn't you run a pretty quick half this morning? Then you warm down with an evening 8? Are you trying to make us mere mortals look bad?
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Mar 2009
11:24pm, 15 Mar 2009
8,375 posts
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eL Bee!
Neil - yes I did, and no I'm not
I'm training at relatively high volume at the moment, and there is method in the madness
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Mar 2009
11:27pm, 15 Mar 2009
410 posts
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Nellers
Yeah, mate, I know what the plan is and I think you're mental (but very brave and even noble) to be doing it, and I think it's for a great cause, as you'll see from your Justgiving page.
I'm just jealous that I've got a few years of build-up before I'll be even close to being capable of that sort of thing!:-(
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