Leicester Marathon 2013

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Ness May 2013 5:12pm, 2 May 2013 5,211 posts	0 Ness Brilliant. Look forward to catching up PH. Will have to try and convince Pix when I see her at the weekend.... :):):)
plodding hippo May 2013 5:15pm, 2 May 2013 48,327 posts	0 plodding hippo Just tell her she is doing it, end of!
Ness May 2013 8:27pm, 2 May 2013 5,212 posts	0 Ness LOL. I'll tell her that. Of course I shall be only doing half a race but am hoping for it to be a PB at the very least, maybe even a sub 2.
Pyjama Team Buff UK Girl May 2013 11:08pm, 2 May 2013 154 posts	0 Pyjama Team Buff UK Girl In again....Did last years....October is looking a little mad for marathons!
Battlecat May 2013 12:47pm, 3 May 2013 3,050 posts	0 Battlecat Route starts off through the city (downhill) and is quite busy for the first 6 miles until the half marathoners peel off. Then the route goes a bit rural through various villages. It's undulating but there's good support in the villages. There's a level crossing that you might have to stop at. There's marshalls and chip mats though so they adjust your time for the wait if you get caught. Then the route goes through a nice park with a lake and back through the city centre - right through the shopping precint which confuses the shoppers. Then back up the incline (long but not particularly steep) to the finish. That is assuming it hasn't changed since I last did it (2010 I think)
FenlandRunner May 2013 12:49pm, 3 May 2013 15,921 posts	0 FenlandRunner I was surprised, bar the first few 'city' miles it is a lovely course, with a tough finishing mile.
DrDan Jun 2013 10:22am, 6 Jun 2013 1,025 posts	0 DrDan How undulating is it compared with Chester (which, despite the blurb, has actually got undulation in the 2nd half) - signed up for the latter but now find that my daughter starts Uni that day and I will need to transport her there. I was an undergrad at Leicester, so would be nice to go back.
FenlandRunner Jun 2013 1:36pm, 6 Jun 2013 16,171 posts	0 FenlandRunner Hiya DrDan, with just over 200 metres of ascent/descent it is fairly flat, but does have an 'evil' finish, the last mile-ish is all up hill after running through the town centre. Never run Chester so not able to compare. However when compared with Bungay, Milton Keynes and Halstead it is definitely an 'easier' course
neems Jun 2013 2:00pm, 6 Jun 2013 565 posts	0 neems Easier than Milton Keynes you say..... No. Must. Not. Enter.
plodding hippo Jun 2013 2:47pm, 6 Jun 2013 48,707 posts	0 plodding hippo spotted you