Preston Guild 2012 Race Series - 5k, 10k, 10M & Half/Full Marathon
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Sep 2012
5:38pm, 3 Sep 2012
16 posts
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Cammy
Finally got round to entering for the marathon, got GNR coming up and training to date is going well. Any idea what the deal is with an expo...times etc? |
Sep 2012
8:25pm, 23 Sep 2012
5,418 posts
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JamieKai *chameleon*
So, a week to the second race of the series. Has anyone received any details for it? I tried to email a while back to change my address, but only the guy dealing with the Marathon responded...
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Sep 2012
10:15pm, 30 Sep 2012
59 posts
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longwayround
The last two kilometres of the 10k were extremely hard but I got a PB!
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Oct 2012
1:38pm, 13 Oct 2012
18 posts
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Cammy
Informative race pack and helpful to know the undulations, seems like the first 8 miles or so going to be about sensible pacing. Hope everyone has enjoyed good training up till now and taper mode which I never enjoy, hoping that race day brings me a new PB under 3:27. |
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Oct 2012
1:50pm, 13 Oct 2012
5,540 posts
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JamieKai *chameleon*
I agree Cammy, I was going to visit my mum next weekend to cycle the route to get a feel for the hills, but now feel confident I can just turn up and run. Especially happy to hear that the hill by Danger Bridge is described as the worse climb - that's right by my childhood home so it holds no fear  Still confident for sub-3, crossing fingers for decent weather conditions!
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Oct 2012
5:20pm, 26 Oct 2012
19 posts
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Cammy
Good luck to all running on Sunday, hope you achieve your marathon goal!!
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Oct 2012
5:40pm, 28 Oct 2012
183 posts
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buzby123
So we ran we conquered in horrible rain and cold. Happy with my watch time massive 5 minute pb on a 13.4 mile course. Did anyone else find the course long?
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Oct 2012
5:53pm, 28 Oct 2012
638 posts
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Ultra SmileyBob
Had it at 13.31 myself havent heard it be shorter for anyone else yet!
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Oct 2012
10:10pm, 28 Oct 2012
184 posts
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buzby123
Here's the explanation by the race organisers, I appreciate their honesty and so true better to be long than short when it would count for nothing. Oh well, better book another one then ..................... It seems a lot of you are reporting longer distances for the half marathon. The turn between 8 and 9 appears to be further along the road than I measured it. I checked the turn points for both races at 6.30 this morning and there was a clear mark for the half maarathon turn. So the race organiser and I are at a loss as to how the turn was put in much further than was measured. The race organiser and myself are frustrated by this, as indeed some of you will be. I wish I'd found some way of getting to that turn point after the roads had been closed so I could do a final check. I wish, as an alternative, that I'd asked for a photo to be sent by text to my phone so I could confirm it. You can decide for yourselves whether the following comments are any consolation: Times for PowerofTen will not be affected because it's long rather than short. If you narrowly missed a target time you know you are in the right shape to get it. If you ran a PB you know you can go even faster. I saw no point prolonging this debate/rumour so you've got it from the man who measured the course and refereed today. It's happened; it shouldn't have happened but it has. I hope you will be good enough to accept my explanation and move on to talk about the many excellent things about today's race |
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Oct 2012
10:52pm, 28 Oct 2012
5,645 posts
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JamieKai *chameleon*
Had a bit of a bad day at the office, including a bit of a cry on my mums shoulder by Tulketh Brow, and limped home in 3:13:29 - a good time, but nowhere near what I was pacing and once again showing my inability to race marathons... But I was very, very impressed with the organisation. Apart from the steps to the changing rooms afterwards! A good, if disheartening day... |
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