Scottish Runners 2019
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May 2019
5:13pm, 26 May 2019
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princesszee
Well done everyone for running in that horrible weather! Hope you’ve all dried off and warmed up! I’ve had a fun weekend of cheering but now off to enter some more races as I had serious FOMO today watching everyone when I should have been running!! |
May 2019
5:16pm, 26 May 2019
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Deinonychus
Yes, congratulations everyone. Was chatting to some runners in the pub just now, and they all commented how windy it was on the final stretch.
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May 2019
6:00pm, 26 May 2019
88 posts
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Rossco Peeko
I completed leg 3 of the relay and can confirm the wind was a beast after the turn. Must have been a tough last 7 miles.
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May 2019
8:21pm, 26 May 2019
25,406 posts
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JulesR
I didn’t appreciate just how many runners do Edi Mara and 1/2 - has anyone got any numbers for finishers in each? Also - how did one spot an Edi marathon relay runner? Is there a special type of race number? I thought it was one colour but that was starting pens & it just be distracting for marathoners to have relayers surging past unless you can identify them as relayers? |
May 2019
8:29pm, 26 May 2019
3,142 posts
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FergusG
It was 2016 when I last did Edinburgh Marathon Jules, and the fresh-legged relay runners that shot past me all had a ‘Relay Runner’ labels stuck to their backs.
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May 2019
8:50pm, 26 May 2019
3,008 posts
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K5 Gus
Jules - the results are here edinburghmarathon.com looks like 7300 in full Mara, 10960 in Half, 459 teams in Mara Relay |
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May 2019
9:23pm, 26 May 2019
89 posts
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Rossco Peeko
I think the numbers have a thin stripe down the side. I thought I remembered the back labels from the past Fergus, but none offered today. Running 6:30mm in the 3rd leg past 2 hour at halfway runners, I’m afraid I was ‘that guy’; not particularly satisfying really
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May 2019
8:07am, 27 May 2019
31,531 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Well done everyone. I didn't come down to cheer after all, as weather was grim up in Fife at 8am. So I went for my own run in the grim and by 11 ish it had all cleared up, so I could have come down and run-supported. Oh well. Glad you all had a good time. That strengthening westerly wind must have been a pain for the marathon runners for the last 8 miles after the turn at Gosford. Hope it wasn't too much of a slog.  G
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May 2019
8:53am, 27 May 2019
17,602 posts
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Dvorak
Oh aye, big events indeed Jules. Plus over 5000 in all the Saturday races. In the marathon, around 35% of the finishers were women. However they were a majority in the other races. By 321 in the HM; 60% of finishers in the 10k and 64% in the 5k. One thing I noticed was that the 5k times at the sharp end were overall not that fast, especially amongst the women so I compared it to Edinburgh parkrun (admittedly a faster course). 28 women ran under 24 minutes at parkrun, only 9 at the EMF 5K. In the men , approx 40 (including likely unknowns) vs 21. Which probably tells us that if you are quite fast and going to spend a bit of money on an entry, you are likely to run further than 5 km. |
May 2019
10:13am, 27 May 2019
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JRitchie
Edinburgh mara was a tough day out for me as niggles and limited training curtailed my ambitions but glad to get to the finish safely. Lashed it down before the start but I finished with some proper sunburn at the finish. The westerly wind was noticeable on the way back. Great support though the town parts and thanks to the Fetchies transport advice - council buses were perfect. In two minds about doing it again. Running that course on a full on sunny day would be seriously challenging.
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