Chester Marathon and Metric Marathon 2022
34 watchers
Oct 2022
7:11pm, 2 Oct 2022
444 posts
|
Benny Tempo
Brilliant event, thoroughly enjoyed it! 😁 Sorry I don't know how to tag people, does anyone know? It was wonderful meeting Ness, Mr Ness, Stevece, Sushi, Stainers, Evil Pixie, Velociraptor, and El Bee at the start 🤗 big love 🥰 great Fetch meetings Congratulations on your PBs Ness and Cheekys Dad! 👏 Brilliant results for Clare1976 and Stainers in the metric! 👏 I really struggled, set off too quickly, I was over confident, full of hubris because I'd done the P&D plan 🙄. Clocked just sub-8:00/mile until the 20km point then it all fell apart, couldn't sustain it 😫 Decided on a last-minute carb strategy as it's something I've neglected before, don't have much of an appetite for them. I had four instant porridge pots for breakfast and two bananas and, of all things, a can of grapefruit. Not my usual breakfast of two toast and two eggs. Then I thought it would be a great idea to neck a large bottle of lucozade just before the start. Felt really bloated and sick. Had to stop to throw up 🤮. Then I did a Paula Radcliffe in a field 💩😆 Felt better after that. Had to stop and walk a few times. The support in the villages was amazing 🤩 Big shout out to Autumnleaves who was one of the running angles, it was great to meet you and you really helped me get up the hill and gave me a much needed boost 🤗 Finished strong after that and got a time of 3:50:35 Not what I was aiming for, but in a funny way, I enjoyed it more because of the difficulties. Overcoming adversity and all that. Chatted to a couple of first time at Chester marathoners on the train back to Manchester, they loved it. One of them reckons it is similar to Boston (in Massachusetts, not Lincolnshire) in that is starts easy and a bit downhill, then gets bumpy in the second half. I will blog about it and post my results later, got to nip out for a meeting with the other RDs at Alexandra parkrun. Just wanted to update you and say thank you for being part of such a wonderful day ❤️ 😁🤗 |
Oct 2022
7:32pm, 2 Oct 2022
2,643 posts
|
Cheeky’s Dad
Crikey Benny Tempo. That’s a brilliant time for such an “eventful” race. You certainly got value for your money 😁 With a (shall we say) more conventional fuelling strategy you should be able to get a storming time. PS just hit the ‘tag user’ button and start typing their name. A list of suggestions should pop up and you pick the one you want |
Oct 2022
7:35pm, 2 Oct 2022
60,048 posts
|
Velociraptor
Well done, Benny Tempo  More gains to have when you don't have an adventure.
|
Oct 2022
7:37pm, 2 Oct 2022
18,463 posts
|
Autumnleaves
clare1976 yes that was me! You were looking super strong but spotted the buff - doubt I could have kept pace with you up the hill!!
|
|
Oct 2022
7:40pm, 2 Oct 2022
18,464 posts
|
Autumnleaves
You were amazing AL I would have crawled up without you xx I was so pleased to meet you - massive well done xx |
Oct 2022
7:54pm, 2 Oct 2022
36,243 posts
|
EvilPixie
♥️♥️
|
Oct 2022
9:05pm, 2 Oct 2022
3,621 posts
|
Irontubs
Super event but I was broken at the end. Early stupidity, which I paid for in the last few miles. Sorry I didn't hang about at the end, I felt I needed to keep moving, not sure why, certainly didn't feel capable of much coherent thought. I was revived by the healing power of Sushi flapjack, that the crisps in my bag and a wee Old Mout and I was feeling a bit more human. Lovely to meet some new Fecthies, even if by 'meet' I mean a quick word as they ran past to a storming pb. Sorry not to catch you all though. Next time
|
|
Oct 2022
9:09pm, 2 Oct 2022
36,244 posts
|
EvilPixie
You looked great when you passed me!! Lovely to see so many fetchies |
Oct 2022
9:19pm, 2 Oct 2022
20,789 posts
|
eL Bee!
Great to meet you today Benny Tempo. I have a couple of pictures of you coming in to the finish if you'd like them
|
Oct 2022
10:49pm, 2 Oct 2022
6,037 posts
|
Pikelet
Cheeky’s Dad Very well done on the pb, you were running really strong during our brief team effort, I knew you’d do it!! 👍 Was great to have someone to chat to, you really did keep me going at one of those marathon low points so thank you! I cramped up at 20 miles but kept going steady and finished feeling good in 4:06 so was dead chuffed! Lovely to meet and run with a fellow fetchie 😀 |
Related Threads
-
Chester Metric marathon/ Marathon 2023
Oct 2023
-
Chester Marathon
Oct 2019
-
Chester Metric Marathon
Sep 2019
-
York or Chester...?
Apr 2018
-
Chester Marathon 2015
Jul 2016
-
Good Autumn Marathon in the UK
Jun 2011
-
Anderton 10K, 15 May - new race in Cheshire
Feb 2022
-
Gustos in Knutsford
Feb 2020
-
2015 Chester Marathon place up for transfer
Sep 2015
-
Gait analysis / running shoe advice in Cheshire
May 2014