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Manchester Marathon 2022

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clare1976 Mar 2022 8:52pm, 27 Mar 2022 4,603 posts	Quote Pin clare1976 It's certainly my no.1 priority (and concern!)
Sushi. Mar 2022 9:03pm, 27 Mar 2022 34,226 posts	Quote Pin Sushi. Completely messed my plans up last October. Hope you all manage yo avoid it.
larkim Mar 2022 9:01am, 28 Mar 2022 17,470 posts	Quote Pin larkim Pacers schedule here. manchestermarathon.co.uk Wonder if they really mean 7:20 for the 3:15 group?
clare1976 Mar 2022 9:06am, 28 Mar 2022 4,605 posts	Quote Pin clare1976 Interesting... the others are pretty exact (on paper - I'm sure in practice not-so), but 7.20mm is faster than 3.15. I think 3.15 is 7.27mm if they want to be as precise as the other bandings... I'll be doing my own thing though in any case - partly as I'm not going for one of those times, partly as I prefer to run my own race
Ultrahamster Mar 2022 10:12am, 28 Mar 2022 8 posts	Quote Pin Ultrahamster In 2014 I ran with the 3:15 group for 5k until I got cramp and dropped out; the average pace (I remember it being faster so I've looked at my log to double check) for those first few miles was 3:15. More like 3'10 pace.
larkim Mar 2022 1:23pm, 28 Mar 2022 17,474 posts	Quote Pin larkim A pacer doing 7:20 religiously for the first 2-3 miles would be a good thing for me to bounce off actually, if I'm really intending on a nicely split 3:10:00; help me avoid a 6:50 first mile through enthusiasm! Am I understanding the logic of the start process properly here, from the event guide. It says:- Please arrive 30 minutes before entering the start process if using bag drop Then gives a time for "access to start process" as well as a start time. So for Red B this is 8:30-8:40 "access to start process" for a 9:25 start. Does this mean I need to get rid of my bag at 8:00am (by arriving 30 minutes before), and then at 8:30-:40 I need to go through the process to then spend 45 minutes without my "stuff"? So I'll need to carry anything in to that start area that I want to have in that time (e.g. last minute banana, last minute beetroot juice!). Or does the "access to start process" include the bag drop process? And what happens if I don't get through in the 8:30-:40 time slot? I'm in my usual over-thinking mode at the moment, sorry!
Nelly Mar 2022 1:30pm, 28 Mar 2022 4,292 posts	Quote Pin Nelly Does this mean I need to get rid of my bag at 8:00am (by arriving 30 minutes before), and then at 8:30-:40 I need to go through the process to then spend 45 minutes without my "stuff"? So I'll need to carry anything in to that start area that I want to have in that time (e.g. last minute banana, last minute beetroot juice!). Yes
larkim Mar 2022 1:33pm, 28 Mar 2022 17,477 posts	Quote Pin larkim Ta Nelly. I need to rethink my timings, gonna be a very early start indeed! 7:00am latest to leave the house, 7:30 at Altrincham tram, 8:00am arrival at bag drop. So that'll be a 6am wake up call. Ah well, no different to most Sunday's in the last 12 weeks or so I suppose! What's in the "start process" area? Just space to warm up, presumably toilets?
jda Mar 2022 1:40pm, 28 Mar 2022 12,268 posts	Quote Pin jda I’m assuming it’s a load of bollocks and will rock up to the start area fashionably late as always. But I won’t be using the bag drop, just chucking away a water bottle and bin liner or whatever (weather dependent) at the start. Usually my wife has been there to take my spare kit but I’m solo this year.
larkim Mar 2022 1:44pm, 28 Mar 2022 17,479 posts	Quote Pin larkim Maybe I should try that. I'm a bit too much of a rules follower (selectively, my wife will say). All part of the experience I guess!