Marathons abroad
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Sep 2024
11:59pm, 28 Sep 2024
4,368 posts
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tipsku
Good luck to anyone who is running Berlin tomorrow! Weather looks to be perfect
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Sep 2024
6:37pm, 30 Sep 2024
35,048 posts
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Foxy
tipsku wrote: Good luck to anyone who is running Berlin tomorrow! Weather looks to be perfect it was pretty good & the biggest marathon by numbers ever - reportedly 58,000 |
Oct 2024
9:59am, 1 Oct 2024
22,995 posts
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DeeGee
Glad to hear it. I love Berlin and hope I'll get back one day once (if) I'm running properly again. As for me, I've always had a hankering to run Lanzarote, entered twice but failed to make it out there. I've found a bargain bonanza fare from Stansted to Arrecife for Lanzarote this December, and although I can't possibly train enough to run it, and the flight timings don't work in my favour for that, I could possibly volunteer at the marathon, so I've stumped up £33.98 to Mr O'Leary to go out there. It's my birthday weekend as well, so it all looks good! |
Oct 2024
10:21am, 1 Oct 2024
334 posts
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Ian5
I did HCA in Odense this weekend. I'd recommend it,I'll copy the report I did in Shades thread |
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Oct 2024
10:22am, 1 Oct 2024
335 posts
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Ian5
Ian5 wrote:
Big G-Yes I'd definitely recommend it. HQ is in a big sports centre so lots of changing and toilet facilities for before and after.Nice wide roads for the most part,only things I didn't like was running through an underground car park and a short steep climb up to a bridge,other than that it was flat.Elevation on |
Oct 2024
6:30pm, 1 Oct 2024
1,654 posts
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roberton
Fetch’s elevation algorithm always produces higher figures than Garmin or the orange site. It is very sensitive to all ups and downs so I think the difference is that what other sites think is a 10m rise, Fetch will see as 6 up, 2 down and another 6 up etc |
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Oct 2024
10:15am, 5 Oct 2024
35,050 posts
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Foxy
Berlin got absolutely slaughtered on reviews but mainly by American runners I will say. People pissing & shitting in the pens (I didn’t see this) using the woods as toilets but that’s standard in Berlin, people starting on the wrong pens lying about anticipated times, lack of gels on the course (again they were there when I needed them). Giving out the wrong medals (the day before in-line skating medals the only difference the date - sone suggesting people took more than one or they didn’t order enough ? (They are mailing out the correct ones & having them custom engraved with times for all for free). Personally I never saw any of this, the course was busy but not as bad as London in April. Now recovering for Chicago !! |
Oct 2024
11:15am, 5 Oct 2024
37,326 posts
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Hills of Death (HOD)
People starting in the wrong pens oh no That NEVER happens 🤔🫣🙄 |
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Oct 2024
11:15am, 5 Oct 2024
37,327 posts
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Who’s doing Rotterdam next year ?
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Oct 2024
11:20am, 5 Oct 2024
410 posts
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Charlesvdw
The start zone in Berling is quite big so it's not easy to find the toilets. And it would be good to have some toilets close to the starting zone, that would stop guys from pissing in the woods and at the side of the starting pens. And because the first wave can only enter the start pen after the start of the wheelchair races 16 minutes earlier, it got a little messy with people crawling over fences. That was my 2023 experience. Everything else was great and I would love to go back one day. |
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