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May 2018
4:00pm, 25 May 2018
291 posts
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Ally-C
I’m in sunny Stornoway☀️ Half tomorrow😎
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May 2018
9:42pm, 25 May 2018
3,822 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
21C? Positively scorching for Caithness. And Stornoway for that matter.
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May 2018
10:39pm, 25 May 2018
623 posts
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princesszee
So much fun at black rock tonight! This was my 4th time and the water at the rock was the deepest I’ve ever seen it! Also ankle deep or deeper at bits on the way out and some very ridgy sand. Course PB by 3 mins, my Harmeny top def makes me run faster (I don’t want to be the slowest runner they’ve ever had 😂). Now a day’s rest before EMF half on Sunday.
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May 2018
11:19pm, 25 May 2018
2,528 posts
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FergusG
Looked like a good night for it - gutted I couldn’t join in this year. Well done on the course PB!
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May 2018
12:27pm, 28 May 2018
510 posts
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Nessie
21C again at COM. There was a breeze, but it didn't help a lot, temperature wise. Local out with his hose at 6k was my hero of the day. Nice wee cool down of the feet at Dunnet Bay on the way home - gorgeous.
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May 2018
12:38pm, 28 May 2018
11,099 posts
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paul a
Glad to see a much improved Edinburgh Marathon yesterday.
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May 2018
12:52pm, 28 May 2018
28,817 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I really enjoyed Edinburgh marathon yesterday. Organisation was fine. I didn't see any howlers really. Plenty water, energy stations, marshals etc. Princes St Gardens short section was very busy and could easily trip over the public sitting on the benches but no mishaps that I saw.
Zee, did I get to cheer you in your Harmeny shirt in the half as I was going out the marathon? If so, that was me shouting Go Harmeny at you!  G
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May 2018
12:56pm, 28 May 2018
13,112 posts
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Bazoaxe
Minor complaint, I got a congratulations on your achievement e-mail yesterday afternoon, but I was a DNS !
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May 2018
12:57pm, 28 May 2018
11,100 posts
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paul a
Did Edinburgh back in 2011 and said never again. Now i’m a ‘local’ it seemed rude not to give it another whirl. Organisation was good and I too enjoyed it. It is still really the East Lothian Marathon but at least the new (to me) start in the city centre was better. If you ignore the event buses and make your own way back from Musselburgh you can easily avoid the bus carnage that a lot complain about. Nice medal and goody bag, well done EMF.
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May 2018
1:06pm, 28 May 2018
4,459 posts
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Metro_Nome
When I left the event village the queue for the public buses was hundreds of people long, and it looked like people had been waiting some time. The walk to the shuttle bus was a bit of a pain, but when I got there I hopped straight on a bus and was back in Edinburgh fairly quickly.
I haven't done the old route but I quite enjoyed the first few miles around Edinburgh. The support from the people of Edinburgh (well, Prestonpans, Musselborough etc...) was amazing, the wee kid who gave me an ice lolly at mile 23 is my new hero.
have seen a few people complaining about toilets at the start, but it seemed to me they were plentiful, just lots of blocks of a few toilets rather than a couple of big blocks.
No issues on the organisation from me. I enjoyed it on the whole- the out n back was mostly good and I enjoyed seeing the leader going past looking as if he was just out for a stroll, though it did get a bit soul destroying as I started to struggle later on. I did like that by the time you turned round and headed for home it was "only" 8 miles to go, would have really sucked if that was only half way. and the final couple of corners sucked, especially as I was measuring more like 26.5 and I missed 5 hours by a measly 14 seconds (damn you, ice lolly) so the finish line did seem to take forever to arrive!
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