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Sep 2008
8:32am, 29 Sep 2008
79 posts
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AlanO
This is your ultimate glorious failure. Here I am with 10 to 20 metres to go and the line in sight. I have 9secs to get across the line and what do I do, I COLLAPSE. Ran really well up to 20miles then gradually slowed down. Probably ran too quick between Halfway and 20miles. The last km was the most surreal experience in my life and was a total blur. I cannot even remember going thru the Brandenburg gate. When I passed out just before the finish a steward picked me up and I somehow staggered across the line at which point 4 first aiders carried me off.
I should be gutted but to be honest I am extremely proud. I know in my head that I totally flogged myself to the point where I blacked out.
From a racing point of view I would strongly recommend Berlin and I put it up there on par with London
Just have to start making plans for my next sub 3 attempt. Sorry to all those who bet on me.
KM Splits - 4.12, 08, 15, 09, 12, 10, 11, 11, 09, 07, 04, 11, 19, 06, 01, 08, 08, 09, 07, 10, 11, 11, 12, 09, 13, 08, 16, 20, 20, 17, 19, 14, 22, 25, 29, 33, 33, 27, 34, 29, 29, 31, 5.29 (1.2km)
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Sep 2008
8:32am, 29 Sep 2008
80 posts
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AlanO
PS . Still a PB by over a minute.
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Sep 2008
9:19am, 29 Sep 2008
729 posts
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Impossible is Nothing
Well it is a great time and you did it in style!
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Sep 2008
10:19am, 29 Sep 2008
14,282 posts
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B.B.
Hard luck, Twopies. Great effort though - as you say, you can hardly have given more!!
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Sep 2008
11:08am, 29 Sep 2008
11,969 posts
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Jigs
Unlucky TP , but that is some finish!
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Sep 2008
11:19am, 29 Sep 2008
483 posts
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Ex-pat Scot
Twopies- great drama (I heard on the radio last night of great things at Berlin, and thought you were going to get a mention in despatches. However it was some bloke called Hayley (I think). He must have been doing the half marathon though as he took just under 2:04).
If you were helped across the finish line, Pietri Dorandi- style (see London olympic marathon, 1908), does that mean you will be disqualified?
I know what you mean about feeling like you gave it all you had. There will always be another race, and you know you can do it.
Your pacing looks pretty consistent, if slightly fast at the start. Hard not to though, on a big occasion.
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Sep 2008
3:46pm, 29 Sep 2008
488 posts
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Ex-pat Scot
Bazoaxe
For training programmes you have 3 simple choices:
1 - RW sub 3:00 schedule. (see RW website)
2. Hal Higdon "advanced II" schedule
3. Pfitzinger & Douglas
There are others, but to me these 3 contain the essential elements of a good programme.
1. the weekly LSR, that grows to 20 / 22 miles
2. one intervals session each week (Tues)
3. one fast tempo run each week (Thurs)
4. the mid-week medium long run (Wed) - missing from my sessions
5. the 2-3 week taper
Look at them all; make your own mind up; look at your own commitments and fitness. Try them. Tailor them. Find what works for you.
This marathon malarkey is certainly far from straightforward, but you won't go far wrong IMHO if you absorb the schedule and writings of the 3 programmes set out above.
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Sep 2008
6:32pm, 29 Sep 2008
14 posts
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Reef
Great Run Twopies soooooo close, you know now that you have it in you that's for sure,as you can't get nay closer than that.
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Sep 2008
7:20pm, 29 Sep 2008
82 posts
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Twopies tough luck.you will do it next time
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Sep 2008
10:11am, 30 Sep 2008
4,716 posts
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