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Aug 2019
7:02am, 23 Aug 2019
379 posts
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Sjjh
You know the Ayr half has a 5pm start time jda? Just in case that influences your decision on running that instead of voy half.
I had considered Ayr but start time put me off so sticking with Kilmacolm on the Sunday.
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Aug 2019
9:43am, 23 Aug 2019
5,029 posts
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jda
5pm is actually quite good for me, parents house is a short walk from start and I don't mind evening races. Also the 10k for mrs jda is good (she doesn't do longer these days). On reflection maybe I should keep the Vale of York entry, if the ayr race doesn't go well for any reason - and I think it's a new event - I suppose I might want to do the other and hopefully a good chunk of the fee goes to charity anyway. However it does clash with a swim in Windermere that I am also tempted by as that is the last open water event of the summer. Don't know how full it is LMH.
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Aug 2019
9:45am, 23 Aug 2019
5,030 posts
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jda
jomo, how is reykjavik looking? Shouldn't be too hot, I would imagine...
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Aug 2019
9:59am, 23 Aug 2019
235 posts
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John Bach
I'm afraid that my sub 3 attempt at Snowdonia is off - it is likely that my 12 year streak will be coming to an end. I haven't been able to run properly since a 10k race last month - it would appear that the 2 mile descent (from just over 1000feet) at the end of the race has caused a stress fracture, although that hasn't been officially diagnosed, so perhaps a bit of hope I'll be at the start line for no.13? At least I comfortably won the race and recorded the 2nd fastest time on the course - plus the dubious honour of being the oldest ever winner of the race!?
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Aug 2019
1:30pm, 23 Aug 2019
71 posts
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jomo_richmond
Hi jda. Thankfully the weather looks decent - low teens, which suits me well. Likely be a little windy though as a lot of the course is run close to the water by the looks of it. Still trying to work out how to run this - there are a few undulations.
It’s very low key here. I am staying close to the start line but you would have no idea a marathon was happening tomorrow.
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Aug 2019
1:44pm, 23 Aug 2019
1,566 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Ah, it was with you saying about selling your entry that made me ask jda. I seem to remember it filling early in previous years but that didn't happen this year, I wonder if last year's traffic carnage put a lot of people off.
Sorry to hear that John but if it happened last month an x-ray should confirm or otherwise by now.
Go well tomorrow jomo.
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Aug 2019
2:37pm, 23 Aug 2019
1,572 posts
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Brunski
All the best tomorrow Jomo, and sorry to hear about your injury JB.
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Aug 2019
7:31pm, 23 Aug 2019
4,159 posts
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Windsor Wool
Really sorry to hear that JB. Bet you still make it 13 in a row one way or another...
Run well Jomo!
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Aug 2019
2:11pm, 24 Aug 2019
72 posts
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jomo_richmond
The Reykjavík marathon went better than expected today. Ran a 2:47:13 PB and finished 6th overall and 1st V50! OK - it was a fairly small race and not exactly on the hit list for the Kenyans, but I will take that any day.
Strange race in many ways. Once we split from the HM runners at half way the race felt more like an early morning solo training run in Richmond Park. There were basically no supporters for 20k and it was run in the countryside with lots of strange twists and hairpins to add to the many undulations. Didn’t feel like a PB course so very happy with my time. Next stop the Blue Lagoon
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Aug 2019
3:16pm, 24 Aug 2019
775 posts
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SKR
Wow! Congrats Jomo!!!
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