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Sub 3Hr Marathon

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Big_G Apr 2023 11:36am, 15 Apr 2023 2,413 posts	Quote Pin Big_G Chris, Some European marathons can be cheap, but Berlin was pricey when I did it (although cheaper than Boston and Chicago!!). I think I paid about £30 for things like Malta and Sofia when I did them. From memory I think Seville was about £80 but I got that off a transfer list, which added expense.
jda Apr 2023 12:32pm, 15 Apr 2023 14,673 posts	Quote Pin jda Vienna wasn’t ruinous or I wouldn’t have done it. Can’t see price as it’s coming up and closed for entries.
Bowman 🇸🇪 Apr 2023 5:01pm, 15 Apr 2023 2,529 posts	Quote Pin Bowman 🇸🇪 Sub 3 probably way further away than I thought. And I have been so careful in my expectations, so if I thought I might be in the right ball park already in May. I might have to reconsider, and think about an other target than 4:14 average fetcheveryone.com/blog/105817/2023/4/465960
Charlesvdw Apr 2023 7:07pm, 15 Apr 2023 34 posts	Quote Pin Charlesvdw Coming from Belgium, I can say that some bigger marathons here (Ghent, Bruges) charge about 80 euro's. The Flanders Fields Marathon (finish in Ypres) usually has some British runners and costs less than 40 euro's. Inscriptions for this year haven't started yet by the way.
Miser Apr 2023 11:19am, 16 Apr 2023 202 posts	Quote Pin Miser Bowman - that race sounds like complete chaos! That in itself is enough to throw the outcome, but given you felt flat coming into it off of a mini taper - even less representative of what you can do off a proper rest and when your head is in the right place. Anything else coming up which gives you a way to evaluate? Any local parkrun equivalent? WW - yup planning on dusting off the orange vest fairly soon. Finally starting to feel like a runner again and willing to put on the race kit of old!
Big_G Apr 2023 1:42pm, 16 Apr 2023 2,414 posts	Quote Pin Big_G Charles, I did Bruges for my 50th marathon and loved it - it’s a place I’ve been many times and I love it around there anyway. I know not Belgium, but I’ve done Rotterdam and Leiden in NL and I think from memory Leiden in particular was affordable, even though I entered late as it was a last minute thing that we were in the area. I’m not one to especially care about medals, but I think of the marathons I’ve done, Leiden’s was my favourite! French ones can have the added expense of needing a medical certificate, and some GPs can charge a lot for this, although there are ways around it with templates available online. I know a few runners who run marathons regularly and they avoid French races for this reason though, and I’ve only done one (Nice-Cannes), which I went to with my club.
jda Apr 2023 1:43pm, 16 Apr 2023 14,680 posts	Quote Pin jda A decent day out for me at Manchester, really enjoyed the run. 2:52:48 isn’t a super time but a solid wava PB and it all felt pretty strong up to the last few km when I didn’t really have the motivation to push hard and perhaps gave up a minute too easily. Course also measured very long for me which I was aware of en route but it was a bit demotivating when it got to the painful bit. Thanks for the shout WW! I worked out who it was just too late to respond…
Bowman 🇸🇪 Apr 2023 3:45pm, 16 Apr 2023 2,533 posts	Quote Pin Bowman 🇸🇪 Impressive JDA!
jomo_richmond Apr 2023 3:46pm, 16 Apr 2023 197 posts	Quote Pin jomo_richmond Well done, jda - that's a very solid time.
Bowman 🇸🇪 Apr 2023 3:53pm, 16 Apr 2023 2,534 posts	Quote Pin Bowman 🇸🇪 Miser, yes it throw me off a bit for sure, my mind wasn’t all with me perhaps. there’s always an excuse, but in the end it probably wasn’t my day either Due to the problems with the event, they invited everyone to a virtual do over in a couple of weeks, maybe I’ll do that one. Only if I feel up for a hard session so it won’t mess up my last marathon training and tapering. I have 4 weeks to my main event this spring, CPH marathon. I probably rethink sub 3h and go for a sensible goal, and if I do, my autumn race will have to be a sub 3h try. I’m so close now.

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30 March Ghent: Charlesvdw
27 April London: DT19, G-Dawg, OO61, Chris 2:36
27 April Manchester: SteveBelfast, whiteflash
21 Sept Berlin: Paul0
5 Oct Chester: EdGreig
12 Oct Chicago: Paul0

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