The sub 3.30 marathon thread
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Apr 2023
8:35pm, 27 Apr 2023
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SailorSteve
HOD - Birmingham was my 4th marathon. My 4th should have been Southampton, April 2017. At the halfway stage I got incorrectly marshalled onto the 10K course (the event being run in parallel with the marathon) and finished up with a 20ish mile DNF, after initially being mistaken for a ridiculously fast marathon finisher. Now THAT was a feckin farce!!! By comparison, Birmingham in the October later that year was pretty perfect for me and went a long way to exorcising the trauma of being robbed of a marathon that I was in good shape for. As you can tell, I can barely remember it and have moved right on……. |
Apr 2023
9:00pm, 27 Apr 2023
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Oscar the Grouch
That's properly shocking, Steve.
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Apr 2023
9:57pm, 27 Apr 2023
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SailorSteve
It was Oscar. I try not to overdramatise the impact it had on me, but I can honestly only compare it to grief. I never wanted to run again. Thankfully I had a long sailing delivery trip to do immediately afterwards. By the time I came back I’d moved onto the “anger” phase. Birmingham was redemption. “What doesn’t kill you…..” etc. |
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Apr 2023
10:10pm, 27 Apr 2023
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Oscar the Grouch
I'm not surprised. 
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Apr 2023
3:21pm, 29 Apr 2023
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SailorSteve
My standard subjective, rather than stats-based, blog if anyone hasn’t already read enough about London... fetcheveryone.com/blog-share.php?id=466552 |
Apr 2023
12:29pm, 30 Apr 2023
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ptr_rnr
Great blog Steve!
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May 2023
9:37am, 3 May 2023
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SailorSteve
Thank you ptr👊 Bowman - Hope you’re enjoying your well-earned taper now? 5 weeks of supereasy running for me now, before 18 weeks of generally supereasy running before the next marathon (Lisbon) haha. Feels good. |
May 2023
12:09pm, 3 May 2023
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Fenland Flier
Enjoyed reading the blog Steve.
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May 2023
12:33pm, 3 May 2023
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Bowman 🇸🇪
Yes i do SailorSteve I've decided to make it a pleasant journey this time
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May 2023
1:15pm, 3 May 2023
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SailorSteve
Sounds great Bowman. Race day will come soon enough! Thank you FF👊 |
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