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Ally-C Oct 2024 8:42pm, 3 Oct 2024 6,484 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C Nick Bester’s latest Berlin Marathon video is good.
Mark J 🇳🇿 Oct 2024 9:01pm, 3 Oct 2024 4,304 posts	Quote Pin Mark J 🇳🇿 Ally-C wrote:Nick Bester’s latest Berlin Marathon video is good. Will check that out over the weekend, then, thanks. With next year's Chicago in mind, I watched Ben Parkes' guide to Chicago the other night. An all you need to know if you're running it type vid. Very useful and specific to Chicago. I like his simple and accessible delivery.
Ally-C Oct 2024 12:01pm, 16 Oct 2024 6,740 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C Those2runners have a wee video of the 10k I did last weekend; Richmond Castle 10k.
Ally-C Oct 2024 5:17pm, 16 Oct 2024 6,759 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C https://youtu.be/u8L5PFl8U-M?si=3KsG1neo4EQQNTIX https://youtu.be/6z8XNbIzMMw?si=dcxrCONaqLydwtdA
Surrey Phil Oct 2024 9:11pm, 16 Oct 2024 10,741 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Ben Parkes' Berlin Marathon video was enjoyable. Just shows that even guys as good as him can have off days. However, I personally wouldn't call 2:55 an off day! The Running Channel always seem to have one of their presenters doing it. This year, Jess managed to get 2:59 having been about 10 seconds over three hours in 2023. Anna and Sarah did similar videos in previous years but not to an elite standard.
Mark J 🇳🇿 Oct 2024 9:17pm, 16 Oct 2024 5,593 posts	Quote Pin Mark J 🇳🇿 Surrey Phil wrote:Ben Parkes' Berlin Marathon video was enjoyable. Just shows that even guys as good as him can have off days. However, I personally wouldn't call 2:55 an off day! The Running Channel always seem to have one of their presenters doing it. This year, Jess managed to get 2:59 having been about 10 seconds over three hours in 2023. Anna and Sarah did similar videos in previous years but not to an elite standard. I personally thought that the Melbourne marathon (actually pronounced Melbun in Australia) looked pretty underwhelming in Ben's video. Not much support, poor race planning with the half joining the full late on and causing congestion. Certainly didn't want to make me fly over "the ditch" to take part in it any time soon. I love Melbun by the way, it's a very cool city. I just don't think it looked like that race was as well supported as many other marathons around the world.
Ally-C Oct 2024 9:21pm, 16 Oct 2024 6,765 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C If I run a marathon I like it to only be marathon runners in the field. You end up racing the folk doing a half otherwise 😂
Big_G Oct 2024 9:58pm, 16 Oct 2024 4,117 posts	Quote Pin Big_G Belfast wouldn’t be great for you Ally, and in fact I probably wouldn’t do it again. There were relays, with change overs approximately every 10km. So as a marathoner I’m running along and every so often a few people would sprint past me, comparatively. And there were a large number of relay runners - just checked results from May this year and there were 2368 teams!
Surrey Phil Oct 2024 5:41pm, 17 Oct 2024 10,742 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Chelmsford's marathon runners now start 30 minutes before the half. This virtually ensures that the half-marathon field doesn't catch up before the routes split prior to mile 5.
Mr J Oct 2024 5:49pm, 19 Oct 2024 7,972 posts	Quote Pin Mr J Jog On