Belfast Marathon

[casper]

Anyone doing the Belfast Marathon or Marathon Relay on May day? I'm hoping to put two teams of staff in for it.

[Gerard]

i would litterally die --- cant run the lenght of my self...



 

[Si]

Yep I'll be there.  There are two teams of teachers and 1 team of pupils going from my school.  I'm in with the teachers on this one.  I'm trying not to think about the pain and suffering I am going to endure since I can barely run to the toilet.

[Gerard]

good luck to yas both.. hope you raise plenty of money

[casper]

Thanks, I'll need it

hope you raise plenty of money

Hope so - I believe cardiac ambulances cost quite alot      

[Bill Bixby]

I'll be there too, doing the 6.5 mile leg (didn't go to the meeting so I got the short straw).  Hoping to do the Lisburn 10K too in June.

[casper]

I have 8 staff including myself. Will probably have to draught in 2 students. Did it a few years ago, and they really enjoyed it, and not one of them complained that they were giving up their day off

[Rodney]

I will be running the full marathon on May Day. This will be my first full marathon but I have done four halfs in the last 2 years so hopre to break 3hrs 30min.

[casper]

hopre to break 3hrs 30min

I hope to do one leg of the marathon in that    

[Si]

Wow, good on you mate!  You must be fitter than the proverbial butchers dog! I'm struggling to run a mile without stopping never mind 24 (or whatever it is....)



Maybe you could give us a few hints or tips?



Here are some of my own:



Don't smoke while running, you may feel slightly out of breath afterwards.



Pretend that you opened a C2K workstation and broke the motherboard and a gaggle of Northgate engineers are running after you with screwdrivers and pink forms in their hands.  This will improve your running speed.



Try not to think about what you are doing, you will run faster and further with your mind elsewhere.  Funnily enough this works during school hours too....

[Gerard]

lol at the broken motherboard... that cracked me up lol

[Rodney]

The best tip would be trying to swap numbers with the favourite at the start line and his finish time will have your name beside it in all the official results.

[bahhumbug]

MASOCHISTS  !!



just reading this thread will give me nightmares tonight.

[Rodney]

Have you all been training for the marathon over the weekend. I did my last long run on Saturday(22 miles) and can't wait until May Day. If you give yourself enough time to prepare and train for it it is possible to enjoy the occasion. My serious training started in January and it is paying off now.

[casper]

I'm only doing a leg of the relay this year. I've only every done one full marathon before - Belfast 1990. Maybe next year