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Longford Marathon 2010

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  • #102
    Middle Distance
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Middle Distance


    Hi anyone got the results of these. If so I would be grateful if they could post here when they get a chance. Looks like there was a tough headwind for the races yesterday - what a shame!:confused:


  • #103
    Art of Noise
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭Art of Noise


    Middle Distance, The results are now up on the website www.longfordmarathon.com.

    I did the marathon yesterday and really enjoyed the experience. It was my second marathon overall and second in Longford. As a local I know I might be biased but I thought the atmosphere, course, goody bag and in particular the race organization was very good. There were numerous water stations and all junctions were very well marshaled. The conditions were interesting. It started off pretty fresh with a lively breeze (headwind unfortunately) and there is was even quite a heavy shower early on. However before too long the sun came out and was ultimately beating down for the majority of the race. Although it wasn't a particularly warm day it felt that way due to the sun exposure and I have ample sunburn to prove it! The wind subsided later on too which did not particularly help as it would have been behind our backs for the latter part of the race.

    The race for me went pretty well. I didn't want to go for too much beforehand but in the end I was well pleased with my time. I did the first half in about 1.41.00 and then picked it up a bit for my fastest section of the race between about 13 and 19 miles. Mile 19 - 20 is slightly but steadily uphill and I lost a bit of juice there but still made it home in a reasonably comfortable state. I managed to come in about 3.20.00 (just under that by my watch which I will claim :D) and more pleasantly 16th place! It also represented negative splits which I suppose is a good thing. The 'ambitious' aim now is to go for 3.15 in my first Dublin marathon in October. I am aware that I may not have fully recovered from this race by then but i'll give it a go.

    Commiserations to theboyblunder but I'd say that the less than ideal weather conditions would not have helped. The overall results in the full marathon seemed to be down too which suggests the sun made the going tough in the latter stages. There were a lot more Sub 3's last year. Still 3.05 is within touching distance.

    Also well done to Oisin. 17 minutes quicker on Sunday after the same trek two days previous. I guess the its true that the buzz of race day really makes a huge difference.


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