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Dublin Marathon 2011 Novices Mentored Thread
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Had a great day also. Targetted 4 hours to finish, so I kept those black balloons in sight the whole way around. Got a bit worried going through the park as they were about 500m ahead of me and I though I was losing them. Got to within 20m of them by about mile 16, but then I needed a quick pitstop and fell back to about 100m behind. Pretty much stayed that way until the end where I managed a bit of a finish, but then almost made a balls of things when I slowed right down to get out of the group I was with to make sure I got a good photo crossing the line
The couple of miles from Ashtons in Clonskeagh to the top of Foster's avenue were the worst for me but the thoughts of meeting my own personal cheerleaders down on Shelbourne road kept me going.
The pacers did a great job, spot on I reckon. I shook hands with Meno at the end, but I'm not sure I was able to say anything intelligible :rolleyes:. Then a quick walk home and out trick or treating with the kids kept the legs from stiffening up too much.
Timewise, I just managed to scrape in under my target with 12 seconds to spare, which was nice.0 -
galwayhooker wrote: »At about mile 17 looked up and before i knew it i was jst right behind the 4 hr pacers - they were excellent.One of the guys with the a northern accent was brill giving a commentary of what to expect with the course a
That was me I guess, Glad we could be of service 0 -
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This has to go to Kit3
She was with the 5 hour pacers all the way to 21 where she fell behind. I remember trying to get her to stay with us @ mile 21 but to no avail. Thought she had cook her race and was 5:15 ish, Imagine my surprise to turn around at the finish and see here push out for a sub 5:00 (with some help).
"with some help" is the major part here ! Amazing work by the sub 5 pacers - especially Ger664 - as he said, he looked around to do a final sweep, spotted me and shouted me to the finish counting down the seconds - I think it's the only speed work I've ever done :eek: I can't thank you enough - chip time 4:59:43
Really enjoyed the day - support was incredible all the way around. Great to run with company - all pacers were great. I managed to stay with them until mile 21 but had to let them go at that stage and just put the head down and do my own thing. Could still see the balloons in the distance. Seemed to settle into a faster pace at about mile 24 and just went for it. Amazing experience - will definately be back next year.
Thanks again to the pacers and everyone on here for all the advice.0 -
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Marathon2011 wrote: ». That's where I bumped into the last man of the 5 hour pacers. His balloon had given up but he hadn't. So I started to run with him. Ok so I didnt make it under the 5 but without him I would have continued the awful walk running I had started at mile 13. I ran the last 6ish miles faster then the previous 6!
So a big thank you to him, if anyone knows who he is pass it on
That was Ger664 - hero of the day it seems
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Ger664 was the hero of the day - I second that! Had a brilliant day, not a brilliant time, but i'll be back next year. Stupidly stopped off at the portaloos at 8 miles and struggled to catch back up with the pace group, no idea this would throw me so much. The girl with the Kenyan poster was brilliant, how did she manage to pop up so many times. Just watched the video of me crossing the finish line, i look like i couldnt run another step!! Thanks to all on the thread, what a day and roll on next year!! My t shirt said 'I'll get there eventually...' and i did... 0
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Big thank you to the 5 hour pacers.
Two Johns and Ger.
I had said at the start that my boyfriend would be waiting for me at mile 21 (fosters avenue / n11 ) and that if I stayed with them until then he would cheer me on.
I was ahead of them until mile 18 and out of the blue I hear john say "Come on, stay with us, your boyfriend is waiting for you just around the corner!"
Jesus my little heart was about to burst, I tried my level best to keep up but that bloody hill at mile 20 floored me.
I felt awful as i was 4/5 mins behind the 5 hour pacers then and couldnt spot the boyfriend - had thought he might have thought he missed me and i had already passed.
At this point it started to LASH rain but I saw him!
He had brought a hat and a gel and water and a big hug!
Told him about the sore groin and he even streched me getting himself soaked in the process
Tried my best to run as long as I could, over the flyover and across nutley lane but as soon as I hit pembroke road i was shivering and couldnt feel my hands.
Amazing run.
Big thanks again to the 5 hour pacers.
Great lads! 0 -
What a day!! Amazing experience. Toughest thing I've ever done but also the most memorable. The crowds were unbelievable. Nothing like the feeling of passing Trinity College and Nassau St and hearing the roars. Had a great race. Started just behind the 4 hour pacers and kept with them until after about halfway point. Thanks Menescemo for your help and all the other 4hr pacers too. Got ahead of them about 14 or 15 miles I guess and pushed on a bit. Really tough but was delighted with 3:55. Negative split of about 4 mins. Maybe I should have started a bit faster but feel like I did what I had planned for my first marathon. Nice time to beat for the next one 0
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what a day and what an experience!
Jumped in with the four hour pacers and said hello to meno before the off.
Started off ok with a pennys cardigan that i bought for €3 (job) and quicky got rid of that at o connnel street at which point i was already sweating buckets. was not very comfortable from the very start and felt i was trying way too hard to stay with the pace. only point i felt i was easing out was in the park around 6 miles or so but this didnt last really. had a small chat with Oisin around 10k seemed like a nice lad and over heard him talking about a 100miler he did recently:eek:. Found myself beside meno at 11 at which point i was struggling a bit and he said to dig deep ( didnt think i was going to have to do this till much later on!!!). Crowds were incredible around 15mile and gave a boost for me to keep diggin in. had another small chat about shoes with meno around here aswell i think and finally decided to throw away my new running belt as it was wrecking my head (€15 ill never see again. really got to switch to the smaller gels as the iso's are way too big). Details get hazy from there really. i was mentaly prepared for miles 18 to 21 as i had been warned before we set off so i said to myself to just get through here and you can see how you are then. I thought the hills were over untill we turned a corner and there was this monster (at the time it looked like patricks hill in cork!) I put the head down untill we were up at which point i was around 50 yards or so behind the 4:00 hour pacers. So as we started going down that big hill at ~ 22 miles i tried to run hard and my poor ol quads nearly burst. I thought my right one was gonna cramp but it didnt. There was bodies everywhere at this point stretching etc and i very nearly joined them on numerous occasions. @ 23 i was struggling big time and my garmin read 9:24 for the previous mile. The Black balloons were slowly but surely drifting off and there was nothing i could do to haul them in. 24 25 and 26 were so painfull and i struggled to maintain 10 minute miles (LSR pace for me) The crowds at the end were just brilliant incredible turn out. That little bridge at around 25.5 while very small seemed like such a challlenge) and i managed to up the pace (very slightly
) for the last .2 . the legs were gone! Chip time was 4:03:38 but to be honest i was proud as punch as i know how easily it could have been 4:30. Met meno soon after and thanked him. (thanks again)
Got drenched within 2-3 minutes of finishing and was freezing. Found the gf who had my change of cloths just in time as i was blue and had no money. wandered around looking for the pub but found an o briens and substitued a pint for a sugary tea. (hard man!) Decided i needed a shower so headed straight for the hotel. Sorry i didnt get to buy Ray and Mr slow a pint. I will get to ye again!
overall delighted and really proud of myself.
a big thanks to all the advice and help given out on these pages over the last few months! Heres to a well deserved week off! Looking forward to my next (Cork probably next year) and hopefully Dublin too. Next race for me is clonakilty half in december.
Well done to everyone yesterday!! its been great reading all your race reports. I hope we'll be logging together again in the "improvers" thread next year.0 -
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What a day yesterday! Had a plan A time of 4:15 and a plan B of 4:30, came in at 4:22 so am delighted. I stopped to say hi to the family at halfway house just before halfway mark and never recovered. Was going really well up to then but after that stop my left leg kept cramping. Tried to stretch it out but just wasn't working. Then at about mile 16 my knee went, never had any trouble with my knees before, it was awful! Was looking forward to the downhill part until I realised that was even worse on my knee!!! Nearly gave in while on the dual carriageway but HTFU kept coming into my head so although I walked parts I pushed on. Husband surprised me at UCD & then again at RDS, really gave the boost I needed also got talking to a lovely lady who dragged me along for awhile, hope she did well and thank you. A guy called Charlie egged lots of us on and matched me up with another lady called Liz from Tipp who was marvellous, she was my saviour over the last 3 miles-thank you Liz!
So I'm sore but thrilled. Here's to next year.....
Oh have to say hi to Aoife who I got to spend 7 great miles with. I lost u at the water station, slowed and ran backwards til I thought u must have gone ahead. Well done on your time:D
Yes, saw you up ahead after the water station but didn't have it in me at the time to try to catch up! Was great talking to you up until then, made the distance fly by.
Very well done on your time too, Lynn! Hope you enjoyed your pizza
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tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »In work, about to get really busy and my left leg does not work - d'oh!
Note: My Garmin was started as I went over the mat and run as I do every time, said at the end said a time 5 minutes slower than chip time? I will take the chip time, no bother, but I dont understand why that would happen?
I timed myself and found the same, brought me under 4.15 so i'll take it. I know 2 other that found there official times better aswell.0 -
NeverHappy wrote: »I timed myself and found the same, brought me under 4.15 so i'll take it. I know 2 other that found there official times better aswell.
The offical times are about 5 minutes better if you started a wave ahead of where you were supposed to 0 -
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