London 2014

RacoonQueen · 10-04-2014 10:48pm

Have fun kids.

BeepBeep67 · 10-04-2014 10:55pm

Arrived in London Tuesday evening have had a couple of runs, early Weds and this evening, really is a bit of a chill in the air.
A few in the office over here are doing the marathon and they are weather watching - expecting close to 20 degrees Sunday lunch time!

The support crew are flying in tomorrow lunch time, so I'm looking forward to picking them up. Heading straight into the city then to a different hotel and getting the expo out of the way tomorrow evening.

Marthastew · 11-04-2014 8:13am

Very, very best of luck to all of you on Sunday; London is a really, really special marathon and I can still clearly remember the Goosebumps feeling I had crossing Tower Bridge last year:D
Mr Stew and I had hoped to be joining you all in The Coal Hole for celebratory drinks and since we wont make it we are relying on you all to drink our share instead;).

We'll be keeping an eye on your progress on here and sending lots and lots of good luck your way, enjoy:)

hf4z6sqo7vjngi · 11-04-2014 10:58am

My legs have never felt as good and not a sign of taper madness. If this works out i am taking a 6 week taper period in all my future races:pac:

Polster · 11-04-2014 11:11am

Ember Weak Sinkhole wrote: »

My legs have never felt as good and not a sign of taper madness. If this works out i am taking a 6 week taper period in all my future races:pac:

I did a 5k last night and felt great, so the marathon should be a breeze

ClashCityRocker · 11-04-2014 1:42pm

I'm working not far from the excel and so just popped over to the expo to see Kipsang and G Mutai being interviewed. Unfortunately the daydream i had on the way there of being taken aside by an official and being given a place for Sunday didn't come to pass

Best of luck to all of you running on Sunday

likestosmile · 11-04-2014 3:39pm

I'm working not far from the excel and so just popped over to the expo to see Kipsang and G Mutai being interviewed.

I'd love to have heard them. What were they saying? Any idea of strategy?

Polster · 11-04-2014 4:24pm

Had a stroll down to Tower Bridge there at lunch time, barriers all going up around the place, proper started to get the butterflys thinking that I'd be pounding those streets in two days (two feckin days), aggghhhhhhhh. Even after 6 months training, this seems to have snuck up very quickly in the end. I'm not good to them in work here, just looking over and over the virgin london website stuff for anything I may have missed or should know.

ClashCityRocker · 11-04-2014 4:47pm

likestosmile wrote: »

I'm working not far from the excel and so just popped over to the expo to see Kipsang and G Mutai being interviewed.

I'd love to have heard them. What were they saying? Any idea of strategy?

There was the usual standard stuff on what makes London marathon special etc, Mutai was asked about what his best achievement was (he said NY marathon 2011), Kipsang was asked about coming so close to breaking the world record in Frankfurt and how it motivated him to come back and actually break it in Berlin. They both spoke about their struggles in the London race last year too, Mutai said he was carrying an injury going into it. I didn't catch all of it unfortunately, they started a bit later than advertised so i had to go, so i don't know if they spoke about anything more specifically on Sunday's race, facing such a strong field etc. Tom from the marathon talk podcasts was the interviewer. I enjoyed the ten mins i caught of it!

Beef · 12-04-2014 2:27pm

Best of luck to you all tomorrow morning. Take it easy today. Enjoy it ye lucky hoors!

adrian522 · 12-04-2014 3:53pm

Is London the best marathon in the world?

I don't know, I've never been but I just wanted to jump on and wish everyone the best of luck tomorrow, enjoy the day!