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Cork City Marathon 2013

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  • 05-06-2013 11:22am
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    agore21
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    Anybody got any stories/feedback from Monday's Cork marathon? Would be interested to hear what people thought of it. It was my second marathon (did Cork in 2011) and I came in at a slightly disappointing 4:13:57, a 37 minute improvement on two years ago but was sure I'd be in under the four hour mark. Was on track at the half way point (1:51:24) but I died a horrible death in the second half. A combination of the heat and going out too fast killed me. Started in front of the 3:45 pacers like an eejit when I should have stuck with the 4:00 pacers. The heat was cruel! Saw three or four people after mile 24 in a heap, oxygen masks and the whole lot. Scary stuff...!!!


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    digger2d2
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    agore21 wrote: »
    Anybody got any stories/feedback from Monday's Cork marathon? Would be interested to hear what people thought of it. It was my second marathon (did Cork in 2011) and I came in at a slightly disappointing 4:13:57, a 37 minute improvement on two years ago but was sure I'd be in under the four hour mark. Was on track at the half way point (1:51:24) but I died a horrible death in the second half. A combination of the heat and going out too fast killed me. Started in front of the 3:45 pacers like an eejit when I should have stuck with the 4:00 pacers. The heat was cruel! Saw three or four people after mile 24 in a heap, oxygen masks and the whole lot. Scary stuff...!!!

    Take a look at the Cork Marathon thread on Training Logs, some good stuff there!


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    TFBubendorfer
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    There are a couple of race reports on the Cork marathon thread, post-marathon posts are starting at that page:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056855232&page=21


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    Bbrunnin
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    Hi i did the half marathon in cork on monday , first we had a bus shortage ,then delay of 30 mins .really enjoyed the course as im from cork but the heat, it was so hot,saw a few people on the ground at about miles 22 ,we are just not use to weather most my training was in wet and windy conditions . Planning another half in december so i cant blame the heat on that one ha ha


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