41st Berlin Marathon

yaboya1 · 24-09-2014 9:21pm

On a serious note, I'm tipping Kimetto to win AND break the WR

FBOT01 · 24-09-2014 9:27pm

yaboya1 wrote: »

On a serious note, I'm tipping Kimetto to win AND break the WR

What odds did you get?

yaboya1 · 24-09-2014 9:34pm

FBOT01 wrote: »

What odds did you get?

Can't find anyone betting on it?
Nobody even has a market up for the race winner alone (afaik?).

Amateurrunner · 24-09-2014 10:46pm

Niamhpamela and I will be wearing purple Diabetes Ireland tops on Sunday and we are getting our OHs to wear Irish green so we can try spot them.

Any practical tips for our OH getting to multiple spots would be great, we have never been to Berlin so we really only have the map to go on.

PDCAT · 25-09-2014 12:25am

Well folks.

I'm officially on holidays from work in half an hour.

Best of luck to all running on Sunday. Hopefully i'll see some of ye in the Oscar Wilde on Saturday for the match or Sunday after the run.
Hopefully we'll have good tales to tell.

FBOT01 · 25-09-2014 7:47am

Cheers PDCAT. See you there. Have a good one!

loughie · 25-09-2014 8:51am

Anyone any experience of taking the Berlin hop-on hop-off bus tour? Mrs Loughie says she would like to see some of Berlin. Might get a 2 day ticket and have a spin on Sat afternoon (and maybe finish on Sun afternoon)

tHE vAGGABOND · 25-09-2014 9:09am

Good luck everyone running

Take advantage to the thing where people can send you messages on the course [it was there when I did race in 2012, assume still there], thats still one of my best running memories reading what my now wife wrote for me [someone else I know gave it to his mates, and they put up funny/abuse!] - it pops up on parts of the course I was finding a bit dull, so its great get the messages

Berlin is a brilliant city to run around and indeed go out afterwards, compared to Ireland its soooooooo cheap

Sharkey47 · 25-09-2014 10:07am

Hi guys , Is the Oscar Wilde the best place to watch the hurling? Due to injury my marathon weekend has turned into a Berlin weekend visit. Good luck to you all running on Sunday, myself and my OH will be there to support.

Lex Luther · 25-09-2014 11:21am

jmcc99_98 wrote: »

Ok, thats ten so far. I have no Boston Jacket but will be carrying an Amphibia Shoulder Bag and looking shifty. Can we all arrange to meet somewhere once off the flight?

maybe if we all just individually head from the plane towards taxi rank but wait just before joining the taxi queue and try to meet up and sort ourselves out...?

Ferris B · 25-09-2014 3:17pm

I'm flying out on the early flight tomorrow morning so as I can set up my deck chair in the best viewing spot. I probably won't see most of you before the race but want to wish all of you the very best of luck on Sunday and hope you attain your goals whatever they are. I promise to give a good shout out to any Irish looking folk taking part. Have fun.

RacoonQueen · 25-09-2014 5:27pm

Best of luck girls and boys!!

dwayneshintzy · 25-09-2014 6:41pm

I'll be in my Donegal Marathon t-shirt.....good luck everyone!

Pretty nervous now myself

career move · 25-09-2014 7:23pm

Best of luck to you all

paddybarry · 25-09-2014 7:41pm

Good luck all.

tang1 · 25-09-2014 7:47pm

Best of luck everyone.

sideswipe · 25-09-2014 8:35pm

Have a good one people, hope there's plenty of happy heads in the Oscar Wilde on Sunday night!!

menoscemo · 25-09-2014 8:43pm

Best of luck everyone. Looking forward to tracking you all on Sunday!!

PaulieYifter · 25-09-2014 8:47pm

Best of luck everybody.

RacoonQueen · 25-09-2014 8:48pm

Could we have a list of who is running please? :P

Marthastew, belcarra + philip? (can't remember his boards name :pac: ) Lex Luther, jcsmum?, figs...the names I recognise from a quick scan of the start list...

menoscemo · 25-09-2014 8:59pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Could we have a list of who is running please? :P

Marthastew, belcarra + philip? (can't remember his boards name :pac: ) Lex Luther, jcsmum?, figs...the names I recognise from a quick scan of the start list...

Marthastew wrote: »

Bib No.| Username | PB | Predicted Time | Actual Time
6504 |Terry049|3:08:27|2:52:00|
8361 |yaboya1|3:08:26|2:54:59|
18580|loughie|3:01:26| 2:59:12|
|Ferris B|3:12:21|2:59:55| DNS
19591 |FBOT01|3:13:16|2:59:59|
8203|Caprica|2:56:08|2:59:59|
19688|mcwotever|3:10:50|3:06:00|
13171|withcheeseplease|3:17:29|3:08:00|
|jahaco|3:11:49| 3:09:00|
2417|Marthastew|3:12:51|3:09:59|
21853|Lex Luther|2:59:38|sub 3:10
27959|PDCAT|3:36:14| 3:29:59|
19676|Benny Bulben|3:25:08|3:35:00|
20759|benedictine monk|3:42:xx|3:39:59|
20820 |Murph_D|3:46:15|3:39:59|
20443|dwayneshintzy|3:48:09|3:39:59|
7903|belcarra|3:21:12|<4:00:00|
F5813 |niamhpamela|4:02:56|3:59:59|
19579|jmcc99_98|4:04:35|3:59:59|
F5811 |Amateurrunner|4:18:00|3:59:59|

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opus · 25-09-2014 11:03pm

Hope everyone has a great run on Sunday and those pb's come tumbling down!

Netwerk Errer · 25-09-2014 11:34pm

Anyone have a link for tracking?

jfh · 26-09-2014 8:08am

Netwerk Errer wrote: »

Anyone have a link for tracking?

There's tracking on the app

Lex Luther · 26-09-2014 8:59am

Very best luck to everyone .

Hope some of the early arrivals will send weather up-dates from Berlin.

I am changing my goal from sub 3.10 to "just finish".

Tweaked my calf again on Monday...despite days of frantic icing, foam rolling, volteral-ing, stretching and no running, its still not right....last night the physio said "I won't tell you NOT to run it ..but you might not finish...i'd be interested to know how you get on, give me a call after" !)...anyway the ibufrofen, heel raises and special kinesthetic tape give me a chance she reckons so hey ho off we go....cant wait to hear how everyone gets on...
Lex

RayCun · 26-09-2014 9:06am

Good luck everyone!

belcarra · 26-09-2014 9:16am

Lex Luther wrote: »

Very best luck to everyone .

Hope some of the early arrivals will send weather up-dates from Berlin.

I am changing my goal from sub 3.10 to "just finish".

Tweaked my calf again on Monday...despite days of frantic icing, foam rolling, volteral-ing, stretching and no running, its still not right....last night the physio said "I won't tell you NOT to run it ..but you might not finish...i'd be interested to know how you get on, give me a call after" !)...anyway the ibufrofen, heel raises and special kinesthetic tape give me a chance she reckons so hey ho off we go....cant wait to hear how everyone gets on...
Lex

Lex,
I ran Dusseldorf back in April when suffering with a hamstring injury.
I thought it was almost fully better and ran the first half on target for a PB but I knew my capitulation was nearing and sure enough it came around km23 or thereabouts. I ended up walking more of the remainder of the course than running.:eek:

My point: Take it very handy if you do run and enjoy the occasion. If, with more than a couple of km left, you feel you are struggling due to the injury I would pull out if I was you, otherwise you could be out for months.

Other than that, see you in the Oscar Wilde!

WithCheesePlease · 26-09-2014 9:39am

Lex Luther wrote: »

Hope some of the early arrivals will send weather up-dates from Berlin.

Just landed in a damp and overcast Berlin - perfect! Although I think it's due to brighten up come Sunday...

Lex Luther wrote: »

I am changing my goal from sub 3.10 to "just finish".

Tweaked my calf again on Monday...despite days of frantic icing, foam rolling, volteral-ing, stretching and no running, its still not right....last night the physio said "I won't tell you NOT to run it ..but you might not finish...i'd be interested to know how you get on, give me a call after" !)...anyway the ibufrofen, heel raises and special kinesthetic tape give me a chance she reckons so hey ho off we go....cant wait to hear how everyone gets on...
Lex

I'm in a very similar situation, had a slightly more optimistic "talk" from my physio on Tuesday but I'm pretty crocked. Calf and quad in bad shape. Have the foam roller, spikey balls, tennis ball, ibufrofen, hot pink kinesthetic tape, etc packed and on standby to see me through. Haven't run all week since blowing up on my 10 miler on Sunday but I'm hoping the rest will see me right. I'm just going to call it on the morning... The first win will be if I'm able for the breakfast run tomorrow morning.

Bad times.

jfh · 26-09-2014 3:06pm

WithCheesePlease wrote: »

Just landed in a damp and overcast Berlin - perfect! Although I think it's due to brighten up come Sunday...

I'm in a very similar situation, had a slightly more optimistic "talk" from my physio on Tuesday but I'm pretty crocked. Calf and quad in bad shape. Have the foam roller, spikey balls, tennis ball, ibufrofen, hot pink kinesthetic tape, etc packed and on standby to see me through. Haven't run all week since blowing up on my 10 miler on Sunday but I'm hoping the rest will see me right. I'm just going to call it on the morning... The first win will be if I'm able for the breakfast run tomorrow morning.

Bad times.

Another crock like myself, did cryotherapy & dry needling this week. One 8 miler last week, nothing this week, going test it at breakfast run.
Going to build in slowly in race, see how it goes but it's not going to ruin my weekend if I don't finish.

Lex Luther · 26-09-2014 3:14pm

jfh wrote: »

Another crock like myself, did cryotherapy & dry needling this week. One 8 miler last week, nothing this week, going test it at breakfast run.
Going to build in slowly in race, see how it goes but it's not going to ruin my weekend if I don't finish.

crocks of the world unite..we have nothing to lose except ....our ability to run for the next 3-6 months.. :)but seriously thanks to both for sharing , its nice to know there are others in the same boat and I hope it goes as well as possible for you on Sunday Lex

41st Berlin Marathon

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