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London 2015

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    #452
    pistol_75
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    menoscemo wrote: »
    To be honest Pistol, you'd be better off getting a taxi. The Excel is right beside the Airport, but to get to it on DLR you have to take 2 lines and about 30+ minutes. A few of us got a taxi last year and it was only about 5 minutes and £8 I think.

    See you in the starnd btw, make sure to come into the coal hole on sunday!!

    Plan on being there alright.

    What about from excel to hotel?


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    #453
    menoscemo
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    pistol_75 wrote: »
    Plan on being there alright.

    What about from excel to hotel?

    Yeah that's handy enough. There are a few options, you want to get to Charing Cross
    http://www.excel-london.co.uk/visiting-excel/travel-guide/travel-by-tube/


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    #454
    Jmcmen
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭Jmcmen


    25 degrees in London Yesterday!!!! Although more like starting at about 12 degrees at 10am ramping up to 16 degress by the finish.

    Starting to get the obligatory nerves. Had a wee run this morning and my legs were like lead :-( Ran a good 10km in the Great Ireland Run on Saturday and then a snappy 16m on Monday morning. Should be ok with rest and stretching though.

    Im blessed I must admit, my cousin lives 250m from the start!!! The logistics sound rough enough to the start.

    Think I am going to give it a lash on the day and see how it goes. But I will probably change my mind a bit between now and then. Seems like a fast enough course, possibly the fasted I have ran to date


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    #455
    It wasnt me123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭It wasnt me123


    Quick question re Oyster Cards.

    I left it too late to order the tourist one and have it sent to a "relative" coming over from the auld sod to watch me, and I don't live in London so can anyone tell me, can "they" just buy and use a normal oyster card once they are there.


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    #456
    rainbow kirby
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    Of course they can, just go into any tube/overground/DLR station and get one. £5 deposit when you get one.


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    #457
    robinph
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    It wasnt me123 wrote: »
    Quick question re Oyster Cards.

    I left it too late to order the tourist one and have it sent to a "relative" coming over from the auld sod to watch me, and I don't live in London so can anyone tell me, can "they" just buy and use a normal oyster card once they are there.

    You can use your Irish ATM card if it has contactless on it. No need to invest in a separate Oyster card now.


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    #458
    It wasnt me123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭It wasnt me123


    Thanks for the reply, one less thing to worry about.


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    #459
    davedanon
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    robinph wrote: »
    You can use your Irish ATM card if it has contactless on it. No need to invest in a separate Oyster card now.

    I just ordered a new debit card. Takes 5-7 working days though. Touch and go whether I'll have it by Friday week.


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    #460
    pistol_75
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    It wasnt me123 wrote: »
    Quick question re Oyster Cards.

    I left it too late to order the tourist one and have it sent to a "relative" coming over from the auld sod to watch me, and I don't live in London so can anyone tell me, can "they" just buy and use a normal oyster card once they are there.

    I ordered one yesterday. Hoping it comes now lol.


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    #461
    menoscemo
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    Luckily they sent me out a new Mastercard a few weeks ago and it has contactless, so no need for an oystercard this year.


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    #462
    davedanon
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    At club tonight. The rest of them were doing hills, feck that. I ran back to the track and did 4 800s. In a funny way it's nice to do a bona fide tough (if shortened) session, rather than obsessing over taper-induced freshness on a recovery run. Genuinely the very last session containing any kind of tough running at all. It's all cotton-wool swaddling and mind games from now on in.


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    #463
    menoscemo
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    davedanon wrote: »
    At club tonight. The rest of them were doing hills, feck that. I ran back to the track and did 4 800s. In a funny way it's nice to do a bona fide tough (if shortened) session, rather than obsessing over taper-induced freshness on a recovery run. Genuinely the very last session containing any kind of tough running at all. It's all cotton-wool swaddling and mind games from now on in.

    Gonna do a 3 mile tempo next tuesday if you are about?
    By Tempo I mean 3 @ mp!!


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    #464
    davedanon
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    menoscemo wrote: »
    Gonna do a 3 mile tempo next tuesday if you are about?
    By Tempo I mean 3 @ mp!!


    Funnily enough, someone asked if I was doing a tempo on Tuesday, and I said I was probably going to do a couple of miles at MP, so yeah. Our MPs are obviously different, though.


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    #465
    menoscemo
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    davedanon wrote: »
    Funnily enough, someone asked if I was doing a tempo on Tuesday, and I said I was probably going to do a couple of miles at MP, so yeah. Our MPs are obviously different, though.

    I'll pop down so, those first 3 miles are handy enough.


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    #466
    It wasnt me123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭It wasnt me123


    Just checked weather forecast. 14 degrees, cloudy with a hint of rain. Perfect for me.


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    #467
    robinph
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    That would be great weather for the run. Would be even better with it being nice and warm and sunny right up until 10:10am so that we can relax in Blackheath, then the clouds roll in just as the gun goes off but without any wind and just a very light drizzle after an hour or so.

    Then the sun can come out again at 12:48 ready for some nice pictures to be taken by the photographers as I run the last mile from The Embankment and in front of Big Ben towards the finish line.


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    #468
    davedanon
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    robinph wrote: »
    That would be great weather for the run. Would be even better with it being nice and warm and sunny right up until 10:10am so that we can relax in Blackheath, then the clouds roll in just as the gun goes off but without any wind and just a very light drizzle after an hour or so.

    Then the sun can come out again at 12:48 ready for some nice pictures to be taken by the photographers as I run the last mile from The Embankment and in front of Big Ben towards the finish line.


    Carlsberg don't do marathon weather, but...


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    #469
    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭rom


    Don't know why they don't use "real feel" as temp is not much good without humidity. We all know in Ireland that hot and cold feels much hotter and colder due to the high humidity. I was running long runs in -15 last year in the US and it was fine. Cold yes but no way could do that here. Same goes for hot. 20 degrees in somewhere dry just doesn't feel as hot as your sweat can evaporate.


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    #470
    RunRoryRun
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭RunRoryRun


    According to forecasts there's no obvious hurricane / flooding / heatwave / ice age on the way for next Sunday.......

    http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/London/long.html
    This makes me happy.


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    #471
    Jmcmen
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭Jmcmen


    RunRoryRun wrote: »
    According to forecasts there's no obvious hurricane / flooding / heatwave / ice age on the way for next Sunday.......

    http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/London/long.html
    This makes me happy.

    Just had a look myself. Looks almost perfect :):D


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    #472
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Just have to remind yourself on the way to the start line that it is not cold and you really, really do not need to wear the extra layers with hat and gloves.


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    #473
    robinph
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    Here is the link to the page where you can setup the automated posts to your Facebook profile as you cross the start, half way and finish points:
    http://adidasboost.london-marathon.co.uk/2015/?cm_mmc=AdiSocialMedia_FACEBOOK-_-UK-_-adidas%20Running%20-%20adidasRunningUK_Sprinklr-_-20150419_20150419093000_169632853_Running_%23boostlondon&cm_mmca1=UK


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    #474
    TRR_the_turd
    Registered Users Posts: 928 ✭✭✭TRR_the_turd


    robinph wrote: »
    Here is the link to the page where you can setup the automated posts to your Facebook profile as you cross the start, half way and finish points:
    http://adidasboost.london-marathon.co.uk/2015/?cm_mmc=AdiSocialMedia_FACEBOOK-_-UK-_-adidas%20Running%20-%20adidasRunningUK_Sprinklr-_-20150419_20150419093000_169632853_Running_%23boostlondon&cm_mmca1=UK

    I'm thinking of adding to this site and getting the coal hole to sponsor it. Continuous post race updates.

    2pm in the coal hole. Lovely pints
    3pm still in the coal hole, just had a burger and a lovely pint
    4pm in the coal hole. More lovely pints
    5pm meno asleep on the table in the coal hole
    6pm just stepped out of the coal hole for some fresh air
    6.02pm in the coal hole. Lovely pints
    7pm just found my second wind and lashing into the pints again
    7.30pm just nipped into McDonalds
    8pm back in the coal hole, meno awake again
    8.05pm meno buying shots for everyone
    8.10pm meno talking about lennox lewis
    8.12pm meno's bull$hit has driven most of coal hole punters home
    8.30pm singing the fields of Athenry in the coal hole
    9pm can't remember my name or where the fcuk am I
    10pm oh yeah, still in the coal hole
    11pm just walked over to hotel to see meno puke all over the foyer (again)
    11.05pm what happens in London stays in London


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    #475
    davedanon
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    robinph wrote: »
    Just have to remind yourself on the way to the start line that it is not cold and you really, really do not need to wear the extra layers with hat and gloves.


    If it's 6℃ then it will feel, and be, cold. A pair of old socks will do instead of gloves though, and you can just throw them away when you're done with them.


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    #476
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    I know it's getting ahead of ourselves, but the ballot for 2016 opens on Star Wars day. :)


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    #477
    It wasnt me123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭It wasnt me123


    robinph wrote: »
    I know it's getting ahead of ourselves, but the ballot for 2016 opens on Star Wars day. :)

    Never again! I better do well at this one because I haven't the nerve or energy to go through all that again - good luck to all of you though


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    #478
    RubyK
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭RubyK


    It wasnt me123 wrote: »
    Never again! I better do well at this one because I haven't the nerve or energy to go through all that again - good luck to all of you though

    I'm pretty sure most of us felt exactly the same, the days before our first marathon too. Yet here we are, waiting to line up, again ;)


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    #479
    menoscemo
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    I'll be in London from Friday afternoon.

    If there's any interest I can look around the local Italian eateries and book a table for the Saturday evening? It was fairly difficult for us to find something last year without a booking. It'd be somewhere close to the Strand Palace and we could meet there beforehand.

    Anybody up for that?


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    #480
    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭rom


    menoscemo wrote: »
    I'll be in London from Friday afternoon.

    If there's any interest I can look around the local Italian eateries and book a table for the Saturday evening? It was fairly difficult for us to find something last year without a booking. It'd be somewhere close to the Strand Palace and we could meet there beforehand.

    Anybody up for that?

    I booked a place for myself and OH in Jan and they could only have us eat at the bar as they had no tables available and that was for 6 in the evening. We are eating there on Friday night too as we are meeting people so people are booking places real early it looks like


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    #481
    menoscemo
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    rom wrote: »
    I booked a place for myself and OH in Jan and they could only have us eat at the bar as they had no tables available and that was for 6 in the evening. We are eating there on Friday night too as we are meeting people so people are booking places real early it looks like

    There are a few places that probably wouldn't be very visible on the internet I'd say. Hopefully I can nab a booking or a cancellation on Friday evening.


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