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Manchester City Marathon 11/4/07 (Caution: report is longer than the race) (Read 874 times)


Another Passion

posted: 11/6/2007 at 10:36 PM
I am so happy for you, Ed! Congratulations!! As others have already said, this is an inspiration for my first marathon come April! Way to go on the sub-4 hour race! That rocks! Compelling report so, the length was not an issue my friend!

Congratulations again! You should be VERY proud! Wink
Rick
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa
"I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobby
runningforcassy.blogspot.com


Wasatch Speedgoat

posted: 11/7/2007 at 12:25 AM
Hi Ed....

Great job! My run didn't go as well...I woke up that morning with a bad chest cold and my planned 3:29 gradually faded to a 3:45:53, so I finished right ahead of you. I struggled all day long...but i did qualify for Boston and that will be my next marathon.

Rest up, you deserve it! That was not an easy course....it was road marathon #28 for me.
Steve

PS: I did go home and have a couple of Guinness' as the next day was my 56th b'day Wink
Life is short, play hard!


Another Passion

posted: 11/7/2007 at 1:00 AM
Congratulations, Steve! I know it's not the finishing time you were looking for, but it's a BQ qualifier nonetheless! And, under the circumstances, with the onset of the cold, that's awesome!
Rick
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa
"I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobby
runningforcassy.blogspot.com
posted: 11/7/2007 at 4:20 AM
Quote from bas on 11/6/2007 at 10:15 PM:
Thanks for a great report! You met a lot of nice people along the way, but then you seem to have a way to bring out the best in people you meet. Great shirt, too! And the time is awesome. So will you stick with the Galloway method? I started out that way in my training but didn't have the patience to continue with it.

bas


Thanks bas! I started running rather late in life, and I think I will probably stick with the run/walk method that has allowed me to run injury free for a couple of years now. I'm probably fairly well entrenched in the 6/1 pattern, but I could adjust it to 4/ 0:30 or 7/1 or just drop the break entirely for shorter runs (at present I use the breaks for ALL runs, including the 5K race series I run). If I run additional marathons, I'm pretty sure they will be run/walk efforts.

Quote from ultrastevep on 11/7/2007 at 12:25 AM:
Hi Ed....

Great job! My run didn't go as well...I woke up that morning with a bad chest cold and my planned 3:29 gradually faded to a 3:45:53, so I finished right ahead of you. I struggled all day long...but i did qualify for Boston and that will be my next marathon.

Rest up, you deserve it! That was not an easy course....it was road marathon #28 for me.
Steve

PS: I did go home and have a couple of Guinness' as the next day was my 56th b'day Wink


Sorry to hear you were under the weather, but delighted to hear that you managed a BQ time in spite of it. What a fantastic early birthday gift!

Rewinding the mental footage from the finish, I believe I did see you but I didn't put two and two together. Terribly sorry, I'll do my best to make up for it in April as you make your way from Hopkinton to Boston.

E.J.
Tuesday Night Good Times 5K series Lowell, MA
Greater Lowell Road Runners
See Dawg run. Run Dawg run.

"The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self."
Whitney Young
posted: 11/7/2007 at 12:05 PM
Wow! What an awesome report. Definitely worth every second of reading it. Congratuations on such a great marathon and even more so for enjoying it the way you did. Your report has me wanting to run another marathon for sure. Smile
Everyone needs believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.
posted: 11/8/2007 at 12:37 AM
I hope you had a beer for me. Big grin


Dog-Love

posted: 11/8/2007 at 12:43 AM
Great to read your report on this dark and cold Alaskan afternoon. Great job, great finish. Make me want to run one next year
Run like you are on fire!

5K goal 24:00 or less (PR 24:34)
10K goal 50:00 or less (PR 52:45)
HM goal 1:55:00 or less (PR 2:03:02)
Marathon Goal...Less than my PR (PR 4:33:23)
posted: 11/8/2007 at 1:20 AM
Great:

1. Race
2. Report
3. Pictures

Big grin
2009: BQ?


The count of Tuscany

posted: 11/8/2007 at 1:43 AM
Ed - congratulations!
As others have said already - I enjoyed reading every bit of your report. You have such a great attitude and do seem to bring out the best in people. I liked the parts where you make it a point to thank people.
Great time! Smile
Run whenever you can, walk if you must, crawl if you have to - but never give up! ........
Races/Goals 2010:
Smelt Run 10k 2/27/10
Mercer Island Half Marathon 3/21/10
Vancouver BC Marathon - 5/2/10 - BQ? ~ 3:45
Langley Half Marathon 7/11/10
Hood to Coast Relay - 08/27 & 28 '10


Come Run With Us!

posted: 11/8/2007 at 3:14 AM
Ed,

First of all, congrats. You did something I have not yet done (sub-4), but hope to perhaps next year when I figure out how to avoid cramping from miles 21 and onward. Congrats to an awesome race. You did great!!!

Second of all, if you and I ever got together to write a book about marathon experiences, I think the asking price would have to be around $100 dollars for the hardcover. And that's just to cover the cost of the paper and printed ink......

Congrats again!
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