Wow! Just Wow! You are amazing!

But yes...I can see how your times slowed (by a teeny tiny amount) in the last few miles which has obviously bothered you...still flipping amazing though!

Here you go. It is a terrible reminder of how you can't assume anything with a marathon. I did 6x20M, 1x23.5M and 1x24M in training but still suffered at the end. I think I might do more MRP runs next time to accustom myself to running on tired legs and also pushing myself when in fat burning mode (ie unfueled LSRs).

3:15:25 (7:25m/m). Split Summary

1. • 1m - 7:29(7:29/m) - 86cal
2. • 1m - 7:03(7:03/m) - 87cal
3. • 1m - 7:16(7:16/m) - 87cal
4. • 1m - 7:18(7:18/m) - 87cal
5. • 1m - 7:10(7:10/m) - 87cal
6. • 1m - 7:08(7:08/m) - 87cal
7. • 1m - 7:19(7:19/m) - 87cal
8. • 1m - 7:08(7:08/m) - 87cal
9. • 1m - 7:09(7:09/m) - 87cal
10. • 1m - 7:14(7:14/m) - 87cal
11. • 1m - 7:15(7:15/m) - 87cal
12. • 1m - 7:17(7:17/m) - 88cal
13. • 1m - 7:12(7:12/m) - 87cal
14. • 1m - 7:12(7:12/m) - 86cal
15. • 1m - 7:17(7:17/m) - 88cal
16. • 1m - 7:18(7:18/m) - 87cal
17. • 1m - 7:14(7:14/m) - 88cal
18. • 1m - 7:15(7:15/m) - 86cal
19. • 1m - 7:21(7:21/m) - 88cal
20. • 1m - 7:23(7:23/m) - 88cal
21. • 1m - 7:34(7:34/m) - 88cal
22. • 1m - 7:44(7:44/m) - 88cal
23. • 1m - 7:51(7:51/m) - 88cal
24. • 1m - 8:05(8:05/m) - 88cal
25. • 1m - 8:19(8:19/m) - 88cal
26. • 1m - 8:13(8:13/m) - 88cal
27. • 0.35m - 2:41(7:42/m) - 30cal

Let's see your splits then...I bet your wheels coming off speeds are probably way faster than my normal speed :)

Sorry sorry guys. I am frantically doing admin as we leave for San Fran on Wednesday and I am delivering The Dog to my sister tomorrow which means today is the day I have to sort things out for the next week or so including letting the house and other boring ancillary things. How about I post my splits so you can laugh at how the wheels fell off at 21 miles? Then you can discuss at your leisure....

strangeways - great report and well done - mucho respect on what sounds like tricky hills.

5 miles on the teadmill for me today - ages since I've run indoors, did intervals and the main difference seemed to be that it seemed to take ages. Although I can see how much easier it is to run at a particular pace.

Great report strangeways and well done on great time on what seemed a tough course. My Garmin had GNR at 13.25 miles and even someone on BBC mentioned that everyone else's did too. Not sure who to believe, Garmin or Race organisers!

Yes, I know, I know, you'll all blame me for fannying you all. Hope you're better soon paws and peach have you got over yesterday's little rendezvous with Le Bog?

Moshi . Race report please. We are all waiting for MoshiFarah to speak of this marathon were, in her words, the wheels stopped turning, but she managed it in a wheels stopped turning time of 3hr 15. Come on, you must be cockahoop today! .

Super race report strangeways and a great time on a hilly course. I loved the image of you flapping arms like a bird to get up hill. I too used the LFDT mantra during the last 10K of my marathon. And anything else I could think of I was hurting so much...

Goodness Paws, er... what Peach said.... any chance?!

Oh Cherry not you now? What on earth is going on with this cyber bug?! Hope you feel better soon.

No chance peach, sadly, I think it's more likely I'm getting to the end of my reproductive days .

strangeays, what s great race report, and a brilliant achievement!

cherry, sympathies on continuing shitgate/pukegate. Now who was the outbreak monkey.....Fanny!!!!!!

paws, any chance you could be...gulp...up the duff?

Oh btw if anyone has seen my period due over a week ago, could they send it my way? Thanks .

Strangeways that sounds like a great race, good work over the hills

I have come to the conclusion that we have chanced upon a new breed of cyber bugs because I spent most of the night hunched over the loo with a tummy bug. So no work for me today, and thank god ds is at nursery. Still, nothing like getting into the true spirit of the new thread title, eh?

Here?s my race report ?.. After a bit of a last minute decision to run (following on from Shitgate) and trying to juggle DH?s and the children?s activities I whizzed off to Stratford leaving DH in charge of all three cherubs for the second day running! I normally get very nervous before any race and because it was a bit last minute I managed to avoid the usual bout of nerves, which in itself was unnerving IYSWIM.

I got to the leisure centre, registered, went to the loo three times before walking the quarter mile to the start at the bottom of the Welcombe Hills. I mosied around, did a bit of a warm up, checked out that the hills were as steep as I remembered, found a bush for yet another pee and then it was time to line up. The first 500 yards were quite pleasant, across a field, slightly downhill ?. then the up started, quite steep but okay, then a steep down followed by a flippin? steep up which was quicker to walk! Then some more ups and downs and the first mile done. I was next to a woman who, while I admired her determination, was grunting rather alarmingly! I was quite pleased to leave her behind as she was a bit off putting.

The next part was a nice flattish (in that there were no hills but very bumpy underfoot) run along the top of the hill before dropping down to Clopton House. A lovely down, which could only mean one thing, getting back up. This up was a long one and again I had a short walking break. Then another long down back to the start ?. so I could do the whole thing again. I picked up a drink here, but instead of stopping to drink it tried to down it while running and nearly drowned myself. The second lap was less busy than the first as everyone had stretched out so I found myself running alone, and it seemed it was me who was now grunting alarmingly. In fact I reminded myself of giving birth to DS - eeek! I was pushing it as I really wanted to try and beat my 57 minutes I completed in when I ran this 3 years ago. I now know why my arms and shoulders ache so much as up the last hill I started flapping my arms wildly while chanting LFDT in my head over and over in an effort to maintain any forward momentum. The last long down was brilliant, I just let gravity take me and felt like I was flying (so much so a bit of wee came out ) and I tried a bit of a sprint to the line - Fan-bloody-tastic!! Why is it as soon as you finish you want to do it again!!

I checked my watch and it said 51.10, now that was a surprise! The Garmin measured it short as 5.6 miles, but the course was exactly the same as 3 years ago so I know I have a PB over the course . I have measured it using Mapometer and it came out at 6 miles so something?s not right somewhere. I am not sure I dare believe I ran 6 miles over that terrain in that time because that would be a PB and I have run some pretty flat 6 milers/10k?s in the past. Mind you the official results aren?t up yet so I might be completely wrong with the time .

There was no time to stop and bask in my achievement, I whizzed back to meet DH grab the kids, take DD1 to a party and DD2 and DS swimming, which was rather nice once we got in the pool (after DD had a goggle trauma) to swish about and relax.

I now need to find a nice flat 10k to check my pacing and see if I can get a proper PB ....

I've just sent a FB request to someone who seems to be friends with everyone else but I missed out before..so if you get a random person with a medal as a photo messaging you...that's me!

Saying that possum - mine hasn't caused me a problem either! Could it be that the race organisers have it wrong as surely hills etc don't make any difference to length of race?

Just saw your posts on t'other thread strangeways, and piff, well done both of you!!! The Aviemore 10k sounds lovely!

Sorry about the sick kids everyone. God paws, that sounds brutal! Have you got anything planned? Maybe, jump on a cheap flight to Amsterdam and give DH a surprise!!

Morning all, sorry to hear some of you are still in the grip of S-G. I feel like I'm on the verge of yet another cold, though that could be because ds3 had me awake from 3.30 until I gave up any hope of sleep and got up at 6.30.

Look away now fanny ...... had a nice gentle 6.5 miles yesterday, calf twinging but much improved. I'll give it another week of gentle running and walking before I start my next programme!

Half term here for two weeks, and DH is in Amsterdam for work. Sigh.

Hmm fanny my Garmin reads the distances fine - even with tree coverage - and mine isn't a fancy one - I bought the cheapest one!

strangeways I think it's more to do with tree coverage and satellite not reading the true distance.

Aw thanks Fanny I have only just realised a new thread had started - thought it was a bit quiet over there [hconfused]. Out of interest why wouldn't the Garmin be accurate? Is it because of all the up and down, in some places it was so steep it was quicker to walk! Am absolutely cream crackered today and ache loads, particularly my shoulders - why is that?!! And the house is a complete pig sty, and I have forgotten my niece's birthday - bad bad auntie [hsad]

Well done to Rhet, great report it sounds like a fabulous race. Don't worry about your time, you will definately get under that hour on a flat road!

A quick question for Moshi who I am in awe of, have you always been a runner? How many marathons have you done? I have a dream to be as fast as you and just wondering how much running you have done over the years to get there [hsmile].

Must go, DS is not happy. I'll try a report later.

And well done to Strangeways - great time! Your Garmin won't be accurate re distance so don't be concerned by that.

Morning DrNo - hope DS gets better soon and he doesn't develop same as the fanny house. Shitgate is turning into Shitfactory here. DD2 and DD3 now have it. However it doesn't seem to have turned them into skinny, pasty, spotty, lethargic monsters. My ironing is piling up - I am getting pretty hysterical about that.

Desperate to go for a run so let's not discuss running until I am able to...

Ooh, I'm glad you did, DrNo! I've often wondered how to do that properly

ignore random post about the plank, was supposed to post it on a thread were someone wants to tone abdominal muscles....