Good luck to all FLMers
24-04-2006, 06:44 PM,
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Good luck to all FLMers
I'll add my tale here as well, after an excellent pre-race night with rc people, where I declared that my aim was 3.30 :o I had a good night sleep and had resolved to go off with the Runners World 8 min/mile pace group! I felt really good, managed the pace fine although shocked to see splits of 7.40-7.50. At that point I was having a great time, loved the atmosphere.

Then at 11 miles the inevitable happened I blew up...... I had to consider my back up plan which was to forget about time and just make the finish and to enjoy it. I really enjoyed it despite having a hard time, miles 16-20 stand out in that regard.

The crowds lifted me everytime and never once did I walk but it was a struggle :-) The biggest lifts came from the JDRF supporters point. Sweder that big thumbs up meant more than I can say. Then at 23 miles a kiss and hug from the Mrs and junior really got me going.

At mile 24 I realised I could still come in under 4 hours, together with the wall of noise that was embankment I went on towards big ben, loving the sights and sounds. In the end I came home in 3:50:07, I was mighty pleased with that and I had learned the hard way what every rc member and everybody else warned me about: DO NOT GO OFF TO FAST. It is a good lesson to have learned, which I will bear in mind for the next one. I knew as I crossed the finish line that I wanted to do another one, I want that 3:30.
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Good luck to all FLMers - by Sweder - 19-04-2006, 10:02 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by stillwaddler - 19-04-2006, 10:30 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by MickCollins - 19-04-2006, 10:40 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Sweder - 19-04-2006, 12:57 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by suzieq - 19-04-2006, 02:04 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Nigel - 19-04-2006, 02:38 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Sweder - 19-04-2006, 03:00 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Antonio247 - 19-04-2006, 06:06 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 19-04-2006, 11:06 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 20-04-2006, 09:39 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 20-04-2006, 03:02 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Bierzo Baggie - 20-04-2006, 10:04 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Sweder - 21-04-2006, 10:26 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 21-04-2006, 10:35 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by johnb - 21-04-2006, 01:29 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Nigel - 21-04-2006, 01:46 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 21-04-2006, 01:58 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 22-04-2006, 10:16 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Peterward3 - 22-04-2006, 08:26 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by MickCollins - 23-04-2006, 05:46 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 23-04-2006, 04:01 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Sweder - 23-04-2006, 05:27 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by MickCollins - 23-04-2006, 08:30 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 23-04-2006, 08:58 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by ljs - 24-04-2006, 06:44 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 24-04-2006, 10:37 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by stillwaddler - 25-04-2006, 09:21 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Antonio247 - 25-04-2006, 10:19 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by ljs - 25-04-2006, 10:48 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by marathondan - 25-04-2006, 10:57 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Sweder - 25-04-2006, 11:20 AM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 25-04-2006, 07:50 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 25-04-2006, 07:52 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by suzieq - 26-04-2006, 02:35 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Nigel - 26-04-2006, 06:33 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by MickCollins - 26-04-2006, 08:19 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by MickCollins - 26-04-2006, 08:20 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by MickCollins - 26-04-2006, 08:20 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Bierzo Baggie - 26-04-2006, 09:24 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Nigel - 26-04-2006, 10:05 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by Peterward3 - 26-04-2006, 10:13 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by El Gordo - 26-04-2006, 10:23 PM
Good luck to all FLMers - by marathondan - 27-04-2006, 07:15 AM

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