Marathon of Marathons
Oct2520118:43 p.m.
Well this Sunday the next stage of the running challenge kicks off and probably the maddest of the lot. (Small print - Don't try this at home its totally silly, not big and definitely not clever)
Sunday is the Brentwood Marathon - a "fun" jaunt around a hilly field/wood in Brentwood - something like 12 times round and each time you get a hair band to count the laps. Sean (the Marathon man) is also running it so will be good to catch up - we ran it last year but he left me for dead at the end with his strength.
But the real point is that Sunday marks the start of my Marathon of Marathons. Between now and the end of may I am planning to run 26 marathons - some big ones, some small but all 26.2 miles of fun! Real reason as many of you know is that the last ten of these will be the Brathay 10 in 10 - ten marathons in 10 days and I need a fair amount of training so rather than doing lots of long slow runs on my own I thought I would sign up for a few races and I got a bit carried away.
Most will be done at a very steady/gentle pace and if I stay fit the plan looks like this:
30/Oct Brentwood
13/Nov Maidstone
20/Nov Luton
10/Dec Saxon Shore Day 1
11/Dec Saxon Shore Day 2
18/Dec Portsmouth
2/Jan Enigma Winter
9/Feb Quadzilla Day 1
10/Feb Quadzilla Day 2
11/Feb Quadzilla Day 3
12/Feb Quadzilla Day 4
18/Mar ROME
1/Apr Sussex
15/Apr Brighton
22/Apr London
29/Apr Milton Keynes
11/May - 20/May BrathayWindermere 10 in 10
Still plenty of time in March but so few marathons!
Anyone doing any of these ?20th May is the full open o public Windermere Marathon - places available!
Hope all is well and relatively sane in your worlds
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SeanG 'Think you'll be leaving me for dead this time! Looks like we'll be crossing paths about once a month then! Good luck, dude!' added 25th Oct 2011
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Nick 'Er .... I don't think I shall be joining you in this, Keith. I will see you at London though!' added 25th Oct 2011
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Mrs_Old_Bird 'Absolutely "Radio-Rental" !! Very good luck to you - I'm going to have to lay down for a rest just thinking about all those endeavours! Well done - what an achievement that will be.' added 25th Oct 2011
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toddingtontrotter 'You really do enjoy this running lark don't you? Good luck x26. ' added 25th Oct 2011
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baf81 'eddie izzard the second! good luck!' added 25th Oct 2011
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Rob_Barber 'Every credit Keith - that is an admirable challenge you've set yourself there, look forward to seeing you in the "Real Runners" section of RW' added 26th Oct 2011
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Johnf 'Rome sounds nice, to be honest Keith some of the others sound crazy, Quadzilla! Whar sort of name is that for a race? If aptly named I dread to think what your quads are like at the end of the 4 days. I can remember when you first started on this site but can't remember any early symptoms then!..' added 26th Oct 2011
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Petecw29 'Excellent plan Keith but you're definitely on your own there mate! I'll watch with interest, shame you're not doing Manchester on 29/4 I'll be at that one.' added 26th Oct 2011
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xSASSx 'How very apt to do 26 marathons. Good luck' added 26th Oct 2011
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Buddyman 'Best of luck on Sunday and for the rest of your challenge. I'll be joining you on 22/4 next year!' added 28th Oct 2011
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Buddyman 'Best of luck on Sunday and for the rest of your challenge. I'll be joining you on 22/4 next year!' added 28th Oct 2011
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shazzer 'Wow - that is an awesome challenge you have set yourself there! Good on you - hope the first goes well this Sunday, looking forward to reading the report. ' added 29th Oct 2011
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