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Blazebuster · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:23 am Post subject: Edinburgh Marathon 31st May 2009

I am very pleased to say I completed the Edinburgh Marathon yesterday!...

I was very slow, a lot slower than I thought!....It was very hot!...I had a blister on my right foot by mile 5 (due to new trainers which I thought I’d ran enough miles in…obviously not!).. Kirsty and my son Creag were my support team…but I couldn’t meet up with them until mile 12…by then I had a couple blisters on my right foot…I stuck on a couple of compede plasters and headed off in my old trainers….

By mile 17 I could walk almost as fast as I could run, so I ran/walked for next few miles in the scorching heat….by mile 21 I could feel blisters on my left foot (Note:- I have only ever had one blister ever before and that was 2 years ago on a long run with horrible new socks which I binned as soon as I got home!...So blisters weren’t a concern to me at all…I think the heat had something to do with it.).

I saw several people fall by the wayside and get treated by ambulance personnel…I was NOT going to be one of them!

Apart from the sore feet I felt surprisingly fine throughout, I drank gallons of water and some Lucozade ‘run fuel’ …I tried to run in the shade wherever possible, but there wasn’t much available.
I just plodded on to the finish line…I ran in to the stadium, of course Cool

My time was a very slow 6 hours 31 mins…..I had expected to be at least an hour quicker….but I said from the start that I didn’t care about the time, I just wanted to finish with a smile on my face. Very Happy

I cannot tell you how happy I am to have completed it……I now intend to train properly for the Inverness Marathon in October…hopefully it will be a bit cooler!

Position Name and (Number) Times Category
8206 George Carson (11775)

10k: 01:11:23
Half: 02:56:20
30k: 04:22:18
Marathon: 06:31:20 Over40 :: Male

This morning I feel great, a wee bit stiff, pesky blisters are a bit jaggy and my face is very red and sun burnt …lol….

I have no idea how you proper runners do such enormous mileage, up freakin mountains, so often and so fast!?!.... Respect! Shocked

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kaznicholl · Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 239

Well done, George.

So glad you survived the heat and didn't end up, like you said, one of the collapsed on the side of the road!

Kaz

Hill Fairy · Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 163

Well done George.
I ran my 1st marathon (as did Phil M) in similar conditions and it makes a massive difference when its that hot.
Finishing these things is what its all about. You are now a "marathon runner" and no one can take that away from you.
Loch Ness will be much cooler and yesterdays experience will help enormously when you do that.
Enjoy a well earned rest.

runningpix · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 211

Very well done George - I would not have wanted to run a marathon in that heat. Brilliant effort to keep going with those blisters...ouch!

Ali
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Al · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 21 Location: Muthill

Great effort, George.

I can't imagine running a marathon in that heat. I mowed the lawn yesterday and that was enough for me.

Congratulations and take a well deserved rest for a few days.

Al

ian · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 115

Excellent stuff George and very well done. I was thinking about you running in that heat - it must have been a right struggle. Many congratulations on working your way through it. Now put your feet up and enjoy the recovery period - you have earned it Very Happy

fiona lyle · Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 24

George,
What a hero ! VERY WELL DONE.
theres nothing else to say
I shall now be needing endurance tips from a Real marathon runner !
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Tanconsult · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:19 pm Post subject:

Great stuff, George - and what foresight to bring your old trainers! I'd volunteer to keep you company round Loch Ness but the Tryst is the following week and, never having run a marathon, it'd take me at least a month to recover.... Maybe we'll come and cheer, if that'd be OK.

Very Happy

Colin