Anyone doing it this year ?

They're only doing the half ... and it's on Sunday the 2nd of May.

http://www.sheffieldmarathon.com

I'll be there ... zooooooom !!

is there a kids one??

eh jamie dont you mean

ZOOO(100 metres gone) OOOO (200 metres) OOOOOM put put put BOOM (300 metres!!)

He he ;)

There's a 3K Fun Run at the same time.

Nomme

Originally posted by nomme
There's a 3K Fun Run at the same time.

Nomme

you will have to take me nomme!!

Yeah the 3k fun run I think is for under 16s ... and only costs £4.

Go fletch go !! ... zoooooooooooom ...

I'm entered; my first real race and I'm looking forward to it.

I might just finish before May 3 if I'm lucky...

My first too RichK .. and totally looking forward to it !! .. just can't wait :-)

Id love to enter but im a porker :/

so you dont have to keep up all you need to do is finish!! some people in the london marathon didnt finish till about 5 days later!!

I think i may go to watch! A few of us at work have started running once a week, its fun, even tho i'm not much good - breathless/feeling like i want to collapse etc! but it makes you so proud of yourself!

Does anyone run regualrly in the evening? If you don't mind going very slowly; walking a bit then running a bit, i could join you! I guess we all have to start somewhere! lol

Originally posted by Fletch
so you dont have to keep up all you need to do is finish!! some people in the london marathon didnt finish till about 5 days later!!

It's just that the Sheffield Marathon doesn't receive the kind of support that the London Marathon does. Everything returns to normal 4-5pm and that includes Sweep Bus, St Johns and crowd encouragement all gone.

I think there's a sweep bus that is timed to reach the finish at 2:45, and you're supposed to stay ahead of that.

I don't know if you're forced to finish if the bus catches you.

I try and stick to 4 fast-paced laps round Ecco park around 3 times a week and do alot of shuttles as they're good for speed and stamina- I use the Tennis Courts on Ecco Park for those :thumbsup:

if i ever do running training, i do 1 min run then 30 seconds walk 1min run 30secs walk ect. it becomes easier the further you go

Anyone training for the half might be interested in the Lord Mayor's 10k this Sunday.

Details Here (http://www.askwiseowl.com/HHS/Sheff10K/Index.htm)

The race passes through Don Valley stadium 7 times, and you are never more than 1K away from the stadium. Should be an excellent way of getting used to the big stadium!

Yes I'm planning on doing the half this year! Not run that far before and not done much training yet. Planning on starting properly this weekend ... guess that gives me 7 weeks!

If anyone fancies a training partner to do speed work in the park eg: Endcliffe or longer runs out Rivelin Valley way at the weekend then pm me, or contact me at:

fit_kat@yahoo.co.uk

PS: I'm not very fast & am aiming at a 10-min mile pace i.e. approx 2 hours 10 mins... In fact it will be an achievement just not to be picked up by the sweep bus!

i might give this a go, im usually still drunk from sat night how far is it?12k?10k?

then ill be off to training after it, lol, or off to the northen.

Er... it's 13.1 miles, which off the top of my head is approx 20K I think.

And yes, if the sweep bus passes you after 2 3/4 hours then you're invited to 'retire' from the race!

I ran for the train this morning!

Can you just hitch a ride on the sweep bus?

13.1 miles, damn, i run in the woods that are near me but i dont know how far i go, hear i go thinking im prepared and ive probably only been running 2 miles, lol

Originally posted by designbunny
I think i may go to watch! A few of us at work have started running once a week, its fun, even tho i'm not much good - breathless/feeling like i want to collapse etc! but it makes you so proud of yourself!

Does anyone run regualrly in the evening? If you don't mind going very slowly; walking a bit then running a bit, i could join you! I guess we all have to start somewhere! lol

I'm always looking for a running buddy. Not living in sheffield anymore so I tend to run in my lunch hour. Appreciate it you could PM me if interested.

I did the Sheffield Half Marathon last year and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a shame that they've changed the date as I won't be back in town until at least the end of May....

I don't know. Next year they'll be calling it the Sheffield Snickers.

I'd like to do it but my foot is rather dodgy at the moment, don't want to risk screwing it up anymore :(

Did anyone do this in the end?

I managed 2:14:30, which I'm pleased with for a first attempt at the distance (plus it took two minutes to get as far as the start line, so morally I'm claiming 2:12, if that makes a difference :D )

Next stop White Peak Half on May 22nd from Matlock, then onto Amsterdam Full Marathon in October.

The marshalls and crowds around the route were fantastic and very supportative - thanks to anyone who was watching! Ecclesall Road was a sort of mini carnival and it was great to see Sheffield like this.

Well Done.

It's a real shame that Sheffield no longer has a full marathon but from my experience in doing it there was little point in keeping it going. One year there were only 280 people running the full and the rest ran the half.

I did it in 2 hours. Was fun, apart from the last couple of miles, and arriving back at Don Valley stadium to find out that we had to run around the whole stadium before finishing.
Some other annoying things, there were 2600 competitors and just 2 toilets! Loads of people just ended up urinating in the showers in order to make the start in time. The first two miles was like a mass re-enactment of that Monty Python sketch "Incontinent's Marathon" as half of the runners disappeared into the bushes by the side of the road to relieve themselves.
It was my first race, I'm going to have a look today for other's to do, maybe in June, July. Any recomendations for good halves to run in?

There's the White Peak Half on May 22, and the Humber Bridge Half in June http://www.humber-half.org.uk/

Best site for finding about about races is at Runners World (http://www.runnersworld.co.uk).

Originally posted by chill
It was my first race, I'm going to have a look today for other's to do, maybe in June, July. Any recomendations for good halves to run in?

There is the Robin Hood marathon and half marathon but that isn't until September.

http://www.robinhoodmarathon.co.uk/

Originally posted by Jamie
My first too RichK .. and totally looking forward to it !! .. just can't wait :-)
Did you manage it then? :D and in what time?
I got a whole three english pounds waiting for you and your charity :D do hope you've not been making any altercations on that sponsership form of yours :wink: :D

Originally posted by Mosherchik
Did you manage it then? :D and in what time?
I got a whole three english pounds waiting for you and your charity :D do hope you've not been making any altercations on that sponsership form of yours :wink: :D

Yeah moshy !! ... I ran it all the way (no walking or crawling) ...

My foot was not too bad in the end ... but my other foot developed a killer blister ...

My time ... was a bit dissapointing ... 2 hour and 5 mins ... and I got lapped by some guy with a 2 on his back who looked like a pro !!!

Was a lot of fun tho and a great atmosphere and was a pleasure to be running it and in the company of so many cool and wonderful peeps and my training buddies etc (one of em did it in 1 hour 32 ... the swine !!!).

Am in spain at the moment ... getting a nice tan on my tired legs.

Jamie.