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Wow we are an ambitious lot on this board! some really inspiring plans and achievements best of luck to everyone in 2015, keep posting!

I'm with the above poster, october 2013 I posted here about doing a full the following spring Carson quite rightly said not to do it, to get the miles in and aim for a half. I did and really enjoyed it and several more, I did the marathon in October, looking back I still don't think I had enough miles done but its done and…

Congrats, sounds like a great race for you!

Wow, thats pretty bad sure they knew there were plenty others coming behind them! Bad form

Best of luck with your training for May, I guarantee you will still enjoy running after your marathon...I'm looking foward to starting to train for marathon no.2 in 2015.

yes definately

I would love to do the dopey! my 40th is in a few years would love to ( save up) and do the dopey or the below quadrathon. A couple of ladies from our running club did it during the summer - 4 back to back marathons in the wilds of Donegal, they said it was doable just took it very very steady - no pb's, changed runners…

I'm awful at short races! I literally feel like I am going to puke at the end of them, goal weight would be great but gotta get over Christmas first

Great reports, I really enjoyed them. Congrats again that buckle is well earned.

Wow, some achievement! I'm in complete awe. Am off to make a cup of coffee and enjoy reading your reports, before I do so - Congratulations!!!!

have you a blog? I would love to read it. My brag is slightly smaller - Dublin city marathon 4.46 ( just in case I didn't mention it :smile: am only coming down from the high now

Dublin city marathon- 4.46. Finish line not finish time..but already looking foward to next year hopefully do another one. Just one though :)

amazing

Best of luck ladies!!! may you have wings on your feet and get over the line safe and happy. Looking foward to hearing all the race reports!!!! Big weekend for our runners

I did actually end up wearing my medal lol but only messing, that man is amazing I don't know how he does it. If you are interested the link to a very lighted account of the Dublin marathon is below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baNoDngH38c if it doesn't work just youtube dublin city marathon 2014 is the third one down…

You will be fine, I was the same with my first and every one since, to be honest nearly better to get the nerves over with early in the week by the weekend they will be done with you will be relaxed and enjoy the race. You have this. ( btw my profile picture is of me at the end of my first race - pure elation, thats me on…

thanks all def recommend it as a first marathon, there were lots of interesting folks - my neighbour her name is colette o' hagan she ran did her first one 23 years ago and yes that was her 300th - they even did gave her a special race number and a lovely presentation. Then we had team carrie which is a team from a village…

thanks all, yep hopefully see more in the future. Going to get the miles in over the winter and then hopefully do a trail one next year, though once a year will definately be the max! I'm sitting at my desk in work right now and feel like I've been hit by a truck lol. Well worth it though

and now I read this! yep def should have taken the day off work tomorrow - I'm in at 8 am, don't think I will be cycling in somehow.

congrats on a job well done, I loved that your last mile was the fastest, you were still strong even then, and that in every one of your pictures you have a big huge grin on your face. Very inspiring

Yep first one, my friend is def out she dropped her garmin down to me earlier am going to use it and go with a pacing group. Thanks for the advice I will follow it closely tomorrow

Bank hol over here, doing my first ever marathon in the morning - Dublin. To say my nerves are gone would be an understatement. Hope everyones runs went well today, looking forward to reading the updates.

thanks all! my friend is still undecided...I'm not going to splash on a watch will put that on my santa list :) if I'm going solo I will join a pace group and get chatting.

Great post, congrats on your anniversary I would say you really enjoyed that fast short run, some difference in time! I'm not running as long as you but have to agree the advice and support on this page is fantastic.

best of luck, they do get easier I did my first 20 mile run a couple of months ago, I had been gradually building up to it - I very foolishly did it before an 8 hr shift, I felt awful afterwards! I came on here had a good moan, got lots of reassurance and encouragement andsure enough the second 20 miler was completely…

thanks all, I got the tshirt and wore it out yesterday, it is actually ok. Its really light the collar was grand, I hate anything tight around my neck so I left the bottoms open collar might come in handy moping up sweat, tears and snot :). Only thing annoyed me was the sleeves so was thinking of taking scissors to…

looks like great craic!

Best of luck, make sure and let us know how you get on! I have a neighbour who does back to back marathons on a regular basis, there was a week during the summer she did four in a row ( the medals were amazing they all clicked in together). No bother to you :)

thanks for the advice Carson, yep following hal hidgens 18 wk plan was looking for excuses to eat loads :) will do as you say. Thanks

I'm thinking next year of concentrating on running a fast 5 & 10k, and a few trail half marathons. I want to to the first & really enjoy the second and hopefully the training won't be as intense as it is for the marathon. But i'm very new, so don't pay too much attention to me :)