Run Down

20 thoughts on “Run Down”

1. Bruncvik May 19, 2020 at 11:51 am

   I only signed up for the race series, not the marathon. Good thing the routes maps are still available; I may run them solo.

   On a tangent: I didn’t get an e-mail about cancellation yet, and there’s nothing on the Web site. Why do so many companies and event organizers assume everybody is using Twitter?
   1. Ringsend Incinerator May 20, 2020 at 2:03 am

      The email arrived yesterday evening.
2. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 12:06 pm

   no surprise there, there will be more races, lots of good virtual ones on the go
   1. Ringsend Incinerator May 19, 2020 at 2:20 pm

      Parkrun going virtual. Any sign of the Women’s Mini-Marathon going virtual too?
      1. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 2:57 pm

         I boycott that as a) no eye candy b) calling it a fupping marathon gets under my skin, may sound petty but I can’t help it, I earned my use of the word marathons runner the hard way,
         it’s a great day out but call a spade a spade
         1. Ringsend Incinerator May 19, 2020 at 2:59 pm

            Easy to snicker at that one for sure…
            1. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 3:13 pm

               ah no snickering more irritation, I know, anger issues lol
            2. Cian May 19, 2020 at 3:36 pm

               +1 Ringsend – I , at least, got the pun
            3. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 4:20 pm

               oh…doh
3. Brother Barnabas May 19, 2020 at 12:46 pm

   this has made my day

   had a bet with a friend – entered into out of pride over belief (know full i couldnt run a marathon)

   bet’s off!
   1. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 1:02 pm

      ah bet you could, you just need the right trainer ;)
      1. Brother Barnabas May 19, 2020 at 1:05 pm

         sadly no

         betrayed by ankles, knees and hips

         no longer in the full flush of youth, J

         it’s all catching up with me
         1. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 1:14 pm

            sad face, tbh if you have had covid you might want to let the old organism rest up properly, those long distances open up the door to infection if you are tired in anyway,
         2. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 1:16 pm

            I blame the dancing
         3. Papa p May 19, 2020 at 2:37 pm

            Are you over striding or heel striking brother.?
            Try bare foot running. It changed me from injury prone to injury free.
            1. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 2:57 pm

               snap, it also widened my feet to the extent I had to buy a rake of new heels, win win ;)
4. Ringsend Incinerator May 19, 2020 at 2:20 pm

   It would have been my 7th DCM. But but at least the organizers now have another year to pick up all the plastic bottles and KBC swag left after the 2019 one.
   1. Janet, I ate my avatar May 19, 2020 at 3:00 pm

      I usually do Connemarathon or Paris but plan on doing Dublin at least once while I live here, next year so, am I right in thinking a lot of it is outside of the city ?
      1. Ringsend Incinerator May 20, 2020 at 2:10 am

         Done Paris Marathon three times (and the Paris-Versailles and HM). Dublin Marathon is pretty much moulded around the city running model of 1/3 urban interest 1/3 suburban dreariness, and 1/3 parklands – a function of where you can run and where they let you.

         If you take core of the city as being the area between the canals, then yes a lot of it is outside:

         http://kbcdublinmarathon.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KBC_DM20-ROUTE-MAP.pdf
         1. Janet, I ate my avatar May 20, 2020 at 10:11 am

            meh, maybe Liverpool would be more fun then

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