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[Simlin]

There is late registration at the school (HM start) so I am assuming that there will be a trailer or truck for gear, but best to confirm at Santos in the morning before alighting the bus.

[ramone]

Hi Arfa, word was getting around the pasta night that you were running tomorrow. Thats good news.
I'll see you and the other marathoners at the start and all the others at the end. May the running gods be with you. By the way, Andrew has some great shirts for all the 8sss runners.
marathon ramone

[JackW]

Itsfunatthebackofthepack, on Aug 29 2009, 12:41 PM, said:

Another updated roll:
full marathon

RunDave sub 3 hours
Zacpower
TheLoneRunner sub 3:25
Cakeboy sub 3.54
Ramone sub 3:55
Kjorm
Simlin 4:12
social runner
Wida
Megan77
Mumma Treason
Poppa Treason
Celtic runner
Treason - very fast
Arfadent

Full - walk
Em00

half

Its fun at the back of the pack
Staypuff
Thomaso
Chilliman
Backpacker

I'll be in the half, hoping for 1:50 - had trained for the full but forgot to get entry form in on time. Doh!!!

Hopefully showers hold off till the afternoon. Good luck all.

Jack

[mtarone]

All, I'm doing the half but due to work I was not able to collect my bib today.

Can I get it from the HM start tomorrow morning or will I need to sign up again at the school and pay another $45?

Its my fault, I'm just wondering what my options are.

Thanks
Matt

[serena]

Just a note from the west to wish the Adelaide crew luck with the run tomorrow. A special hurrah to the first time runners in your field and cakeboy doing his first mara in a decade I believe.

serena

[sunny1]

Good luck everyone! Have a good sleep!

It looks as if the weather is going to be perfect.  

[Simlin]

Mtarone, unless your bib was mailed out to you, they are to be collected from the Half Marathon start area from 1hr before the start (see entry form.)

[loubee]

Good luck to you all running tomorrow.  

We in the West will be thinking of you as we start our varying distances while you lot are finishing

[mtarone]

thanks simlin - I read elsewhere that there was a bib pickup at Santos stadium today from 2-4pm so that threw me out.

Hope you all have a great run! I'm off to sleep!

Simlin, on Aug 29 2009, 08:39 PM, said:

Mtarone, unless your bib was mailed out to you, they are to be collected from the Half Marathon start area from 1hr before the start (see entry form.)

[ratdog]

Best of luck everyone for the big race tomorrow.

[Simlin]

Great running weather today (in my opinion).

It was fantastic to run the last 10km past all those people who had fallen apart like I did during my first marathon two years ago...I felt your  pain funrunner.

4hr18min for me.

[cakeboy]

3:36 for me. A PB by 18 minutes.

Very happy. I knew I was in 3:30-ish shape so headed off at 5 mins pace and tried to stick to it. Did so until the last 10km, which were tough, but managed to hang onto 5:20 for most of it and then took Peterhorse advice to push it with 5km to go if I had anything left. I nearly shit myself, Pete...it's all I had left!

Congrats on your PB's, Simlin, Rundave and DingoOTT

Thanks to the marshals and organisers for their help on the day. Great stuff.

To cap off a good day for me, for the first time ever, I jagged a random draw prize.
$200 at Joggers world.

You bewdy!

Edited by cakeboy, 30 August 2009 - 02:38 PM.

[backpacker]

Well done boys!!!
Wow. 3:36. Very inspiring. Of course when I saw you Simlin I wished I was doing the full. Never mind. Slow half felt good. I thought the girls I were running with did a top job with 2:03. So much for a training run. They couldn't help themselves. I was suggesting they slowed down early on though they never died and finished feeling pretty happy. They are keen on Melbourne now. Just hope I can keep up. Better not give them any advice just in case I can't. As predicted the I-phone especially at the start was very cringey.  

[Peterhorse]

cakeboy, on Aug 30 2009, 03:37 PM, said:

3:36 for me. A PB by 18 minutes.

Very happy. I knew I was in 3:30-ish shape so headed off at 5 mins pace and tried to stick to it. Did so until the last 10km, which were tough, but managed to hang onto 5:20 for most of it and then took Peterhorse advice to push it with 5km to go if I had anything left. I nearly shit myself, Pete...it's all I had left!

Congrats on your PB's, Simlin, Rundave and DingoOTT

Thanks to the marshals and organisers for their help on the day. Great stuff.

To cap off a good day for me, for the first time ever, I jagged a random draw prize.
$200 at Joggers world.

You bewdy!

WOOHOO! well i say that reservedly because my PB is 3:36:27 so i will wati for that final tote   . Seriously though Daqve, that's a top effort and a huge PB, I know it's been a long time coming before you got to have a proper go at it again. well done mate! (i thought i said gun it from 3k not 5k   )
cheers
PH

[cakeboy]

Peterhorse, on Aug 30 2009, 06:04 PM, said:

WOOHOO! well i say that reservedly because my PB is 3:36:27 so i will wati for that final tote   .
PH

Jeez...if only I had have known

lets just say we're both 3:36 runners, PH

[Wida]

Well I set records today...I ran my personal worst at 3:49:33 which is some 30min slower than last year which was my PB   Oh well, given my highly disorganised last 3 weeks (running wise) I was just happy to be out there running and it was probably the first marathon where I wasn't running against the clock and was just plodding along to get to the end...it's actually not a bad way to be. Probably my biggest problem was a lack of long k's on hard roads which resulted in muscle soreness from as early as 19km...it doesn't normally kick in until the 30's. TerryC kept me company for quite a while but he seemed to have a bad patch at around 6km to go. Rumour has it that RunDave punched out a 2:57 so that must just about be his PB. Well done RunDave   Well done to everyone else who made it to the end in whatever time you were happy with.

Thanks to all of the volunteers and of course SARRC for running the show. Given that it was my personal worst I was more than happy with it and had a great day.

Edited by Wida, 30 August 2009 - 06:22 PM.

[Peterhorse]

cakeboy, on Aug 30 2009, 06:19 PM, said:

Jeez...if only I had have known

lets just say we're both 3:36 runners, PH

yes mate, that's a deal no matter what it comes back as... we must organise a tete-a-tete some time to what see we can push each other do!
very excited for you mate, it's a great effort to finish any marathon.

Edited by Peterhorse, 30 August 2009 - 07:14 PM.

[Colsy]

It really was your day Cakes, I have never seen you take a door prize before...ripper mate.

[DoyveB]

It was my firstmarathon and had no expectations except finishing. Met some great and inspiring people on the course. And being a Darwin old fart found the return up the Grange to Henley with the sqall a freezing night mare but stuck to my 6 k to the Kilometer pace all the way and was rapt with my my 4.15 for the event. Must say I was running on my own for most of the Linear Park stretch and found the lack of markings a problem .But over all I found the volunteers great and it as an overall great firtst marathon experience...
It was a tick in the box and at 54 ,I will stick to half marathons. Onceagain thanks to all the people who I spent a few minutes with onthe course.............
Dave B Darwin

[crowpower]

I haven't been around at all this year so it was good to chat to some of the regulars after the marathon. Congrats to cakeboy who was well and truly recovered and refreshed by the time I finished and to Simlin for getting close to his predicted time. Also chatted to Frank and the Worleys and I promised Sue that her time will go in the marathon stats even if they said she was too slow - what a ridiculous policy.

I noticed the comment above about the marathon shirt. I had ordered one myself and picked it up today. That is false advertising. I doubt the SARRC has heard the last of this!

[DoyveB]

Just on the Shirt .Bit dissapointed , haven't recieved mine yet ( Delivery to Darwin ) But not marked with the date and Marathon details , thats why we buy hem .

[Wida]

DoyveB, on Aug 30 2009, 07:20 PM, said:

Just on the Shirt .Bit dissapointed , haven't recieved mine yet ( Delivery to Darwin ) But not marked with the date and Marathon details , thats why we buy hem .

Exactly! I have more than enough running T-shirts as it is and the only reason I buy them is for a memento. Probably the other disappointment was the marathon certificate that I have to write my own name on...what's the point of that? I was only thinking of the American lady who ran Adelaide for her record breaking run and she gets a certificate that she has to fill out herself   Other than those two things I thought this years marathon was run very well.

[DoyveB]

Wida, on Aug 30 2009, 07:31 PM, said:

Exactly! I have more than enough running T-shirts as it is and the only reason I buy them is for a memento. Probably the other disappointment was the marathon certificate that I have to write my own name on...what's the point of that? I was only thinking of the American lady who ran Adelaide for her record breaking run and she gets a certificate that she has to fill out herself   Other than those two things I thought this years marathon was run very well.

Waited arround, didn't see her come in . She donated a couple of realgood souverniers , what did she get ??? anything special
Any way as you said won,t winge my first marathon it went pretty well

[No_longer_back_of_the_pack]

I've had a good run today.  Maybe a PB for the HM depending on how long I spent at a toilet stop with about 9 km to go.  If it is longer than 60 seconds my official time will not be a PB.  My timing gives me 2:16:21 for the journey.

Got a flyer at the start and realised after about 4 km that I needed to slow down or I was in danger of blowing up in the latter stages of the event.  Went through first 5 km in 31 minutes, 10 km in 1:03 both of these being my fastest split times in a HM.  In fact my 10 km split is a PB for 10 km.  The fast times continued through 15 km (1:36:48) which was faster than my River run 15 a month or so ago (1:37:19).  Just after 18 km I got a double stitch but I was determined to go for the PB so I kept the foot flat to the floor.

Passed a number of my fellow competitors in the last 3 - 4 km when their endurance ran out and my petrol tank still had something in it which was pleasing.  I must be doing something right.

[socialrunner]

Hey guys

Wasn't the greatest for me, was going really good (4 hrs pace) until 16 to go and the muscle soreness got worse and worse til at 9 to go I, well let's just say I wasn't well. Got a second wind from that but by the 5 to go was feeling horrible again, more walking than running and at 3.5 I couldn't go any further, it was the most painful experience and found out again how many pieces of toast I had for breakfast. My friend had a car at the 4 to go and was so close to getting in it, don't know how I kept moving. Walked until 1.4 to go and did the last km in 5mins (don't know where that came from).

Time of about 4.35.00. Pb of at least 10min so gotta be happy but don't know how it got bad so quickly.

Legs are not too bad and no major injuries yet.

SR

[cakeboy]

BTW, did anyone else run through the finish thinking

"have I finished?"  there didn't seem to be a line
what's happened to SARRC's clock?

edit: well done on getting a PB and hanging in there, social runner.

Edited by cakeboy, 30 August 2009 - 08:59 PM.

[DoyveB]

cakeboy, on Aug 30 2009, 08:27 PM, said:

BTW, did anyone else run through the finish thinking

"have I finished?"  there didn't seem to be a line
what's happened to SARRC's clock?

edit: well done on getting a PB and hanging in there, social runner.

Right on , I was looking for  a finish line , waiving to my brother , then a lady said you can stop now......... Why dont they use timing chips..In all the excitement I didn't stop my watch.

[mtarone]

Well done everyone, I thought it was a great event. I managed a 1:27 HM.

What a relief to hit Santos Stadium - I've never run on that surface before and I just felt so great I accelerated all the way to the finish.  

I wasn't sure where it ended but there were timing people stopping me from going further so I thats where I stopped!

All up, the weather was great and there was lot of encouragement from the volunteers.

I made a point of thanking as many of them as I could.

I will definitely do this again next year.

Edited by mtarone, 30 August 2009 - 09:30 PM.

[DoyveB]

mtarone, on Aug 30 2009, 08:57 PM, said:

Well done everyone, I thought it was a great event. I managed a 1:27 HM.

What a relief to hit Santos Stadium - I've never run on that surface before and I just felt so great I accelerated all the way to the finish.  

I wasn't sure where it ended but there were timing people stopping me from going further so I thats where I stopped!

All up, the weather was great and there was lot of encouragement from the volunteers.

I made a point of thanking as many of them as I could.

I will definitely do this again next year.

Great half time, I loved the way all the half runners geed up all the marathon plodders down the esplanade, thanks to all of you
Makes the run a real hoot

[ratdog]

cakeboy, on Aug 30 2009, 02:37 PM, said:

3:36 for me. A PB by 18 minutes.

Very happy. I knew I was in 3:30-ish shape so headed off at 5 mins pace and tried to stick to it. Did so until the last 10km, which were tough, but managed to hang onto 5:20 for most of it and then took Peterhorse advice to push it with 5km to go if I had anything left. I nearly shit myself, Pete...it's all I had left!

Congrats on your PB's, Simlin, Rundave and DingoOTT

Thanks to the marshals and organisers for their help on the day. Great stuff.

To cap off a good day for me, for the first time ever, I jagged a random draw prize.
$200 at Joggers world.

You bewdy!

Well done Dave

Great PB, your keeping me on my toes, now ill have to keep improving beofre you overtake me on the marathon time.  

Sounds like a few of you had great days out there.

[sunny1]

Congratulations all!! Now you can stop raving about what a good day you had! I will put this on my list to do next year.    Please hold me to it! (Should have enough Ks in the legs for a full mara by then.)

[DoyveB]

sunny1, on Aug 30 2009, 10:06 PM, said:

Congratulations all!! Now you can stop raving about what a good day you had! I will put this on my list to do next year.    Please hold me to it! (Should have enough Ks in the legs for a full mara by then.)

Sorry about it, being my first marathon, and had a few wines I am in a state of blabber................
goodluck for next year , I see they have posted the dates allready

[LeeLa]

I've done it! my first marathon! It was the longest distance I have ever been on my feet. Thanks to those who let me draft off when the condition was not so friendly! Aimed to just finish, but was surprised to see 3.53 hr on my watch. Thanks to SARRC and congrat to everyone who did the run. Now, I undertand what a marathon is all about!

[MummaTreason]

cakeboy, on Aug 30 2009, 08:27 PM, said:

BTW, did anyone else run through the finish thinking

"have I finished?"  there didn't seem to be a line
what's happened to SARRC's clock?

edit: well done on getting a PB and hanging in there, social runner.

When I finally finished there didn't appear to be any time keepers left. Pete said he thought I'd done 5:45 another random person said maybe 5:50. I of course forgot to start my watch at the rght time or even then to stop it. It will be interesting what time they imagine up.
Thanks to those guys who waited to cheer me on, it was great. Usually by the time I finish there are no spectators, althogh I do expect time keepers.
However I was thrilled to finish my 28th adelaide marathon. Poppa Treason (the legend himself) finished his 31st in 4:50.
Congratulations to all who finished.

[zacman]

well done to everyone who ran yesterday. good effort by you all    

i managed to see simlin and its fun .. out on the course and both were looking strong.

nice work cakeboy on ur pb! by the way i had the same feeling as you on crossing the line.

i did 3:14:39 which was a pb by 30 sec,,, better that nothing!

once again, great running to everyone  

[chilliman]

cakeboy, on Aug 30 2009, 02:37 PM, said:

3:36 for me. A PB by 18 minutes.

Peterhorse, on Aug 30 2009, 05:04 PM, said:

my PB is 3:36:27 so i will wati for that final tote   .

Mine is also 3:36 something, I better go and hunt for it to find out how many seconds. Congrats Cakey, you looked like you were doing it easy with 100 to go, although our high 5 could have been coordinated a bit better to actually make contact.

cakeboy, on Aug 30 2009, 08:57 PM, said:

BTW, did anyone else run through the finish thinking

"have I finished?"  there didn't seem to be a line
what's happened to SARRC's clock?

Yep, when I ran this 3 years ago my finish photo has the clock in the background from memory.
I did a loop back yesterday trying to find it.

Great day out, I'll post a report shortly.

[Simlin]

DoyveB, I am assuming you had red ABC Darwin Half t-shirt on?
I was the big fella. I passed you at the start of the coastal section and then you held your pace better than me over the closing stages and eventually pegged me back..glad I could guide you down the river. I was aiming for 6min/k but let it slip, however I was just happy that I didn't resort to walking this year.

To answer a few questions, The finish line was where the big tear drop banner saying FINISH was.
The race-clock, unfortunately, after working on inspection on saturday decided that it didn't want to work on Sunday...these things happen.
I alerted the Race Director about the disatisfaction with the marathon shirt after Wida's post, so he is now expecting all your constructive critisicm  

SARRC have been looking into and even trialed a few timing systems this year, and were all set to use a DAG system (same as C2B) for the marathon, unfortunately the DAG people were unavailable on this particular weekend and it was too late to change the date. I am positive that next year electronic timing will slowly be introduced as online entry has been this year.

[DoyveB]

Simlin, on Aug 31 2009, 08:35 AM, said:

DoyveB, I am assuming you had red ABC Darwin Half t-shirt on?
I was the big fella. I passed you at the start of the coastal section and then you held your pace better than me over the closing stages and eventually pegged me back..glad I could guide you down the river. I was aiming for 6min/k but let it slip, however I was just happy that I didn't resort to walking this year.

To answer a few questions, The finish line was where the big tear drop banner saying FINISH was.
The race-clock, unfortunately, after working on inspection on saturday decided that it didn't want to work on Sunday...these things happen.
I alerted the Race Director about the disatisfaction with the marathon shirt after Wida's post, so he is now expecting all your constructive critisicm  

SARRC have been looking into and even trialed a few timing systems this year, and were all set to use a DAG system (same as C2B) for the marathon, unfortunately the DAG people were unavailable on this particular weekend and it was too late to change the date. I am positive that next year electronic timing will slowly be introduced as online entry has been this year.

Yes was me......... you were a huge help to me keeping me on my pace, always tried to keep you in sight. No complaints about the finish .. My brother told me about he banner afterwards, I think I was so focused on my feet...It as a good day and well done to all.I am so used to looking for a time clock at the end and crossing on a timing mat.Once again A great first marathon experience....

[chilliman]

I only entered the 1/2 two weeks ago as I was over in Adelaide for the weekend. As I posted on another thread I wasn't really sure why, as I hadn't run a half on road for 3yrs and that was at Adelaide too by the way. My road running this year has been not existent, with nearly everything on trail including my weekly training and long runs, mainly in preparation for Yurrebilla and the GOW100.

So with my 8th City to Bay coming up, I thought i'd better try and get some road race training in and see what pace I could hold. The plan initially was to go out for the first 10k at 5min pace then bring it home at sub 4:30 city to bay pace. But I think 100 meters into the run with every one passing me I decided that holding 4:45 would be more workable, after 2 km though I had settled into a nice 4:39 average pace and felt quite comfortable.  My goal  also changed slightly, I decided what ever pace I sat at  importantly I wanted to finish strongly without blowing up at the end. I have often done in the past by going out far too quickly and hitting red line too early.

I really enjoyed being in control with plenty in reserve, it was a great feeling to be able to pick up the pace in some sections, to watch runners extend their gap in front of me then to reel them in on the back half, I don't think anyone passed me on the last 10k home.

I watched the average pace on the Garmin sit at 4:38 until the 10k mark then slowly in a controlled manner picked up the pace to finish with a 4:36 min / k average over all.

Splits:

4:41, 4:39, 4:37, 4:46, 4:37 (5k - 23:20)
4:41, 4:38, 4:34, 4:41, 4:41 (5k - 23:15)
4:36, 4:36, 4:36, 4:35, 4:34 (5k - 22:57)
4:35, 4:39, 4:36, 4:28, 4:35 (5k - 22:53)
4:15

Total (1:36:50)

The overall time wasn't my fastest half, but honestly it's the best I have ever felt during and after finishing a half. I was wrapped to be able to finish strongly, being able to hold pace, and most importantly negative splitting all 5k segments. The fact that it was 5mins faster than when I ran here on a similar course 3 years ago was also a nice feeling, and I was giving it my all back then.

But the question I went away with was could I have run a pb today if I had of given it my all, or blown up badly in a screaming heap ? Only more experimenting will yield an answer. Hey I may even get to like road racing again.

Fantastic weather for running (well I thought so too), unusual for me I didn't drink or take on fuel the whole way, maybe the cool weather helped there.

Loved the course, especially the section along the beach and the Torrens. The weird start around the back streets wasn't as bad as what I thought it was going to be looking at the map with North to the left for some reason. I was lucky to be able to pass most of the 10k pack on the wider roads at about the 7k to go mark, otherwise I could imagine that this may have caused some heavy traffic for those that hit them on the narrower Torrens bike path.

Nice to finish the event once again at Santos amongst a great atmosphere, great to have a quick chat to David Close too volunteering his services for the day. Had a quick word to Treason, who seemed a bit unhappy about his run, but a great time nonetheless. Saw Cakey come in but unfortunately we had to head off and I was getting a tad cold by then too, so sorry if I didn't catch everyone else at the end.

The strangest thing I saw for the day was when we had hit the path along the Torrens for the first time, a fully rugged horse went straight into the Torrens rug and all and proceeded to swim across to the other side to join all his mates. Was an amazing sight seeing the rug and the horses head bobbing up and down in the water as it crossed.




Negatives for the day (please take note SARRC):

On entry, I had paid for a bus ticket from Santos to the start of the half, and had elected to collect my race number from the start at the High school.  Arrived at Santos with plenty of time, saw a few of the Marathoners off, but went to get on the bus and wasn't allowed on the bus without a bus ticket !
There was a group of us left standing in the cold that had paid for a bus ticket online but as we had opted to collect our numbers at the destination of the bus journey we didn't actually have tickets. The somewhat aloof SARRC official didn't want to know about us and told us to wait in the cold to see if he could fit us on, but in the meantime was happy to accept payment of $6 to allow people to jump straight on the bus. In the end he said he could take 7 runners, and there was a mad rush to the bus and we were off. I don't know how many missed out. But the whole process seemed poorly organised. I mean at the least the official could have had a list of those that had paid for bus tickets. The people paying cash were effectively queue jumping those that had prepaid on line but not received their tickets.

On arrival at the high school, there was a whole hall to collect race numbers and for late entry, but the tables were set up far too close to the hall entrance forcing the end of the  queue out side in the cold and to block the door ways. There was also an issue with runners waiting in the wrong queues for race number collection as it was impossible to tell from outside which was which. For next year, put the tables up against the walls with signs on the wall for late entry or race number collection, - simple.

During the run a few of us were almost collected on one roundabout where there was no police presence, a car just came straight through at us from the right expecting us to get out of the way. It was on Parker st, the last round about before the left turn at the end.  We were also abused by a cyclist riding flat out  coming towards us along the Torrens bike path expecting everyone to clear the track for him. Couldn't he see there was an event on ? I mean everyone moved but it was like we were trespassing on his turf.

My last beef was the lack of a timing clock at the finish line, sure it may have been based on Marathon time, but those of us waiting for friends in the event would have loved to have known what times runners were finishing at. Edit: just read your post Simlin, unfortunate that the clock was faulty, but surely a group such as SARRC would have a contingency plan to source another clock ? If they don't they should perhaps look into it.


But as always the positives by far out weighed the negatives, and hopefully i'll be back again next year.

Edited by chilliman, 31 August 2009 - 10:49 AM.

[cakeboy]

Great run Chilliman and you too Zac; congrats on a great PB. Sorry I missed your high five Chilli....I'm no west indian...

Just on the constructive critisism front....the last few roundabout were a problem without marshals. A car was nice enough to wait for me as I wobbled past but having marshaled last year; the number of people that are signed up for marshal duties then didn't show coz it looks a bit bleak outside was alarming. Not much the organisers can do and I suspect they know there are spots out there but it's too late to fill them.

It was a typical SARRC event; not all things go to plan but the marathon still has that old fashioned, run by well meaning amateur feel about it.

The only thing that I think was poorly organised was the stations from 25km to 35kms running out of Gatorade. Just when you really needed it, they didn't have it. Apparently the half marathoners ( chilli's lying...) drank it all but it was cold out there; they should have had plenty.

[chilliman]

cakeboy, on Aug 31 2009, 11:30 AM, said:

....the last few roundabout were a problem without marshals.
... Not much the organisers can do and I suspect they know there are spots out there but it's too late to fill them.

I thought it odd that the 2 prior crossings had a police presence, but there was no one at all on that last one, hence our awareness was down. As I mentioned I haven't run one for a while, but I was under the assumption that we were on a closed course, hence didn't have to worry about giving way to traffic. I suppose what I am saying is that the announcer at the start should have perhaps mentioned that maybe all roads were not completely closed, but I do understand where you are coming from if SARRC are relying on volunteers to control smaller roads, makes it tough if they are short on the day.

Quote

Apparently the half marathoners ( chilli's lying...) drank it all but it was cold out there; they should have had plenty.

Not lying, promise, I enjoyed counting the number of people I passed stopping for a drink and I have a number of witnesses from 2 different pubs that saw me spend all afternoon trying to rehydrate.

[Simlin]

When I went through there was a marshal with lollipop on every round-a-bout? maybe they needed a toilet break or simply turned up late?

Edited by Simlin, 31 August 2009 - 12:39 PM.

[Colsy]

Well done to all the participants! Hopefully there will be some commitment from me next year.

[chilliman]

Simlin, on Aug 31 2009, 12:39 PM, said:

When I went through there was a marshal with lollipop on every round-a-bout? maybe they needed a toilet break or simply turned up late?

You may be right simlin, come to think of it there was a volunteer on the left corner at the end (pub?) that said not far to go, maybe she was heading back to the roundabout ?


Here you go Cakey, proof that I didn't stop for a drink:
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Edit: Green is pace, black line with blue shading is elevation, and yes an uphill course Eat`Em if you are reading this !

The spike just after 8k is the ramp at West beach. Did anyone else feel weird running over that corrugated concrete ? With the light the way it was, it was strobing in my peripheral vision, glad to get off it.

And for historical purposes, here's the map of the 2009 half course:
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Any one have any idea of how long results usually take to come up ? A day, a week ? Thanks.

Edit: Ignore that last question, from the SARRC web site:

A LIST OF THE PLACEGETTERS WILL HOPEFULLY BE POSTED BY TUESDAY WITH FULL RESULTS AND A RACE REPORT BY MONDAY 7 SEPTEMBER

MARK YOUR DIARY FOR THE
32nd ADELAIDE MARATHON TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2010

Does anyone have any idea of the winners and rough times for the full and half ?

Edited by chilliman, 31 August 2009 - 02:58 PM.

[cakeboy]

[quote name='chilliman' date='Aug 31 2009, 03Here you go Cakey, proof that I didn't stop for a drink:

The spike just after 8k is the ramp at West beach. Did anyone else feel weird running over that corrugated concrete ? With the light the way it was, it was strobing in my peripheral vision, glad to get off it.


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I'm glad it was only 100ms....I always avoid that section on my runs...nasty little surface and glare..

OK you didn't drink the gatorade.....I'm impressed with the graphs...and the pace...well done Chilli....

[davidfmc]

I enjoyed my half marathon on Sunday, especially running on the Southern side of the Torrens towards Henley Beach Road - they have done a great job renewing the waterway.

I ran with a lot of people enjoying their portable music and it makes it difficult to chat - it makes it even harder for faster runners and overtaking cyclists to make themselves heard.

Access to toilets in Henley High School was a bit lacking but the crowd quickly drops away as people line up for the gun.

My brother marshalled at two different spots on the day and also attended some police training on Saturday - that's a pretty big commitment - thanks Mark. I expect SARRC don't make much money out of an event like this but there must be something that could be offerred to get marshalls available? A free entry to a future SARRC event?

Well done to SARRC and the running public who made it all possible.

David

[Wida]

Regarding the Military Rd section with the roundabouts; I don't really like it. I'm no lawyer but I'd imagine that if there wasn't a marshal at the roundabout and a runner was hit then the runner would be at fault. Also, I think it's wrong to expect motorists to give way to runners at a non marshalled roundabout, as where in the road rules could you expect to see law directing vehicles to give way to pedestrians on roundabouts? I understand that it's difficult to get volunteers and I very much appreciate those who do attend, but I think that SARRC are really leaving themselves wide open from a legal perspective should an accident at a non-marshalled roundabout occur when they know that marshals aren't present.

Edited by Wida, 31 August 2009 - 06:50 PM.

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davidfmc, on Aug 31 2009, 07:19 PM, said:

My brother marshalled at two different spots on the day and also attended some police training on Saturday - that's a pretty big commitment - thanks Mark. I expect SARRC don't make much money out of an event like this but there must be something that could be offerred to get marshalls available? A free entry to a future SARRC event?

Two years ago I drove the cone trailer due to a knee injury.  I think I heard Rod offering me a free run in a future SARRC event, something I have deliberately not cashed in.

One of the things that impressed me about the 2008 Melbourne event was that the volunteers had a special tee shirt.  I guess that is one of the advantages of running a much larger event than Adelaide.

[RunDave]

Sliced over 2 minutes off my PB for something around 2:57:26. Very happy with that considering my disastrous 3:31 from last year. Legs are really sore today, but it was worth it   . Caught up with a few CRs after the race which was nice. Finally got to meet the famous SouthAustralian (Frank). We were pretty lucky with the weather, especially running along the coast where we had a cross wind most of the way instead of a headwind like last year.  

A few things about the race organisation. The clock breakdown was just bad luck, but could have been mentioned at the start line. As in previous years, several km markers were out of place. This should be rectified by blacking out all previous marks each year before putting down new ones so there is no confusion (unless the course is identical). Marshals were in place in most important places, but a few were missing. Perhaps some backup signs at each marshal position would help with no-shows. I think the drink situation just needs some slight adjustment for greater quantities near the end.

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chilliman, on Aug 31 2009, 02:14 PM, said:

[/i][/b][/color][/font][/color][/font]Does anyone have any idea of the winners and rough times for the full and half ?

The first chap came in somewhere around 2:35 (can't remember his name but think he won the half last year?) and first female was Natalie Wood 2:57.