Friday, April 15, 2011

Vienna Calling

Caragh Lake to Vienna, door to door, 12 hours, with a bunch of 4 lunaticschildren in attendance, left us absolutely knackered but 11 and 9 hours of sleep in the following 2 nights got us back on our feet. I will try and stay off my feet tomorrow as much as possible. The weather forecast for Sunday is still just about perfect.

I only did a couple of short runs yesterday and today, 2.5 miles each. The coach told me I could run, but with a limit of 2-3 miles. Think of doing a warm up for a 5k without doing the race. My legs felt like lead yesterday and I started fearing the worst, but today felt much better and the optimism is back.

There's nothing left but the sub-3 marathon itself.
Posted by at 7:28 pm
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22 comments:

  1. PaulFri Apr 15, 09:35:00 pm

    Time to crack the throttle and see what' happens!

    Have FUN!

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  2. MichaelFri Apr 15, 10:52:00 pm

    GOOD LUCK!

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  3. Jamie AndersonSat Apr 16, 12:09:00 am

    Best of luck Thomas. Hay is in the barn.

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  4. Car Ac compressorSat Apr 16, 06:03:00 pm

    All the best!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. John LangenbachSat Apr 16, 11:17:00 pm

    Best of luck tomorrow. I ran Vienna 2 years ago and found it a fabulous race.

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  6. EwenSun Apr 17, 01:04:00 am

    That's better Thomas - almost under the 140 character limit. Seven will do Monday:

    2:57:41

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  7. Love2RunSun Apr 17, 02:32:00 am

    Go get em!

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  8. RuslanSun Apr 17, 08:14:00 am

    .. just looked at http://www.vienna-marathon.com/ Haile is there for Half, what a cool company! People've been waiting for your Big Race for pretty long. Good Luck Thomas!!!

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  9. EricSun Apr 17, 12:09:00 pm

    Congrats, Thomas! I won't spoil it for anyone who wants to see the result for themselves. Results are up at vienna-marathon.com.

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  10. Love2RunSun Apr 17, 12:55:00 pm

    Woo hoo!! That was too close for comfort!!

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  11. GrellanSun Apr 17, 01:23:00 pm

    Bloody fantastic Thomas!!!, well done - very close - looking forward to hearing all about it.

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  12. caninemarathonerSun Apr 17, 01:29:00 pm

    le buille amháin de na gaoithe - Maith sibh

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  13. histodecSun Apr 17, 01:43:00 pm

    Brilliant performance..almost even splits...looking forward to reading "Diary of sub 3 Marathon Runner"

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  14. RuslanSun Apr 17, 02:58:00 pm

    Yes Thomas! You DID it!
    313 65 4572 Bubendorfer Thomas BRUTTO NETTO !!! Waiting for Report and seriously, it's better to change the Title of this page : )

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  15. MichaelSun Apr 17, 03:38:00 pm

    Are you kidding me, the official time says 2:59:35? Wow, congratulations, well done, I'm really looking forward to reading this race report.

    In all seriousness, you should be very proud of yourself. Running that far under 3 hours is quite the accomplishment. Be sure to enjoy some well earned rest and recovery!

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  16. John KynastonSun Apr 17, 05:28:00 pm

    Congratulations Thomas.

    What an impressive run. Thanks so much for including my number for text updates every 5k. It was so exciting following your progress.

    You were right on the line at every split. I rang John McL when you were half way and we both thought it was going to be tough to run an even split but you did it. Excellent.

    I tried to send you a text but it wouldn't go so maybe I have the wrong number.

    Looking forward to reading all the details! Recover well and enjoy the rest of your trip and have a safe journey home.

    Ps Plus Man City beat Man Utd - a great weekend!!

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  17. ElmerMSun Apr 17, 07:08:00 pm

    A bit hearty congrats Thomas. Looking forward to the report.. I've a feeling it's be epic!

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  18. briceySun Apr 17, 07:38:00 pm

    Congrats . Thomas. Well deserved and about time!!! Brendan

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  19. EwenMon Apr 18, 10:02:00 am

    Woohoo! Now I won't have to comment on your sub-3 report, which I'm sure you'll keep down to 179 words ;)

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  20. RichardMon Apr 18, 12:08:00 pm

    25 seconds!

    My wife is delighted - for Niamh!

    Time to get baking!

    Nicely done.

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  21. RICK'S RUNNINGMon Apr 18, 06:28:00 pm

    Congrats on joining the sub 3 club.
    Well earned :]

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  22. AnonymousMon Apr 18, 08:29:00 pm

    well done man. that was a close shave. hard to imagine how u felt with 2 miles to go, with 20+ precious seconds in the bag.... confident but cautious? J

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