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Hi all, forms for next week are up!

Please put your name down if you’re coming.

Julie will take a social on Tuesday evening, roughly 5 – 6 miles at pace to suit the group.

The interval session will be a return to the much loved Cenotaph Hills! 25 minutes continuous with effort going up and recovery coming back down. Been recently resurfaced as well, so will be super speedy🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Thursday is the Wadworth away run, hosted by Jo and Mark, please remember to let us know if you are coming and more importantly, if you want chips (order goes in on Monday!!!) Don’t forget your club colours as well! All the details are in the calendar and the Facebook event in the Group.

See you in the week and we wonder if we will get a visit from any London Marathon runners to show us their shirts and bling!!

Hi all, forms for next week are up!

Please put your name down if you’re coming, even if there isn’t currently a leader assigned to the group you want to run in.

Amanda will take a social on Tuesday evening, roughly ~10 km at ~10 m/m.

The interval session will be 16 * (30 seconds effort, 1 min recovery.)

Thursday’s route is provisionally marked as M4R.

See you in the week!

Ok you Manchester marathoners and supporters, below are the key details and handy tips to assist your preparation for the day.

• The coach will depart at 06:00 from the Vue car park or on the road leading into that car park.
• Please get there in plenty of time (05:45) so we can get you all onboard ready to leave at 06:00.
• The coach will drop us as near to the official car parking at Old Trafford. It’s approximately a one mile walk to start area.
• The coach will depart for our return journey to Doncaster at 16:30 from where it drops us off (tbc that morning when we get dropped off). Again please be there in plenty of time.
• Please ensure you have a rucksack/bag with everything you’ll need for the day. You will need to put that bag in the bag drop as the coach that drops us off may not be the same one that picks us up.

Suggested things to pack:

1. A bit of pre race food – it’ll be a long time between eating your porridge at 0515 to your race start so pack a banana, snack bar or two.
2. A bottle of water / drink.
3. Vaseline!
4. Plenty of warm clothing, coat, jogging bottoms, jumper, woolly hat etc. especially for after as you will get cold when your bodies in shock after running all that way!
5. Mobile Phone for pics and emergency contact.
6. Money for warm food / hot drink after etc. There are plenty of food stalls near the finish area.
7. Bottle of water/fluids/protein shake. Snacks for after.
8. A pair of sliders/flip flops to relieve those feet afterwards.
9. A small towel to dry yourself or sit on if you’re cramping or need to sit down to get shoes on and off.
10. Wet wipes, always handy to freshen up after.
11. Lastly and most importantly, your race number!! Pinned on your running top ready to go!

Hi all, forms for next week are up – please remember to book on if you’re coming.

Tuesday’s interval set will be 12 * (45 seconds, off 60 recovery).

Things will be slightly different for Thursday. Because there are so many people doing Manchester (or London), many of them leaders, we’re going to simplify the evening and just have 3 groups.

It’ll be pretty much like an away social (except not away 😆) with more relaxed pacing in all groups.

Route is going to be M2R – the first part is in the woods, but comes back out and near to the Dome at about 3 and a half miles. This enables all groups to be out of there still with plenty of light and gives those doing the marathon the opportunity to peel off at that point (to the bar?)

Those who want to do the full route can do so – the remainder of it is on road.

See you in the week!