Comments on: Ten Top Tips To Assist Marathon Runners http://strenuasworld.com/2009/09/19/ten-top-marathon-tips/ Investigating the training, treatments, diets and science behind a healthy active life Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:08:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Strenua http://strenuasworld.com/2009/09/19/ten-top-marathon-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Strenua Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:23:33 +0000 http://strenuasworld.com/?p=1817#comment-806 http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/forummessages.asp?UTN=147367&URN=1&dt=4&srchdte=0&cp=1&v=1&sp= Link to the discussion on Runner's World Forum http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/forummessages.asp?UTN=147367&URN=1&dt=4&srchdte=0&cp=1&v=1&sp=

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]]> By: Strenua http://strenuasworld.com/2009/09/19/ten-top-marathon-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Strenua Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:24:06 +0000 http://strenuasworld.com/?p=1817#comment-184 Thanks for your comments Jon. I have noticed someone has posted a link to this article on the Runner's World site and there are some strong opinions agreeing and disagreeing with me. I think the post might have sounded like I was ranting because I had been a bit frustrated that day with some fellow runners. Most of the points are obvious to regular runners but might not have been a consideration for fun runners or first timers. Reading some of the Runner's World comments I think maybe we all just need to be considerate of other people running. Don't take offence if some people don't want to chat all the way round, and I won't think people wanting to know my full name are creepy. Some runners could try giving their kit a rinse through and others like me should perhaps not use so many chemical fragrant products. My 'tips' don't just apply to marathon races. I race in New York's Central Park and each weekend they have a race that around 4,000 people participate in. I think this is my where intolerance is being cultivated. I'm missing the local races back in the UK with their fields of 90 runners..... Thanks for your comments Jon. I have noticed someone has posted a link to this article on the Runner’s World site and there are some strong opinions agreeing and disagreeing with me.

I think the post might have sounded like I was ranting because I had been a bit frustrated that day with some fellow runners. Most of the points are obvious to regular runners but might not have been a consideration for fun runners or first timers.

Reading some of the Runner’s World comments I think maybe we all just need to be considerate of other people running. Don’t take offence if some people don’t want to chat all the way round, and I won’t think people wanting to know my full name are creepy. Some runners could try giving their kit a rinse through and others like me should perhaps not use so many chemical fragrant products.

My ‘tips’ don’t just apply to marathon races. I race in New York’s Central Park and each weekend they have a race that around 4,000 people participate in. I think this is my where intolerance is being cultivated. I’m missing the local races back in the UK with their fields of 90 runners…..

]]> By: joe http://strenuasworld.com/2009/09/19/ten-top-marathon-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-180 joe Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:20:55 +0000 http://strenuasworld.com/?p=1817#comment-180 like the blog hows it goin? like the blog hows it goin?

]]> By: Jon http://strenuasworld.com/2009/09/19/ten-top-marathon-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Jon Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:17:00 +0000 http://strenuasworld.com/?p=1817#comment-178 Some sensible points, and tbh the vast, vast majority of runners I have met have always behaved in an appropriate manner. It is most often the "fun" runners who are doing an event for a first time who are least considerate (presumably because they haven't had the experience before). Most runners tend to "over-egg" their predicted time, we all like to hope for the best, but it is a fairly small minority who get completely in the wrong pen, and they do my head in too. I can't agree on the elbow thing though. It would seem to me to be the responsibility of the runner behind to keep out of the way of the runner in front, and give them a wide berth if they have an extravagant running style. If all these things really bug you, may I suggest staying away from huge mass-participation events like VLM and New York. Support smaller local races. They cost less to enter, there'll be far fewer runners to annoy you (some will have as few as 100 in a marathon, so plenty of room), no-one will be wearing fancy dress and there won't be so many inexperienced first timers. Some sensible points, and tbh the vast, vast majority of runners I have met have always behaved in an appropriate manner.
It is most often the “fun” runners who are doing an event for a first time who are least considerate (presumably because they haven’t had the experience before). Most runners tend to “over-egg” their predicted time, we all like to hope for the best, but it is a fairly small minority who get completely in the wrong pen, and they do my head in too.
I can’t agree on the elbow thing though. It would seem to me to be the responsibility of the runner behind to keep out of the way of the runner in front, and give them a wide berth if they have an extravagant running style.

If all these things really bug you, may I suggest staying away from huge mass-participation events like VLM and New York. Support smaller local races. They cost less to enter, there’ll be far fewer runners to annoy you (some will have as few as 100 in a marathon, so plenty of room), no-one will be wearing fancy dress and there won’t be so many inexperienced first timers.

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