Comments on: Edinburgh Marathon Snippets 2009

By: James Mittra

James Mittra — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:28:33 +0000

No problem at all Jenny. Scott, sorry to hear about the calf trouble. I too found it difficult to hydrate on the long, slow walk back. Didn’t help that they ran short on water Thankfully, I seem to have recovered better than expected from the ordeal. Hip was fine two days after the race and I ran on it on Friday with no ill effect. Guess it was just one of those random things that can happen in a race.

By: Scott Reed

Scott Reed — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:47:50 +0000

Hi James,
I think I can remember going past you at the 19mile mark. That’s where my calf muscle got a cramp knot the size of my fist in it. Simply couldn’t drink enough to stop myself becoming dehydrated. I finished in 4 hours 9 mins after a 7 mile hobble/jog.
There seemed to be someone collapsing every couple of minutes… some quite spectacularly… delighted just to finish.

By: jenny

jenny — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:24:06 +0000

Sorry James, couldn’t research the results by club & didn’t know you were running so couldn’t look you up specially! Hope you’re feeling much better now. Sore hip – ouch….

By: James Mittra

James Mittra — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:24:23 +0000

Great reports everyone! Really nice to hear other people’s stories. My time wasn’t reported, but I don’t mind. I blew up at mile 19 with a sore hip and had a painful, soul destroying walk to the finish with very little water on offer. Ended up with a time of 4:47 for my first marathon. Don’t think I’ll be doing another one for a few years!

By: graeme

graeme — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:06:43 +0000

This is an excellent post! I really liked the idea of having many contributors all with different perspectives of how things went.