Saturday was an inspiring day. I arrived about one hour before the first talk, which gave me plenty of time to study the clothes on offer. The London Marathon long-sleeved tops mostly didn’t appeal to me, but I found some tights I liked. They had an offer of 20% off if you bought two items, so I picked up a pack of socks, and ended up paying less than the original price of the tights.
The talks were good, and although there wasn’t much we don’t already know, there were a few nuggets here and there. It was particularly fun to see Martin Yelling and Vassos Alexander up close, and they were entertaining as usual.
Here are the tips that I found useful.
* In addition to water and Lucozade, they will be handing out Lucozade gels at two stations.
* We need to drop off our bags before 9:25.
* The expo is quietest on Friday between 6 and 8 pm.
* Don’t pour water on yourself if you’re hot, which will make the road slippery for others. If it’s hot, they’ll put out showers.
* There are photographers at the 384 yards to go mark. Smile from then on - it’ll trick your body into doing better. Plus you'll get a much better finishing photo.
* Some people take a selfie at every mile marker. Maybe you should too.
* An even split is best, consider running with a pacer. You can find them at the rear of their pens.
At lunch, it was possible to get books signed, but the lines were so long that I just bought a couple of books. At the end of the day, we were given a goody bag as we left. It wasn’t very exciting. A couple of bottles of water, a beer, Lucozade and the Lucozade gel that they’ll be handing out. That was handy. We also got the Feb issue of Runners World, which was good, as I hadn’t read it yet. There was also a coupon for a discount off books from Bloomsbury publishing.
Very sound tips - thanks for taking the time to post.
The view from the other side
Lions Martian 10k trail run...👽👽👽
A slow 16k Trail Run in the scorching sun ☀️🥵
