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Berlin Marathon - 25 Sep 2010 - 16:03 30 Dec 09 Another date for the diary. The Berlin Marathon 2010 will be on 25 September 2010.

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sambasoldave
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Re:Berlin Marathon - 25 Sep 2010 - 21:49 24 Jan 10 hiya,
im normally a runner of marathons and decided this year to turn my legs to inline....would you mind giving me some details on what rules there are for the marathon in berlin.
ive entered both the sat for inline and sunday for the marathon so go help me and any otheer relevent info. like head or knee etc wear..and i have some k2 skates will they be ok...

many thanks

dave

ps is there any groups in ndevon that u know of

cheers

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dogsbody

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Re:Berlin Marathon - 25 Sep 2010 - 00:01 25 Jan 10 Hi sambasoldave, welcome to the site

Not sure what rules you need, most information is up on the Berlin Marathon website although other information will come as part of the signup pack if I remember correctly. They are very good like that

You have run marathons before so I'll just concentrating on the things that maybe different...
You MUST have a helmet, no helmet, no race.
The start is staggered into 7-8 groups depending on what time you have put down for previous races. Don't worry about being in the last two groups that were most people are and it's a real mix.
You can massively improve your time by drafting other skaters. If you can't draft then it's a good thing to learn before then.

Most of all though, have fun! Advice kinda depends how serious you want to be but Berlin is a great race (second perhaps to Goodwood Roller Marathon

) and very flat

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Re:Berlin Marathon - 25 Sep 2010 - 13:33 25 Jan 10 Think there's a time limit too? Mind you, it is ages... ! Skate Monkey !

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Re:Berlin Marathon - 25 Sep 2010 - 00:36 26 Jan 10 Ahh yeah, the dreaded bus that follows at the back picking up stragglers.

They give you 2 and half hours to do the race. I was really worried when I skated it as my previous best had been 2:35 but the course is so flat and I got a great pace line that I did it in 1:45.

You could always sign up for Goodwood Roller Marathon too (have I done enough pimping yet) we give you a massive 5 hours to complete or you could always do the half to give you an idea of your timing. RT @ApproachMarket: http://t.co/qyzE2xGf Fake Rhino attempts zoo escape video thanks to @dogsbodyorg at #crowthornejelly - Twitter Status

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Re:Berlin Marathon - 25 Sep 2010 - 07:56 26 Jan 10 Goodwood would be the most sensible choice for a first skating marathon. There is one proviso though - remember that Goodwood is generally a much slower course than Berlin. So if you come to Goodwood and don't finish in under 2.5 hours, don't despair - as Dan said, you can make huge speed increases just by being at Berlin. ! Skate Monkey !

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sambasoldave
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Re:Berlin Marathon - 25 Sep 2010 - 21:06 31 Jan 10 cheers guys....

well im paid up and in....and crazie enough to run marathon on following day...
thanks for all the advice..taken all on board and will do my dambdest to come to goodwood. i was goonaa say its a long way from devon but berlin is further. lol

doya know of any clubs down my way......

and just outa interest any of u guy old like me 44..and if so were any of u into street hockey int the mid 80,s as i was part of the first ( i was gonna say white team, but i dont mean that offensive hockey skater that visited elephant and castle in 85! from chertsey surrey. quads in them days! just changing over then..
great sport love to do it again..

cheers everyone ..sorry if i waffle new to this and i feel on my own down in n devon!!

cheers

sambasol dave

ps sambasol come from a band i run..may be good at an event one day check us out. on our old site new comming soon www.myspace.com/devonsambasol pps was i advertising like goodwood!!!! cheers

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dogsbody

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Re:Berlin Marathon - 25 Sep 2010 - 00:04 01 Feb 10 any of u guy old like me 4444 is positively middle aged around here!

sorry if i waffle new to this and i feel on my own down in n devon!!waffling is absolutely fine and actively encouraged

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