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Galway a serious contender but remember Clare are a lot better than Sligo and Kerry ripped them assunder. Kerry are the team to beat.

I read somewhere that in order to do back to back the team needs a 25% improvement in year   2  .  Minus David Moran Kerry need at least 30% extra.

True but 20% of such statistics could be said to be made up

I knew quite a few doing Manchester who spoke very highly of it. End of day like football etc it's a hobby so health etc the main thing. Plenty more of them.

For the meantime we can just sit and be cynical about the first sub 1 hour 2nd half of a marathon  (Or not be cynical and marvel at it - whatever you decide  )

Big time , just happy to get out at all and do a bit . Nobody knows what's for us so best enjoy it when we can.

Cynical all the way!  The juicing going on is something mad I reckon. I see Nike prototype shoes were in action in London as well .

I actually prefer training at that time of year.

Yeah I feel your pain with young kids etc - training well for me correlates to sleeping well which is a complete uncontrollable as is protecting yourself from all the bugs that come in the house!!

Fact . I was dusht when looking at it objectively . You can't perform on a metabolic deficit. Not even going to try for a marathon for a few years until babies are sleeping the night. The young fella is sound and that's the main thing.

Manchester is a great race , very well organised and everything handy .

Aye, that's the beauty of the marathon.Need all the stars to align. That's 3 tough days, 3 good days and one medium in the marathon for me 
Enjoyed the training and the routine.
Don't think I'll do a spring one again ..the dark mornings and evenings are tough going ! Autumn marathons take the good out of the summer as well !

14 weeks for Valencia leaves ya starting last week in August . Only the month of November to get over in terms of dark training .

How did the lads from the Board here get on in Manchester? I seen a few from a local club to me seemed to hit a right few PBs in it.

Had a savage block of work done , was going to give the PB a rattle but had a tough week leading up to it. 2 year old in A&E the Wednesday before with a virus and herself was laid low. Thought I dodged it but lack of sleep and immune system depleted made for a tough day in Manchester !
Was toast after 11 miles ..hadn't checked my heart rate but was basically at maximum from mile 5 

Had hoped to sign off from the marathon but alas , unfinished business now ! Hope to come back in a few years when the new baby coming is about 2.

Valencia 2025 

Hope it's Galway in the final , great record against them in Croke Park 

Of all the ghost stories we can scare our kids with ...the 2021 final is currently the horrifying finale.

Agree , all about comfort for general training rather than the price tag or the sales pitch .

I would be cautious about super shoes for other than races , the stack height (heel height) coupled with the carbon plate changes foot mechanics considerately ...puts more stress on a bone within foot and also causes more force through Achilles/calf ....they 100% improve performance but I would hesitate to use them in training , despite the increase in speed and decrease in soreness you get from them .

Currently training for the Manchester Marathon which is this day 10 weeks.
About to head out the door now for a 30km run, it's -1° at the moment though 🥶
Training going very well so far, nearly too well. Keep waiting for something to go wrong!

Am signed up too 

Might see you there! Though you'll be on the plane back home and I'll still only be at half way of the race!
Kind of guessed you were in Marathon training from your Strava runs alright.
Only 9 weeks left 😬

It's a great course , you'll have to shield your eyes going by Old Trafford though !
Tough time of the year for it but good to get a clear run at the summer with no long training is my thinking , baby number 2 coming end of July too ...so it'll be a good while again before any decent training is done for me ! Hoping for a PB but nothing soft in a marathon , so many variables . Enjoying each session now though ..

Currently training for the Manchester Marathon which is this day 10 weeks.
About to head out the door now for a 30km run, it's -1° at the moment though 🥶
Training going very well so far, nearly too well. Keep waiting for something to go wrong!

Am signed up too 

Terrible . Went to secondary school with Brendan. A gentleman. Full of kindness , so sad.

As the old saying goes, sometimes you need to lose ten finals before you win one 

We'll keep coming back until it's done.

Up Mayo

Well done Meath.

Not sorry for the Dublin manager 

A nice change of dressing rooms for our lads. M before T .

Will be a great game.

Don't think team will be happy with skill execution and decision making coming down the straight. The disparity in quality of depth between teams evident again. Progress made this year , few warriors might not be seen again..christ, they've given some service.