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Rick · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:46 pm Subject: Dusseldorf Marathon, May 7th, 2006

www.metrogroup-marathon.de/313.0.html

It's time to register if you want to get in at the cheapest price. 44€.

Price goes up by 6€ on 1st Jan so get entering if you think you are hard enough.

No credit cards here. To entre from abroad you will need to print off the entry form then post it off and transfer the appropriate amount to:
IBAN: DE97 3005 0110 0013 0013 18 BIC: DUSSDEDDXXX

You cannot enter this marathon and the Hannover marathon as they occur on the same day. Hannover needs a German bank account to enter.

roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 429

We are definitely going to do this one, so if anyone else wants to share bank transfer costs I propose to do the transfer at the end of next week. I will do the payment and transfer for 32 pounds (44 Euros = 29.8 pounds).

If anyone is interested then they will need to transfer 32 pounds to my bank account beforehand. PM me for details.

merten · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:24 am Subject:

Definitely not doing this one after the licensing trouble last year.
It's a bit far away (and expensive) as well.

Rick · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:46 pm Subject:

Sent my reg form in today. Will see if I get on the Holland Highlights Tour if I am driving or flying.

Rick · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:25 am Subject:

I can see Kay's name and mine in the start list but not Roger???

roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 429

Thanks for the heads-up. I have asked them to investigate.

Gav · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:20 pm Subject: Dusseldorf - 7th May

I'm registered and have flights with Lufthansa direct to Dusseldorf, out on Saturday, back on Sunday.

Anyone else coming? I also have the details of a much-recommended pasta party that you need to book for on the saturday night. If anyone else wants to book for that I can send you the guys email address.

roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 429

Kay and me will be there. We are flying from Mallorca to Cologne on Saturday and Dusseldorf to London (Air Berlin) on Sunday.

Rick's going too.

Can you send me the pasta party details?

Michi · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 537 Location: Hamburg

Rick · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:07 am Subject:

http://wetter.rtl.de/deutschland/uebersicht.php?id=10400&ort=DÜSSELDORF

Mmm. Warm and dry Very Happy

All the other places I have found agree. Bit windy though Sad

All the more important to get a good paceline.

Rick · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 4:47 pm Subject:

Results are up
Total finishers
Men all cateogries - 670
MHK - 47
M30 - 238
M40 - 254

1 (1) Markus Pape (GER) MHK ZEPTO Skate Team 00:36:45 | 00:35:59 | 01:12:45
2 (2) Björn Oltmer (GER) MHK Expert Race Team 00:36:46 | 00:35:58 | 01:12:45
3 (1) Michael Puderbach (GER) M30 Expert Race Team 00:36:45 | 00:36:01 | 01:12:47
11 (6) Gavin Pollock (GER) MHK Expert Race Team 00:36:44 | 00:37:32 | 01:14:16
93 (27) Roger Fretwell (GBR) M40 Londonskater Speed Team 00:42:10 | 00:46:52 | 01:29:02
119 (47) Richard Johnson (GBR) M30 Londonskaters Speed Team 00:44:47 | 00:47:31 | 01:32:18

Women all categories - 228
W40 - 72

1 (1) Christina Musielak (GER) WJA ZEPTO Skate Team 00:40:20 | 00:43:00 | 01:23:21
1 (1) Anja Kühlert (GER) W30 TEAM DER-ROLLENSHOP.DE 00:40:20 | 00:43:01 | 01:23:21
61 (15) Kay Bettis (GBR) W40 Londonskaters Speed Team 00:52:27 | 00:52:59 | 01:45:26

If you notive Gavs Half marathon time you may notice that he was leading at half time. He make a break and got about 200m on the front pack and then got overwhelmed a little later. Hasn't yet got over his need to get into the top 10. 11th two weeks running. Two of his team mates came 2nd and 3rd. I got a new PB. Not bad for a slowish marathon. Winning time was 1:12:45. Went off a bit too fast (My first 10k was somewhere between 17 and 18 minutes. Very Happy

) and blew up in the middle third, still learning. Needed a bit of recovery time and had to skate with the last of the elite ladies who were quite slow. Finished well though. Must have been the Red Bull I necked before the start Shocked

I didn't know how fast I was going until my back told me off.

It was a very hot and dry race. Took a bottle of flat coke round with me. Cheers Marcel Wink

All in all a nice race. Plenty of grip, completely dry (keeps my wet dry ratio at 50/50 not even Gav brought rain to this one) Pitty there weren't more of us there. I hope those of you at Rennes faired well.

Gav · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:20 pm Subject:

What a great day for a race... beautifully sunny and warm, ok maybe a little too much wind tho.

I was really happy, and also really annoyed with my race. Annoyed because I could easily have skated 1min 30 faster and stuck with the front guys, but I missed the break and was too stuffed to bridge the gap once it opened. Happy though cos I won the sprint for the 2nd pack, and cos of what Rick mentioned. I went off the front at about 25km and my teammates blocked the pack and slowed it down, so I was leading the race, solo, for about 1km with a 200m gap on the pack Very Happy

Truly awesome! All the people standing around were so suprised to see this single skater pelting down the road with no one else in sight Smile

Got a lot of cheering!

But then, I was stupid, stupid, stupid and just when I was thinking I should start looking over my shoulder so when they catch up they don't get the jump on me, they came flying past my shoulder and I couldn't get back on them! So annoyed at myself!! But it was almost worth it Smile

Bjorn and Michael did awesomely to come 2nd and 3rd. It was pretty much Experts Race Team against Zepto national team up at the front the whole way!

Michi · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 537 Location: Hamburg

Congratulations to all you guys for the phantastic results!!

Alan · Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 383 Location: Hackney, London

Awesome

tanya g · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 7:31 am Subject:

well done everyone.

just to show my ignorance who are kay and roger?