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"Having only run one marathon in the past with a total number of 140
runners, the appeal of the Paris Marathon with over 30,000 participants is
quite obvious.  I decided in early January that the Paris marathon was going
to be my second marathon.  I trained hard for the following 3 months and was
really looking forward to April 4th.  The weekend itself was a great
experience that I will always remember.
 
I arrived at the Expo on Saturday, where I received my race number and a
very generous gift pack.  The pasta party was really well attended.  On the
day itself I arrived at the start line approximately 45 minutes before the
start and I was amazed by the crowd of people already at the start line.  On
other thing that struck me was the number of supporters who really helped in
relieving pre-race nerves.  I made my way to the yellow section as I
estimated I would complete the race in 3hours 15minutes.
 
The race began at 8.45am and I found it very difficult to get to the pace I
wanted to run at because of the large numbers in the race.  I really enjoyed
the first 5 km running along the Champs Elysees etc  The water/food stations
were really well stocked and very accessible particularly after the halfway
mark.  The last 10km of the race were particulary difficult, I can't
remember it that well as I was struggling to maintain the pace.  The support
for the final 2 kilometres was incredible and something that really helped
me to complete the marathon in 3 hours 6 minutes and 44 seconds.
 
One of the things that disappointed me was I didn't notice the beautiful
surroundings that I was running through, as I was busy focussing on the
race.
 
I really enjoyed my first Paris marathon experience and I will be back."

Diarmuid O' Leary

 

  

 

 

 

 

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