Running

[Rico1304]

Imagine how good you'll feel when you get back in and lie in a hot bath.

 

I might bump into Captain Oates!

[Champ]

I might bump into Captain Oates!

 

So, rico, what did you do?

[Rico1304]

Stayed in, but promised myself 10 miles in the morning.

[Champ]

Stayed in' date=' but promised myself 10 miles in the morning.[/quote']

 

Sounds the right decision for tonight...just hope it doesn't freeze overnight

[Rico1304]

Champ - tomorrow the missus has 2 friends coming for the day. They've not been together for a year and 1 girl hasn't seen Izzy yet. Compared to staying in and being part of that 10 miles in the ice is a doddle!!!

[Champ]

Champ - tomorrow the missus has 2 friends coming for the day. They've not been together for a year and 1 girl hasn't seen Izzy yet. Compared to staying in and being part of that 10 miles in the ice is a doddle!!!

 

I hope you've been pulling your weight, otherwise the cold outside will be nothing compared to the icy chill that greets you on your return

[Scooby Dudek]

Stayed in, but promised myself 10 miles in the morning.

 

I hope you are up and about and ready for your 10 miles.

 

I have just gotten back from 11 miles, but the weather is currently a very pleasent 8 degrees and very little wind. Which does help.

[Rico1304]

I hope you are up and about and ready for your 10 miles.

 

I have just gotten back from 11 miles, but the weather is currently a very pleasent 8 degrees and very little wind. Which does help.

 

Just having a few minutes with my daughter before I go. She slept for 6 hours last night, that's my current equivalent of a 4 min/mile!

[Champ]

 

Just having a few minutes with my daughter before I go. She slept for 6 hours last night' date=' that's my current equivalent of a 4 min/mile![/quote']

 

Result! How old is she now?

[Rico1304]

2 months and 2 days. Fingers crossed she'll repeat tonight.

[Champ]

2 months and 2 days. Fingers crossed she'll repeat tonight.

 

Girls are good. Mine slept through at 6 weeks; my son was over 9 months and had to be 'taught' to sleep. Fingers crossed for you

[DUFF]

Doing my second half marathon on Sunday in Liverpool. Did my first one in Liverpool in 2011 and got around in 2:13:54 which i was delighted with. Training has gone better this time i feel but for my last long run which was last Thursday makes me nervous. Ran for 11 miles but felt really tired for the last mile. Had run four miles the night previous so don't know if that might have made me tired. Each previous long run i had felt fine. Anyway hoping to complete it again. Going to take the first few miles easy on Sunday in the hope it will help me towards the end. Would 2 x 2 mile runs be enough to keep me ticking over until Sunday. Thanks.

[Champ]

Doing my second half marathon on Sunday in Liverpool. Did my first one in Liverpool in 2011 and got around in 2:13:54 which i was delighted with. Training has gone better this time i feel but for my last long run which was last Thursday makes me nervous. Ran for 11 miles but felt really tired for the last mile. Had run four miles the night previous so don't know if that might have made me tired. Each previous long run i had felt fine. Anyway hoping to complete it again. Going to take the first few miles easy on Sunday in the hope it will help me towards the end. Would 2 x 2 mile runs be enough to keep me ticking over until Sunday. Thanks.

 

How have you felt since? Have you run since?

To be honest, I dont know how much is science and how much is psychology at this stage. I think I would want to do one 10k following my last long run.

Are you limited by travel plans?

[Champ]

Just having a few minutes with my daughter before I go. She slept for 6 hours last night, that's my current equivalent of a 4 min/mile!

 

Very quiet, rico?

[Scooby Dudek]

Doing my second half marathon on Sunday in Liverpool. Did my first one in Liverpool in 2011 and got around in 2:13:54 which i was delighted with. Training has gone better this time i feel but for my last long run which was last Thursday makes me nervous. Ran for 11 miles but felt really tired for the last mile. Had run four miles the night previous so don't know if that might have made me tired. Each previous long run i had felt fine. Anyway hoping to complete it again. Going to take the first few miles easy on Sunday in the hope it will help me towards the end. Would 2 x 2 mile runs be enough to keep me ticking over until Sunday. Thanks.

 

You will not gain any fitness between now and Sunday, so any running you do should be very, very slow. A 10k slow will help the mind as much as anything. This week is about getting to the start line fresh without losing fitness. So maybe a bit further than 2 miles (anything up to 10k) and then a final run of 2 miles.

[Champ]

 

How have you felt since? Have you run since?

To be honest' date=' I dont know how much is science and how much is psychology at this stage. I think I would want to do one 10k following my last long run.

Are you limited by travel plans?[/quote']

 

 

You will not gain any fitness between now and Sunday' date=' so any running you do should be very, very slow. A 10k slow will help the mind as much as anything. This week is about getting to the start line fresh without losing fitness. So maybe a bit further than 2 miles (anything up to 10k) and then a final run of 2 miles.[/quote']

 

Glad we're from the same hymn sheet. The last thing you need is confusion

[DUFF]

How have you felt since? Have you run since?

To be honest, I dont know how much is science and how much is psychology at this stage. I think I would want to do one 10k following my last long run.

Are you limited by travel plans?

 

You will not gain any fitness between now and Sunday, so any running you do should be very, very slow. A 10k slow will help the mind as much as anything. This week is about getting to the start line fresh without losing fitness. So maybe a bit further than 2 miles (anything up to 10k) and then a final run of 2 miles.

 

Thanks a lot will go with that. Haven't run since the 11 mile last Thursday but felt fine since. Thanks again.

[Scooby Dudek]

Glad we're from the same hymn sheet. The last thing you need is confusion

 

I read your post before writing mine. Just trying to claim credit for your common sense.

[Champ]

Pavements still too slippy here for running so ended up on my bike today

[Rico1304]

Did I go, did I go? I smashed it!!! Did 9.82 miles in 1:19, which compares to 1:29 on Friday. That's on target for 1;45 for the half marathon but not sure I had 3 more miles in me.

[Champ]

Did I go' date=' did I go? I smashed it!!! Did 9.82 miles in 1:19, which compares to 1:29 on Friday. That's on target for 1;45 for the half marathon but not sure I had 3 more miles in me.[/quote']

 

That's what a decent night's sleep gets you! You can do it

[Scooby Dudek]

Did I go, did I go? I smashed it!!! Did 9.82 miles in 1:19, which compares to 1:29 on Friday. That's on target for 1;45 for the half marathon but not sure I had 3 more miles in me.

 

10 miles at Half marathon pace on your own will be a lot harder than 13.1 miles in a half mara race. The adrenaline, other racers and crowd will get you easily through.

 

The most important thing will be to not start too fast.

[Juniper]

 

10 miles at Half marathon pace on your own will be a lot harder than 13.1 miles in a half mara race. The adrenaline' date=' other racers and crowd will get you easily through.

 

The most important thing will be to not start too fast.[/quote']

 

Yes, this man talks sense.

 

Talking from experience the hardest thing in mass race is to keep calm and collected.

 

Don't get caught up in the adrenaline rush, keep at the pace you are comfortable with and keep checking your timings each mile. Otherwise trust me you'll burn out soon enough by your body not being used to it.

 

No matter if there's an annoying twat who you want to get in front of or you feel great to begin with you'll soon start to feel yourself slowing down, keep to your pace and stick to it and you'll soon find yourself overtaking people in the last couple miles.

 

Always concentrate on your race, not anyone else's.

[JBarnes]

Bollocks, leg it!! It's a race, you can run your own pace anytime, what you want to do is prove your manliness by beating as many people as possible...

[Champ]

Just having a few minutes with my daughter before I go. She slept for 6 hours last night, that's my current equivalent of a 4 min/mile!

 

Not going so well tonight?