02-04-2009, 14:52 | #261 |
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Running on the beach is supposed to be very good for you because it's much harder, but very gentle on knees etc. like you say. I think it's fair to say that it should only really be done in a red baywatch bikini though
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Broke the 30 min mark over 5 miles on the weekend, averaging 5:53 minute miles (29:45). It is something I should have done a while back but never got around to. It is not really my distance and the savage pace and lack of margin for error makes it difficult. Have the Edinburgh Marathon looming in May . Bring it on
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14-04-2009, 06:13 | #263 |
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Bloody hell, that's a fantastic pace!! Well done How many marathons do you do a year then? How did that nasty 20 miler go too??
I've started incorporating a lot more stretching and warming up/down into my runs because I was getting pain in my shins. Touch wood, it seems to be working so far. I'll aim for getting my 10k to sub-1 hour for now and then see where I can go from there and have a look at other people's times in RW. Don't want to push myself too far. There's also the Leicester half marathon in October... do you reckon it would be an achievable goal to aim for after the 10k? I'm not really interested in running a whole marathon (yet!!!), but a half seems like a good distance. Leicester is pretty flat too so I can't imagine it being a difficult HM.
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Just think: It, like the 10k, is a goal in itself. It is something that comparitively few people can do. Your middle miles, when the initial starting frenzy has worn off and before the pull of the final mile or two are near, are your hardest. This is the same in any race and, to a lesser extent, training run. What you may like to do is break everything down in to smaller chunks. Take every mile/km individually and then break it down further. You end up thinking more in the 'here and now' rather than "Crap, eight more miles of this to go!" It is easier to move form 10km to 21km than from 0km to 10km. You are now a runner! Why stop at 10km? The half is my fave distance and you really do appreciate the work you put in as you may be on your feet for a while. Go for it.
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22-04-2009, 22:27 | #265 |
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Sounds like you'll be blitzing the Edinburgh marathon!! That mileage is incredible. I worry that I'd get seriously bored if I started training for a full marathon. I really don't know how you find time or energy to do all of that!!
Thanks for the motivation too. I've posted in the Leics Marathon thread on RW and general consensus is to just go for it. So I will Just waiting for entries to open now. I do feel that I could carry on going at the end of my 10k runs, so perhaps I'll start upping my distance in preparation so that I'm fully trained by October. Need to try not to be too ambitious though as I don't want to do myself any damage. Oh and I had another, very unexpected victory this week. I managed my 10.2k in 58 minutes, a full 3 minutes off my previous time. I've hit the less than 1 hr mark. Hurrah!!! I think I have the little Chinese man who was running behind me at the start to thank for that, because I was determined not to let him overtake me and sped off, lol. I was very pleased to see that he'd vanished just before I hit the halfway point though. However, then some moron riding a bike on the pavement then tried to run me down... so I swore at her (well, she should have been on the road, especially as it was 6am and there was no traffic!) Anyway, dead chuffed with my new 10k PB and will keep plodding along. Can't believe how far I've come since I started this thread
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22-04-2009, 22:29 | #266 |
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I also have this one conquered now.. apart from when going up hill and for the first 15 mins of any running session
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22-04-2009, 22:38 | #267 |
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That's some brilliant progress. Congrats
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Bloody hell Kate, you're doing fantastic !
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23-04-2009, 13:57 | #269 |
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Excellent Kate!
I need to see a physio as my foot pain is causing me to walk/run awkwardly so is now causing knee problems. I'm falling apart I tells ya! |
23-04-2009, 16:38 | #270 |
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Ouch, that sounds nasty. Any idea what's up with it? Hope it's not affecting your job!!
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