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I think this will be my 1st half too if I don't do the Robin Hood in Sep. At the moment I can't imagine running 2 10ks then some more but I'm going to try to do what Captain Haddock says and increase my long run which is currently around 8 miles and see how it goes. No idea of target time.
Really encouraged by all of the messages saying that there is plenty of time to train.
Rob - it was the Run for All that I did yesterday, I hadn't been prepared for quite how many people is 10,000! Totally agree with you about the bottle necking, and struggled with the heat but yes, can't use them as excuses! So you're going to give this a crack?
Sally I ran my first ever 10K in May and did it in 1hr 15 mins...slow by comparison by folk on this thread I think but I was really pleased as most i'd never managed to run (jog) that far in my life without stopping! So this will be my first half marathon. I'm not worrying about my time, just finishing will be great...then i'll have a time to beat for next year!
p.s. i've got a 5K tomorrow and i've not been training for ages :-( kind of hoping my work meeting in Glasgow will overrun and i'll have to miss it! Need to get back on track with the training pronto!
...has been a long day...on the home stretch now :-)
As others have said, its just a matter of increasing the length of your long slow run by a bit every week, up to 10-12 miles. If you increase it slowly enough your body gets used to it and so does your mind! (at least that's what I found). Quite a good idea to follow a beginners training programme (again, its what I did) just to keep you motivated and focused.
It was hot last year - I remember the pubs as well and the tempting glasses being drunk outside! I stupidly didn't drink anything on the way round last year (I know, duh) and nearly collapsed at the end, but I've learned my lesson since then and now drink at every water station.
Think I need to get my water consumption under control - on the 10k yesterday I drank a whole bottle of water at the first station and ran the rest of the way with my legs crossed - d'oh!
Just wondered with you saying it was quite hot last year, and you didn't drink anything on the way round - is this why??
No, I idiotically thought that I didn't need to drink anything because if I stopped running to drink I wouldn't get going again. Of course what actually happened was that I got more and more tired and dehydrated, so when I stopped at the end my legs nearly gave way!
I've done a marathon since then and learned my lesson about drinking plenty!
hydration and weeing
The last two 10ks I've done, I've managed to get round without needing to take extra water on. Nor did I have to drink so much before that I was searching for loos.
I did this by making sure I drank more water than usual for the week before the races. I'm not very good at drinking the recommended 2 litres a day usually, so I made sure that I had 8 glasses a day at least. Simple to check - just make sure you're running clear (maybe easier for the blokes)
Not sure what I'll do for a half, but this has worked for me for 10ks and I'll be sticking to the strategy from now on.
Welcome to the new peeps, Rob and Sally that i can see quickly.
Just had 3 days of running in a row due to a hectic week at work last week.
A 5 mile tempo run pre work on Sat morning @ 9:39 min/mile, a nice 8.22 mile jaunt around my local 4 mileish circuit twice in the sun yesterday afternoon @ 10:45 min/mile and a 4 mile tempo run this morning @ 9:28 min/miles.
So far my new training regime is going nicely and i even managed to remian slow enough for my LSR pace yesterday whihc i was pleased with.
Did this one last year in 2:18 and being i have my next marathon the week after at Dartmoor vale i doubt i'll be going any faster here this year. I'll see how the running is going nearer the time but to date my target time is going to be around 2:20 so off course come race day i'll get tagged onto a group and roar round in under 2:10 or better knowing me.
The dark cloud usually hangs somewhere between Keswick and Cockermouth, so I'd say it does count as West Cumbria, unless there's been some renaming going on, in the fifteen years I've been out of Egremont (too big to be quaint and not big enough to be considered major). Glad there's a few Cumbrians here, it almost feels like home (just with less rain).
I live in one of those 'quaint' W Cumbrian villages just outside Whitehaven.
Only joking, Rob. Although it obviously wasn't attractive enough to make you stay.
Also, it seems to endorse the run/walk approach, which I'm trying to break away from, so not convinced it wouldn't be counter productive...
To prepare for my first half, GNR 2002, I took the beginner's schedule from their site and then adapted it, (quite drastically) to suit my needs.
With a lot lower mileage than th eschedules recommended, a friend and I (both non-runners) managed to get round, without walking in 2h 13, which we were delighted with.
If you're up to 10k already, you have plenty of time to prepare for Cumbria. I did not run further than 10k until August 2002, about 7 or 8 weeks before the half marathon.
If you'd like me to e-mail you the runs I did, please drop me a line. I'd be happy to send you the schedule I followed.
I would be very happy with 2h 13, though I think 2h 30 is maybe more likely!
I'd be deliriously happy with anything around the 2h 15 mark but really just want to make it round in one piece, preferably avoiding heart attack and not giving in to pesky walking...
I posted a few pages back about the Great Cumbrian Run website I edit.
http://www.greatcumbrianrun.co.uk
Still looking for contributors: bloggers, memories, news stories. But there's a very quick section you could help me out on - and it's a bit fun too, I hope - at http://www.greatcumbrianrun.co.uk/features/ijog.htm
In the meantime, if you have any suggestions for the site - anything you'd like to see covered, etc. - then please do get in touch via the contact details on the site.
I'm not getting paid for this, so I'd really appreciate your input in at least the above mentioned link! Cheers guys
I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Did a 5K race last night. Took me 35m 44s, which was actually quicker than my january 5K time by 5 whole minutes!!!! The course was different, and slopes not so steep, but i've only been for one 15min run in the past 2 months, so I'm pleased with the time. Will be making concerted effort to start and maintain a proper training plan from no on!