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'Will you get the dish's washed?' 'Yea honey.'
See yer lads duty calls.
thanks for the above. It's put my mind somewhat at rest. i've done 3 previous marathons -FLMx2 and the Belfast - and the highest mileage I did was about 47. But i did around 3.50 for those and am aiming at 3.30-3.40 this time so feel I could have done more.
I've skipped today and will probably take Dogwalker's advice and run 6 tomorrow. Actually if I run a 22 early on Sunday it will be within the week from my last one. Can i count both of them???
A 3.12 marathon on just one 2hr+ run?? It's people like you that makes me worry too much!
Snicks,
Just read the article on the Windsor - very good. I'm going to have to get a vest for Dublin to meet up with all you UFRC members.
Tigerrunner,
Thanks. I'm now on for a 66 mile week!!!!
The Bristol/Bath Dublin crew are doing their last 20 miler tomorrow (9.30 start from Chew Valley Lake visitor centre if anyone's in the area!).
Best of luck to all with the long Sunday runs - look forward to a de-brief tomorrow eve.
richk (uncomfortably full of pasta!)
Started bright and early, weather was great yet again. Not recieved my reply slip yet.
Matt and Duncan if your reading this your both behind me again!
Still felt good though and looking forward to tapering, how long are you lot going to do in the next couple of weeks?
I had to phone for my confirmation but got it through a couple of months ago, it is just a silver envelope with your running number in it, take it with you to register on the Saturday or Sunday.
Everyone else must be out now as the site seems a bit quiet just now.
I am number 400 for the race, what about anyone else? 3 weeks to go....
Just got back from doing my 21 miler and comfortably sustained target pace of 11 minute miles all the way (target training pace that is - target race pace is 10 minute miles to get me round in between 4:20 and 4:30 all being well) I felt really good at the end as well and had plenty left in me which is an encouraging sign compared to my FLM training, when my longest training run (19.5 miles) left me grimly clinging onto the garden gate just to stand up! Training has gone really well this time round and I'm looking forward to a nice taper now.
Next weekend, I am doing a 9 mile race in Tring which I will probably supplement with a 3 mile top up either before or after. Then it's an 8 miler the week after and then over to Dublin.
Hope everyone else has had a great long run today. What a gorgeous day for it as well.
See you all soon.
DW
You're right DW - fabulous day for it - think we can be pretty certain that it won't be quite so warm when we get to Dub - great to hear that your training's so much better than for FLM - helps with the positive mental attitude doesn't it.
Completed our 20 miler (see previous post) but puzzled at how quickly it passed - 20 minutes quicker than previous 20+ runs over the past month.
Hadn't realised I was running so well and I suspect I need to re-assess my finishing time.
Second lap was less than a minute slower than the first - so I think I've cracked the even pace requirement.
Of course the training included some Guinness before heading home - looking forward to the real stuff in a few weeks.
Hope everybody had as good a run as we did - enjoy the taper.
richk
I'm looking to do about 16 next week and 10-12 the following week on the taper then ... Roll on Dublin!!
Talking of pace - I was aiming for 3.45 but wonder if I should push for 3.30/35 in the light of today's experience, so perhaps we'll rub shoulders on the way.
It's been asked before but I don't recall seeing a reply - will there be pace groups in Dub? They had them last time I ran it, in 1998. I passed the 3.30 pacers in the 24th mile and they were almost walking. I finished in 3.28 and you'll never guess what time the pacers did? Oh, you did . . 3.29 and about 55 seconds. I'd run with them for two spells during the race but they were so inconsistent I let them go. Fortunately I got it right.
So hopefully if they are there again this year they've improved (sorry to undermine any confidence anybody may have had in them!).
Seems ever so quiet here this evening - surely everybody's finished their runs by now? Or are we the few that have to join in at home? Maybe it'll be busier again once everybody's back at work tomorrow! :-)
Oh dear - I did promise once before to learn to be brief! Sorreee!
richk
1) Go for a steady 10 min mile all way round or at least to 20 miles then see how it goes or
2) do the first 15 miles at 9min mile pace and build up a cushion and ease off/recover
3) aim for 9.30 mile pace for the first 18 which I know I can do and take it from there.
My aim is sub 4.15 but not sure what the best way to get there is.
I think the recieved wisdom is to aim for a steady pace with maybe a slightly negative split. There does seem to be a big difference between a 9.00min and 10.00 min pacing. For whta its worth, I trained for my last marathons at 9.00 pace up to about 21 miles. I was able to do very slightly faster in the race but didn't have anything left whatsoever
Good idea - we should team up. I'm still not sure if I'm brave enough to go for 3.30. I've beaten it before but this is my first marathon for 2 years and I need to overcome my caution over the next few weeks.
One of my training partners is doing her first (and only, she insists, altho' we know better don't we) marathon in Dub. She too is cautious but having just done the Bristol Half in 1.38, and 4 or 5 x 20 milers, 3.30 should be well within her reach. We'll be starting out together and my role is to stop her setting off too fast.
So it'd be good to have some company and assistance! Particularly as I'd like to beat her for once! So if one of you could distract her . . .
Not sure what other targets the rest of the Bath/Bristol gang have - we've been reluctant to put our necks on the line up until now.
Hopefully we'll meet up before the event, at registration perhaps, but for what it's worth, I'll be the tall guy stood beside a short lady, both wearing red, blue and white vests with Bath on the front. Maybe it'd help if I got rid of Mr Dasterdly and replaced him with the real me!
Finally, for this post(!), I take it back. There wasn't a rush to post once everybody got back to work. I didn't mean it, really! So come back, wherever you all are!
richk
Do you think any official pacers would get upset?
Then you can taper a little more and next thing you know we'll all be in Dub.
In 3 weeks' time from now it'll be all over and we'll be re-running the race - and several others too no doubt - in Temple Bar!
Have we got a 3.45 group yet? The more I think about it the more I like the thought of 3.45 as opposed to 3.30. If it's going well then maybe try to pick the pace up a little, get hold of some of those negative splits that the ones in front aspire to.
But I'm sure to change my mind on an almost daily basis between now and the event!
richk