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Hi all
half marathon 1hr 57 - 9 min miles was planning 10 min miles on sunday to make sure i complete.
but now want to push myself a little quicker, does 9.30 min miles seem ok?
hi wrexhamrob
they have been round the 10 min mile mark, but dropped when i done 22 miles.
i need to give this some thought
dutchy - maybe break it into 4 10k sections and see how you feel at the end of each. If you have trained around the 10mm mark I would definitely start out at that and then review at 10k, 20, and see how you geton.
Jas- Get some proper chippy chips inside yer pal, gotta eat em out of the bag too
Sounds like a good plan mennania will give it a go thanks
Men- Chips for Sunday lunch maybe!
Forgot to mention- My schedule says that I should have done 9m with 2.5m at MP tonight. The weather (howling gale and lashing down with rain) led me to decide that today would be my first rest day since Sept 6th
- well I am tapering!
Jas - 9miles on a taper? seems a lot this close in, a good one to dodge me thinks!
All this food talk is making me hungry
Carbo load starts properly tomorrow - will be sick off food by Sat lunch
MR44- best of luck with it- and agree totally about the weather
Guys- wise words - and a few myths dispelled about carb loading here
I'm not much of an eater in the morning and did all my 20 milers in training after having a decent sized bowl of Rice Krispies. Is there any reason this would be a bad idea on race day?
Interesting read there jason about carb loading, thanks for that - have book marked that. Think I'll try and a bigger lunch than dinner on Saturday.
4 miles easy tonight in the rain - just like old times.
Sunny, no wind and cool here this morning. Could do with this on Sunday
3 more sleeps
Starting to get really paranoid now that I will not have it in my legs. Ran 21.5 miles 3 times at about 3 hrs 10 mins so keep telling myself I will be ok.
JAs - Thanks for the carbo thingy - I am surrounded by a host of fig rolls and malt loaf and raising and bagels and stuff at the mo, am just gonna cut out the crap, graze and eat a bit of pasta between now and dinner on saturday.
I aint looking at the forecasts until sat. They haveny got a clue - The range has gone from winds of 20+ and 8 degrees to winds of 8 and 20 degrees.
Garmin wouldnt find satellites for my full 4 mile run this morning
, will try again tonight.
I think its caught taper fever tooSpen71 - you'll be fine with those long runs behind you.
My wife has got a full blown cold at the moment and unfortunately I'm having to avoid her
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Luckily she understands
4 miles for me last night (easy ones) and probably just 3 tonight. Must remember to get to bed earlier over the next few days.
Well i'll be in a navy blue San Domenico RRC vest with red and white hoops in the middle of it. I'd be more than happy for the company around the course! Sub 3.10 is the minimum i'd be happy with but with a 10k pb of 35.04 set 4 weeks ago I should be able to go quicker.
Just out of interest, for those aiming for a time between 2.55 and 3.00, what time are you aiming to get thru half way? I have 1.28.30 in my head at the moment, although under 1.29.30 will probably be okay depending on how hard it felt and how much I feel I have left. I'm not risking going out in 1.25-1.27 as I will regret it in the last 10k. A lot of my long runs were done as progressive runs where I upped the pace in the second half, so I think for me this will be the best way to run under 3 hours.
you have the same sights set as me then, although that is a cracking 10k time youve set there! I'm looking at a HM time of 1.28-1.29 although i am intending to do a slower second half. So if you see me it should be on the first half! i'll put a pic up of my running vest....
I will be the tall bloke with pony tail wearing a FETCH vest - say hello.