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TH2, my plan for the day is just to get round haha! If ur looking for a simliar time tho, will be happy to pace together. Same goes for anyone else pacing between 9-10hrs
My plan was to walk anything uphill (although i've heard it's a relatively flat 50m!?), and make sure i stop at all the CPs and refuel properly. And not go too quick!!!
Mooks i think i'm gonna try to top out at 80mile weeks if i can fit it in, mixing weekends with either back2back 20s or one 30+, or a 20+ and a 13+
Might squeeze a marathon in between now and then (as a good test of consistant pacing). any suggestions?
Wow SB, 80 mile weeks. I'd love to be that hardcore but alas I am just not!
My midweek runs can't get any longer as I have the same probs as some of the other ladies on here: a full time job and a 5 year old son. There is only so far I can go on my own in the dark and also only so much I can take after work.
Getting round is enough for me. This is a training run for me not the A race. Having said that I am aiming for sub 10. I'm already questioning all my planning now other people have good what seem like better ideas!
I'm currently doing 23/15 b2bs on weekends, and have b2b marathons on the weekend of December 10.
I'm running home today, which will involve some of the TT course in between Oxford and Didcot.
Might be a good idea to get a group running togther on the day if we have similar objectives.
Mooks, me too, the TT is a build up to the UTSW (but i'm trying not to think about it too much, as it scares me).
This all sounds great to me, good to know on the day there'll be people in the same boat so to speak!
Might try for a another marathon in Jan (if i can find one)
Everest Marathon!? WOW to you too. that sounds amazing. I think ur logic is good. The TT should do us both good then (in the long run! maybe not at the time hehe).
I've entered the UTSW100, my mate who did the classic quarter earlier this year said i was mental to consider it... filling me with confidence! whats the worst that can happen...!?
A rule of thumb for the Thames Trot, is that your will likely complete it in approximately 2.25X your most recent marathon time.
I use the Rutland Water Marathon (take note Superglue Boots), as my reference point.
Cheers Ben, i was guesstimating around that somewhere.
Rutland (which i had a fairly bad struggle on the day) would put me sub 9hrs, so i think i've been quite conservative with between 9 n 10hrs. But would rather it that way than go out too quickly trying to hit a time i may struggle to meet.
And yes this thread is getting scary... but strangely still looking forward to it!
I found another marathon in Dec i'm gonna try n pace a bit better than the last... Portsmouth Coastal.
Can def stick to that rule
You'll be fine on the day! think of all the hard work you'll have put in by then!!!
Gonna make sure i stop and stretch and refuel at the CPs too.
Anyone doing Gatliff 50km in 2 weeks?
Does this race fill up? Should I get my entry in now? Was going to wait another month until my long runs are a bit longer!
This race sold out in advance last year, but it was around January, and I got my place via the reserve list.
Chances are that it could sell out sooner this time.
You are probably O.K, but if you are sure you want to do it, the smart thing might be to sign up ASAP.
Well I'm finding getting back into training hard !! Its worrying how quickly you loose fitness. Well, 2 weeks into training now, beginning to feel that this might all be too much, but we'll see over the next couple of months. Back up to running 15 miles on muddy hills using a headtorch and cant believe just how hard it feels
Oh well, these things arnt supposed to be easy
Martin
Hi all, some good training going on, well done peeps!
17m Fri, 12m Sat, Hilly 15m Sun for me... and strangely feel fine. Got my mojo back.
I'm doing the Portsmouth Coastal too as a warm up event...
Martin...great to see you back!
Hope you can make Portsmouth, I might just plod round.
Hi guys- good to see a thread about this one. I've entered! I did my first 50 miler in July- the 50 mile challenge in Kent. Hard hard hard but a wonderful feeling of achievement. I REALLY need to start building up my weekend runs again now- I've been running to and from work a few times during the week. Now to get the weekends back on schedule. Work has been really heavy recently and have been feeling a bit wiped out on the weekends unfortunately ( very unlike me I have to admit- usually busting a gut to get out for a long run).
Was also planning to do the 50k London Ultra two weeks afterwards but not sure yet!
Anyway hope to get to meet some of you guys and gals on the day