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I just hate premeditated run/walk strategies - this is a world away from having to walk from blowing up / getting injured.
Surely most realise that?
Isn't that a way of not having to do as much training ?
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simon....the race is to get from point a to point b in the fastest time on your feet.....doesn't matter how you get there.....don't see the difference in a premeditated walk break.or a walk break because you cocked up your strategy and got knackered or injured....
i just think if you are upset that someone walks and beats you .....you need to train or race smarter
Simon - if you hate premediated run/walk stratagies - don't do one.
Doing my premediated run/walk stratagey will stop me from blowing up hopefully. Not that I know what blowing up means. Think doing a sensible run/walk sounds better than blowing up. Blowing up doesn't sound like something a fantastically trained super duper runner does.
But, I did say I'll get my coat.
I found my coat.
I AM putting on my coat.
Sussex Runner - And I won't be pushing close to breaking point with my run/walk? I'm not sure I know what your post means. Or what you mean full stop. I thought you were offering your advice (which I think you must know it is fair to say 'you're screwed' could be taken offensively, whether or not you meant it). And then offended becuase you had a raseberry blown at you (can't believe I'm typing those words). And that you would not belittle someone's attempts, whatever they are. Now that you agree with Simon who 'hates premeditated run/walk strategies'.
Not really sure why I'm bothering.
Anyway, good luck to you all. Coat on. Brolly up. CRAP RUNNER tattooed on forehead.
and if you blow up.you got it wrong......no prizes in a race for getting it wrong......and there is no disqualifications for walking....so its first past the post is the best......
I think SR's point is that if it's a running race (as opposed to a walking race, of which there are plenty), then he considers that people should be attempting to run the thing, and I agree with him.
I consider myself a crap runner (at best), but I always set out to run the whole of any race I do. I train to meet that objective.
Sometimes (though not for a while, as my training has improved), I have had to walk parts of races, but I've always set out with the intention of running the whole thing.
Otherwise it seems to me like dumbing down racing. Maybe that's the way racing is going. After all in what other sport do you get a medal just for taking part?
Blowing up is getting it wrong. And usually it means missing the prize. Bit at least you had a shot at the prize. Only time I blew up meant me missing my target by ten minutes. I think I still managed to scrape in passed the walkers, run/walkers etc.
"You only know what is enough when you know what is more than enough" (William Blake)
Although, when he blew up in London some people may claim they did!!
No offence taken, SR
I didn't assume you meant me
Or should I say I assumed you didn't mean me? Whichever!
+1
There's a world of difference between blowing up and setting out to walk part of a race.
I've never done a marathon, because I haven't got the time to train for one properly (IMHO). For the same reason I haven't ever run a half. I would never consider standing on the start line of a race if I didn't think I could run the whole thing, and have withdrawn from races due to illness or lack of training.
Last Sunday I walked for a few seconds after I "blew up". I was chasing a pb and hit a long, gentle hill which hit me mentally. I managed to regain composure and carry on, and will learn from the experience.
I took Sussex Runner's "You're screwed" to be a jokey way of saying "you're not going to be able to run round, so yes you need to consider alternative strategies". I didn't take it the way the OP did, but as has already been established, we have completely different running philosophies.
I beat Haile in Berlin last year when he pulled out about 40 minutes up the road from me! RESULT for TRICKY!!
To be fair though, I was gaining ground quickly..... 
I'll let someone else have a go at fulfilling that other law
usually it needs to be someone myopic with little understanding of history, context or other such aids to perspective.
Wow.
Sussex Runner - are you trying to be offensive? Becuase you are.
Thing is, you sort of did draw the line already. Somewhere south of 6 and a half as I recall.
People have their reasons for using a walk/run strategy to get round a marathon, and if they complete the distance they HAVE completed a marathon. seriously guys, get your heads out of your arses, if elite athletes can praise the back markers for the fact that they are physically on their feet for 6 hours + then it says it all.
so much snobbery and misplaced elitism on here.
I'm assuming the 'my dear boy' comment is to me? Didn't realise that I was a male rambler.
I love the ability for self reflection.
Anyho, not sure what I'm more annoyed about. The nature of the posts or my engagement with this thread.
I'll bleat elsewhere.