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Agreed! I always do my most brutal run 2 weeks before a half and then start to ease off a bit. I'd say a longish tempo run is perfect for this!
ps, ignore the comments above about me not training! Last year's Paris was a one off and I've trained plenty for the half marathons I've done
mmmmmm..............I am in agony.......to the stage it feels like someone has kicked me severely around the arse.......it even feels swollen and its f******n big enough at normal size.........what o what have I done.......
And my evening got worse when I went sliding down a grassy embankment(accidently )on my back tonight in front of heaps o bairns and their parents......
And now I know where I went wrong during my last HM race.........I wasnt supposed to do a 18 mile LSR with 10 miles at mp 3 days before...........why wasn't I told this earliler!!
Forgot there was a plus side to my trip to Kirkwall - Tescos have improved the range of Gluten free items they stock! I must say I was well impressed - we now have the cookies DV was raving about, gluten free breakfast bars(which I assume are similar to belvita that everyones raving about), lots of cakes and different breads. I bought the breakfast bars, thought they might be handy for Berlin.......now I have realised that I will not be doing a long run to test them - will my postie round do???
ATM - there's one other of our Belfast group signed up so far, a few are waiting to hear on the London ballot before making their minds up, although I'm not sure if that's leaving it too late?
L.A I would say deffo 14k at a lively pace. Maybe not half marathon pace, but "pacey"
race pace on the day will be quicker as race adrenaline gives you an extra gear. You don't want to be recreating that sort of speed in training sessions. Your speed work comes in other forms, like intervals etc. Do a solid 14k tempo run. Warm up first couple of miles and finish strong.
Scratch all that, I didn't realise the 14k was a race. Yes go for it but keep the remaining training sessions in between that and RPH sensible, you don't want to pull muscles by going at it too much!
LA - agree with the others. Do the race at HM pace, but make the Wednesday run an easy one instead.
Someone (sorry, can't remember who) said they were doing Amsterdam for the first time this year. A few of us on here did it last year - any questions, just shout.
MacPerky - mature ? Bwaaaaah
The only use for mature in this forum would be for describing cheese.
Emma, the London rejects
usually get a place. and they end up feeling ok about it...
Paris fills up faster every year, though.
I've a feeling I'm going to enjoy this thread.
Ward - what glutes exercises do you/does your missus recommend?
Lawyeraaron - I reckon you'll be OK; go for it. But I'm no expert so don't go calling Lawyers4U if it all goes pear shaped. Which HM are you running? I'm doing Cardiff on 6th Oct.
I was going to run at lunchtime today but didn't fancy the 10 minute walk to and from the sports centre in torrential rain. Happy to run in rain, just prefer not to spend the afternoon steaming quietly in the office whilst others look on and tut about how I'm steaming up the windows. Oooh, we're back to Yer_Maj, glutes and photos again.
Best leave it there.
Just short of 11 miles to run tomorrow morning to get to work; a combination of road and cycle track.
PC - Don't buy black socks from a normal shop. They sell what look like black socks, but if you look closely, you'll see they're very, very, very, very, very, dark blue.
James B - they might surprise you. Would make a great story for the local papers when you complete it.
DV - Keyser Suze is in purple, 27496 (she's prob busy with wedding plans)
I like a bit of cheddar on a cream cracker. Talking of cream crackers, I have just swam a mile and am rather tired.
Weedy - I always wear white socks. Are black ones faster?
Evening all. Braved the rain today but only for 5K!
I've just messaged Sal and Maus for their Paris guides which should be helpful reading! I also already have that Advanced Marathon P&D book which is very helpful even for a marathon novice
Aha Weedy! Can't see your name on THE LIST yet it was a strong recommendation from you that encouraged me to apply... you not running?
I'm depressed:
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/ed-whitlock-breaks-80-half-marathon-world-record
Can you remind me next week and I'll bake you some GF choc chip cookies and bring them to Berlin. Hubby says that they're better than the one from tesco's and I'd appreciate your opinion!
Preferential
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Red/Rouge
3169 The Jimbob
3537 Lorry Dodger
Yellow/Jaune
8073 Clean Leeds Rob
8890 CiaronG
Blue/Bleu
14377 Kaz1
16332 Ward6
Purple/Violette
26005 Stewart
26086 Emmy H
26090 Whaqatac
26097 Suzy Martines
26113 yer_maj
26220 ATM
26278 Helterskelter
26347 Orbutt
26696 Eggyh73
27359 Manfred
27496 Keyser Suze
27535 Lawyeraaron
Green/Vert
38246 Wordslinger
38273 SweatySock
38340 Emma Goldhawk 2
38436 Brix
38959 Steve Hawtin
39040 Running RaRa
40429 NGUG
40742 Scott the Walker
Grey/Grise
51228 Odie85
51229 TartanPimpernel
52142 Dannirr
52163 BRF
52193 Marathon Maus
Pink/Rose
58102 Kirsten Burnett
58106 SmellyMelly
58270 Classicaldiva
58329 Harry P
58922 DV
How's your arse this morning Kaz?
Dannirr - don't be depressed - I see that story as aspirational. Although quite annoying.
Weedy - can you add the Clarendon Way 1/2 marathon on 6th October to the list for me - thanks
Great story!
Just think of all these elite athletes we have seen over the recent years... I wonder how many of them will continue to run in their later years and shatter these records..... just got to stay alive another 50 years and we'll find out...!
Thanks Weedy, was just going to do that!
Yup, wedding's a go-go. Mama KS arrived yesterday. She's already managed to arrive at the worst time traffic-wise( 5pm), brought her expensive digital camera that she's never used because she's lost the cable AND unplugged our landline. On the other hand, she's very excited about The Wedding, is organised in the costume department and brought some ace photos of me as a little 'un to put up on our photo wall.
Oh, I should say - as well as living in Norwich I'm an expat Caledonian too, and can be seen wearing my Saltire buff with pride on the chillier runs.
And we have a crate of irn bru for the reception.
Notes not coins, coins hurt.
DV - you're one of the founding members of the group, highly respected, ultra-ultra runner and The List Fairy. I think you need a lot of motivation and discipline, especially when taper madness arrives. Perhaps you should charge people for moving pens. PC – Purple – 28274 (sub 4 or die)
Clean Leeds Rob – perhaps it’s not a name but an instruction, requires a bit of spit and polish and a lot of elbow grease.
RR – there should be a Boston list especially for you. Bravo.
TJB – Amazing. That was a memorable gesture by OO50 to top off an excellent day, I bet all those personalities were excited to meet The JimBob.
RR - Sore but no as bad as last night.........can only be good....
KS - I know you will be extremely busy over the next few days, so Good Luck, I hope everything goes to plan and I am sure you will have a ball! ENJOY!!
Crumbs RaRa, nothing good ever came from taking my advice... except this, you'll love Paris. And I'll put a fiver down now that says you'll be back in 2015. I'm in, blue pen, I've just not got round to going back into ASO and getting my number. I'm in the sub 3.39 or die club, altho humming and haaing whether I've got what it takes to join the sub 3.30 or die club.
Kaz - how's the glutes? And the chimp? And the chimp's glutes come to think of it - he should be feeling sore if you've given him a proper kick up the a***.
Suze - Irn Bru at the wedding, ace
I think we need to see some of these photos as well 
Simon - pink seems to be the in colour this season.
Scott - There's absolutely no way you should be in the green pen. You're a purple/blue man if ever I saw one.
Thank you Kaz! Yippee! xx
Oh, I've managed to append my post on the bottom of the quote, how did I do that??
It's Pftizinger and Douglas, Advanced Marathoning.
I just thought that I'd register with ASO to be ready for Paris 2015. Then I just clicked on 'register' for 2014 out of curiosity.
...and it was like the mouse moved of its own accord and a big SUBMIT button was there .......and I pressed it. Grey bib, number 53233. My heart is now beating at tempo pace whilst sitting at my desk.