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P&D spring marathon 2017
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I definitely overdid the eating and drinking whilst in Crete. Managed 5 x 3 mile runs out there but was too hot / hungover to do much more.
A very fast turnaround for Saturday's Giants Head Marathon. Got home at 9.30pm on the Friday and the race started at 8.30 am on the Sat. Any hope of a top 5 place was already written off after stepping on the scales. 7kg heavier than VLM
The plan was to play it by ear, not go off too fast, power walk the steep bits and pick off a few at the end and hopefully finish in the top 10 and sneak under 4hrs.
The first 23 miles were spot on (8th) and just as I planned to push on my legs started to give up (shocked by the extra weight to carry) managed to not completely implode but lost a couple of places on the last hill.
Crossed the line in 3:51:29 in 11th which was as good as expected.
Diet started yesterday and have already booked for my VLM and South Downs Way 50 places for next year.
Tom - 100k ultra is in August.
Millsy - Top running, I've heard that is a tough one, well done! I did look at SDW50 but not decided yet!!
12 miles for me this morning, nice and easy 8:30 min/miles. Was nice and cool out too, perfect running weather!
Great report AWC - it sounds so tough. I guess it must be hard when you're feeling rough at mile 43. So much done, but 10M to go is still a long way!
Enjoyed NE's report too and well done Millsy. Some epic summer challenges to be had by all.
8M 6 x 800m on the grass track yesterday. Not quite up to the speeds achieved when spoons is in tow, but happy with the first five at 2:52. 3 easy miles in the afternoon between different schools sessions down at the fields.
10M easy MLR this morning making a return to the canal. Quite enjoying the not following a plan. Still running reasonable mileage with a definite flavour of P&D, but no pressure.
Theoretically I'm considering this week as the beginning of a long build up to VLM but still hopeful of an autumn marathon between to assess progress. Just need to convince MrsB it's a good idea and then try and find one that fits as i have a good friends stag weekend on the weekend of the 1st October which rules out that weekend and the next at least. Was looking at Warsaw on the 24th September but struggling to get flights that work.
10 easy'ish miles this morning and now off to a wedding.
John: hoping to do Abingdon mara in October. Next year I'll do another 50 miler or maybe 100km in the summer. Probably off the back of a spring marathon as that worked really well this year.
Good work Millsy. Looks like a tough race. Not one where you'd want to be carrying extra weight. Well done.
Good to see you're back at it Alan. How're the injuries at the moment? All settled? I'm also thinking of current training as a long London build up, with Abingdon to maintain motivation and assess progress.
Had planned to do a Hills + Tempo run today but family issues have got in the way. Not to worry.
HA - hope all is ok at home.
The monster week continues for me. Had a 3.8km swim and 40 mile bike yesterday (short day).
No let up, with another 3 workouts tomorrow..
Should we migrate?
Your body appears to be coping well JB. I did all 3 disciplines yesterday but total time was less than 150 mins & pace was a lot slower. That's an impressive Brick session today.
Steady 10K today. First time I've run on 2 consecutive days since May 14th!
No wonder I'm 5kg heavier than I was for VLM.
AWC - really enjoyed reading your report to. I liked the way you dealt with everything the ultra threw at you. As others have said, really captures the ups and downs you have to deal with over the longer distance. Yes, still have the Abo place. I'm silly busy at work this week but will look at how to transfer it over the weekend, should just be a couple of emails and maybe filling out a form.
Decent "off the plane" marathon there Millsy, well done.
Jooligan - I had to chuckle at that /\.
Just three work outs tomorrow JB - slacker
As said above, so silly busy at work that it looks like I'll miss the kids sports day tomorrow, for the first time in four years. I'll be even more gutted if they extend the dads race to full marathon distance.
Also enjoying very much on here the triathlon chat (of course) and ultra madness.
Just posting a quick note on here so as to not bring down the tone of the new thread which I'll pop over to shortly - In short, June was a really awful month and I'm no longer pregnant. It's a case of genetics that meant it wasn't meant to be (and nothing to do with running marathons while pregnant!!). I'm ok, and looking forward to getting back to running soon.