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SY3
Oldbones, Why not start with a longer run this weekend? A couple of extra miles over thirteen won't harm your half marathon training and give you an earlier start for New York.
Now that will confuse them!!
SY3
And I'm still thinking about that threesome - Caketin, progress report please
Saddened, Humbled , ....
Anyone want to get together to go to Ground Zero ??
SY3 - longshot this but were you running either down The Mount or in Longden Coleham this morning?
Sorry I've been away for a bit! Thanks for all the encouragent - am feeling a lot more positive at the mo. Still haven't run for a bit but keeping up with the cross training. Have pared down training schedule quite a bit for when I do start up again - cut out one run a week entirely and swapped for cross traing - and will only attempt on 20 miler before NY instead of 2. Hoping to be OK for Windsor half at the end of the month.
NR - Hope your bad run is long forgotten - eclipsed by a much better one I hope.
Happy running to you all - I'll be back next week with (hopefully) news of my successful jog round the park!
Hope to meet some of you b4 hand , New Runner , I work in Wimbledon and could me u for a run after work over the next few weeks
Nope it wasn't me I'm afraid OB.
I struggled to complete the targeted 20 today - on the way back felt really tired. OB - was the usual route around the north side of town, Ellesmere Road then Welsh Bridge & out to Bicton Church & home through Radbrook.
Thought of another 6 miles is scary!
SY3
You've done NY before, so what's the energy drink supplied en route, if there is one that is?
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Atmosphere was fantastic - the noise as you run off the bridge onto First Aveneue hits you like a wall.
Two pieces of advice
1. Walk the final miles in Central Park before the race. I did and got massive lift once I arrived at this familiar section as I then knew how far was left and that I was going to make it.
2. If you enjoy encouragement from the crowd write your name on your vest/shirt or carry a small flag - you will get a lot of "Go England!" and "Great Job Steve" shouts
Enjoy!!
Hopefully my motivation will kick in ,
Whats the longest distance you have run so far?
my suggestion - take a weekend off. I know that this may not be "by the book", but from some of your recent postings you sound like you are a touch jaded. The break might help your motivation. Pretend you're ill - you couldn't possibly run with a cold now could you.
Option 2, not sure if you tend to run alone or not, but if you can find a running partner, they might help take your mind off things - when I was training for FLM a few years back I was really struggling to get through an 18 miler - I joined up with another random runner and chatted the last 3 miles away.
Option 3, drop back a bit on one weekend - having run your 15 (+?) miles, 13 should be relatively easy for you. Running a faster half can make you feel a whole lot better. (perhaps you can be the sub 2hr pacer for me at bristol?)
I do hope you get through this period - in 3 months it'll all be over and you'll have some fantastic memories of NY (I'm green with jealousy) - you might not be able to run all the way round, I wasn't in FLM (I got up to 20 miles pre race but pursued the tapering a bit too aggressively!!), but believe me, with the sense of acheivement you'll feel at the end it, it wont matter if you skipped a week.
I'm Running the Dublin Marathon, meaning I have one long run weekend less than you. I haven't managed a long since Burnham Beeches. I have to admit I am starting to get a little worried now.
I managed FLM this year with a late surge in my training (last 4 weeks, 4 long runs 13, 15, 18 & 20) and finsihed in a new PB.
Bouncer is right. Take some time off.
It really works. Worrying about it will only make you worse (I should know).
You'll do fine.
Jason L
The running expo at the Jacob Javits Centre is just huge - loads to do and see - and lots of freebies.
Incidentally previous posts have commented on the 3 hour wait at Staten Island - well there are things to do - there's a band, breakfast, running kit displays, lots of people to talk to, a Christian service - I went to it last year and it was great. There was a very funny baptist minister from Mobile, Alabama - 'where the homes are mobile but the cars are not; at least we're not Missisippi; etc. Plus God Save America and the Star Spangled Banner - loads to get you feeling 'I can do this...'
Oldbones - my weekend up in the Lakes has been cancelled so I've signed up for Lake Vyrnwy instead of the Great Cumbrian. As I've applied late I have to collect my number in the school hall - I'll be there about 12 I think. Greatly looking forward to it.
SY3