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SY3
SY3
A question: will training in warm weather mean that when it starts getting colder, I'll find the same distances easier?
Hope so!
SY3
How come you guys are so far ahead in your training?
How did you get on with dodging the tourists?
With you doing a sixteen miler, ( how long did you take ? )I,m now going to have to get up at dawn tomorrow to do the eighteen miler / four hour steady run that I was ready to stay in bed to avoid !!!!!
Bear in mind that your long run shouldn't be about speed but about time on your legs educating your body to burn fat ( of which I've got too much ).
Did my long run this morning - 3hrs 25 minutes at steady pace( 18-19 miles)... my legs are knackered and I'm 7-8 miles short of 26.2!!!
Completed 2 x 10k yesterday 1 in the morning followed by 1 in the evening.
Doing the Maidstone 1/2 and 10k next Sunday
I think Fat Face is going to NY - well I met him at Vyrnwy and he really does look like his photo. Cheeky Monkey, Romford Runner's right - you WILL do the final 6 - there's so much crowd support that they won't let you stop and you'll start thinking 'only another 6 to go...' and you'll go onto autopilot, and then you soon see the top end of Central Park - but you do need to manage your refuelling properly. I'm getting so excited. Is anyone else going to the Cancer Research reception tomorrow?
SY3
Anyway, any advice on general blister treatment? How to continue running when your feet hurt like hell?
I recently had some orthotic footbeds made and, while they seem to help my shin splints, they have repositioned my foot so that the upper heel rubs on the padding around the top of the heel socket on my shoe. Shoudl I just tape my foot and hope that the shoe will break in?
I really can't rest as NY is only 6 weeks away and I had to cut short my long run this Sunday due to this blister (which managed to fill with blood - nice!).
BTW - Does anyone else run Richmond Park, London? It's a bit of a killer!
Eeek - 200 messages - impossible to read them all whilst giving the appearance of working.
I'm doing New York and need someone (lots of people) to share my excitment with. My friends/family/colleagues are all totally fed up with me boring them with my training (or lack of it) and after London assume that the least I can do is keep my desire to run another marathon to myself.
As this thread is so enormous it is almost impossible to work out (without a lot time and a very good memory) how may RW formites are running and what everyone is planning/hoping to do. Could someone brief me, please ??
Angie
SY3
Congratulations on your 16 miler, I hope that you've broken through your lull now. Keep it going!
Pizza man, Keith Every, Seaweed, Tea and Toast man, Waapster, Romford Runner and Oldbones we are all doing Windsor too (anyone else ? ), so make sure you get to the pub arranged by Nattynoodle, after the race( see the WINDSOR thread )so that we can arrange to meet in New york.
With reference to your blister problem I have found that Compeed Blister patches are simply excellent for keeping you going. They are available in medium and large sizes and fit nicely into that little pocket on the inside of your shorts (designed for a key I think). They are available from Boots, Tescos etc.
Make sure you pop the blister (yes, I know you shouldn't!) and then put the patch on in accordance with the instructions, i.e warm in your hand for a minute before slapping it on. I swear by them so much that I ALWAYS have a packet in my running bag wherever I go and always carry them on a marathon. Hope they help.
God, I wish I was going to NY with you lot, should be fun!!
ATB
If only I could move my right calf would feel a bit better, but how exciting!! Not long now guys!!
To anyone else doing New York and who doesn't want to track back through the thread, I'm compiling a list of forum NYC runners and am collecting as much of the following data as people want to give:
forum name
real name
dates of travel
flight details
Hotel
Est. marathon finish time
Tour operator used (if any)
Charity (if any)
there have been several names mentioned as participants but to save me trailing through various fora to get your e-mail details will those of you who haven't made contact with me, e-mail me your details through the forum.
nothing is compulsory but the more we all know about who's going the better it will be.
I know you are arriving in New york on the Friday, what time do you arrive? Any thoughts about meeting places or times ?