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New York Marathon 2002 The Original
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SY3
Anyone heard from Caketin lately? I've got her name on the list but she hasn't been in touch with her details yet.
SY3
How did your 18 miler go NR ? ( notice I don't ask IF you did it ).
I've got the Swansea 10k race on Sunday, its the race where it all started for me last year , so its a big one ! then I plan to run the 12 miles home afterwards. With a couple of miles pre race warm-up, I should be close to four hours running !!!!
I was well carbo loaded and hydrated and apart from carrying a radio and new twin pack water carrier for the first time nothing was different to any other run.
One positive though, SY3 & I met on our respective runs and believe it or not we know each other! Not by name but we used to use the same gym together and I've seen him a couple of times on long runs. He's very fit folks!! Lean & chiselled. When we met he looked very comfortable, the same flesh colour as when he started his run probably, whereas I who had run half the distance in twice the time was the usual wringing wet beetroot. How do people not do that?
Anyway, I now know there's a lot to do between now and November. Good luck all!&
Got my long one in this morning, all 21 miles and to my surprise nearly managed to run the whole way, and this was on the back of a good track session last night, I must be mad! I plan on doing another 21 in a couple of weeks time, running Windsor next week, and then tappering.
Keep up with the training and remberber everyone has the occasional bad day, just look forward to the next one that will be better:)
I completed my 20 miler but at about 16 I had a terrible attack of the trots and had to wait for a mile or two before I found a toilet - in a shopping centre (OB - at Radbrook Green) where I got some very funny looks as I was covered in sweat and not looking too salubrious. Was it the gel that I took shortly before? Who knows but thank God they had a good supply of toilet paper. Sorry folks this is becoming a bit unseemly.
Just waiting for Cheeky Monkey's post to round up all the sheep.
SY3
On a good point, running at about 90-95% of race pace, I did the race in 54.47 which is a PB from last year of 5 minutes.
SY3
Completed the Maidstone Half & Maidstone 10k yesterday ( combined time of 2:50:27 ) had a 20 rest in between runs , all went well , by far my longest runs since the FLM.
Only planning to do 1 more 20+ run , along with the Windsor 1/2 and Kingston 16.
NR - you might want to try splitting your long run over 2 days until your aches and pains settle down. So if your're planning an 18 miler, you could do 10 miles on Saturday say, followed by 8 miles on a Sunday, with both runs at a slow pace. Obviously, it's not quite the same as running 18 miles in one go, but the theory is that because you're doing the second run on tired legs you'll get a lot of the same benefits. It's worked for me in the past and it could kickstart your confidence again. Keep going, you're doing great!
NR - its worth considering isn't it?
We tried one of those g-sis energy gels and it tasted like nowt on God's earth !
It's the 18 miler next weekend which will be nice.
"nowt on God's earth" where exactly in Surrey are you from?
SY3