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GD
Similar problem re. hills around here in West Sussex. The flattest bit around here is the banks of the River Adur, and that can get quite muddy, particularly at this time of year
Anybody know of a good downloadable [preferably freebie!] training log for a pc. My lovely employers are giving me a laptop, and I want to put it to good use!!
You lucky bugger Normski
I don't know of a free running log, I use the freebie CD that came With Runners World mag a while back, hopefully they'll do it again for 2005.
So Georgia's dad is this a challenge ?
slim fast
and then pasta n sauce
GD
DB - Welcome to the thread. I'm sure you'll be able to find someone mad enough to train with. We're all like-minded here!
Hope you all had a good weekend. Fitness level is getting to be such that a pre- Christmas race may be in order. Possibly the Victory 5 in Portsmouth. Any takers?
did Cardiff 1/2 yesterday in 1:52:35 - not bad seeing as I had a stinking cold and hacking cough all week. Is very difficult trying to hack a big cough up when running......legs go all over the place!!
.......lovely flat course set up for PB's but not for me yesterday....
I'm going to do the Hastings 1/2 all being well. Better get my form in soon.
I have a question on getting sub 4 hrs.
Do we mean an offical time or a personal time? Isn't there like 20 mins before us sub 4 hrs guys get to the actuall start line (so I read) because there is so many people infront and how, if its true is that factored into the running times?
BBB
I am hoping for sub 3.45 again at a spring marathon have entered again but if dont get in will find an alternative marathon to do:-)
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
BUT - it usually takes FLM a while to sort all the start readings out due to sheer volume of runners crossing the timing mats so what the put up as results initially is time from when the start gun goes to when you cross the finish line......
and these are quite clearly going to be out depending on how long it took you to get across the start......
if you want a good estimate of your own time, use a good stopwatch and start it as you cross the start and stop when you finish - likely to be only a few seconds out with chip time......
That make a lot of sense.
BBB
Last year I did Bournemouth Bay (half marathon) 1:52:56 then the FLM in 4:27:54
Both where my first. Bournemouth Bay was a bugger (severe headwind and a steep chine climb after 1 mile. Excellent prep race for the big one though. I hope to do FLM in about 3:45 - 3:50
Anything else is a bonus, I'm pretty confident that I could run the 26.2 miles but finishing in less than 4 hours would mean so much more to me in an achievement sense.
BBB
I ran it for the 1st time in 2002 in 4.47and in 2003 in 4.27. Gave it a miss this year but would really like to beat 4 hours next year.
i just entered the nike 10k as a good milestone to judge where i'll be in 6 weeks or so,kind of the start of serious training for april..i'm back in the gym but haven't put asics to tarmac in anger for a while now,looking at a few miles tomorrow....anyone else doing it?
Eastbourne had their first half this year, but no mention of it for 2005, as yet. When is the Bournemouth half?
Welcome to the thread, Jenks. Nice progression in times!
The Bournemouth Bay run last year was exactly 2 weeks before F L M.
I wouldn't mind doing a 10k sort of January/feb' time,havn't done one yet.
Hi Alex, I'm also doing the Nike 10K more for the fun of it and also because part of the route is the same as that of the FLM?
Looks like there be a big turnout from the forumites.
A question to the guys that have done it before. Will we have to walk a lot of the course , weave in / out of runners because of the congestion or is a decent run without too much hinderence.A guy i was speaking to yesterday hinted at a lot of congestion.
Stylish
best advice is to run at your pace and don't be tempted to follow others.......and pace comes with miles of training.......
as for walking - all depends on the day and how your run goes.........but lots do so don't panic about it..........
I guess that what should happen is, technically you never over take people as everyone in front is going to be faster than you.
BBB
in some ways a slower start is better as it may stop you flagging later on and if you can run negative splits for the 1/2's then it should help............but negative splits over a marathon distance is very hard for us amateurs as we are just not used to the sheer distance and maintaining a faster pace in the 2nd 1/2....