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Pre-London Marathon Hillingdon AC's, ' The Finchley 20 miler'
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C'mon Jane believe in yourself. if i told you they stop serving cake after 3 1/2 hours would that encourage you to run quicker? Loved your comments on the mic bloke at reading. How annoying was he? I think shooting may have been too good for him...
Frankee well done on your time. What time are you planning on doing for Paris?
if I can hold 7:30 p/m then I'm on for 3:15. Just depends on what the wall's made of...
Sunday will tell. Feeling good though.
Thanks.
What's your target?
your finished and we still have several miles to run its called mental cruelty i still had 3 miles to go yesterday and saw people wearing their medals and wrapped in silver going home
Then they have the nerve to moan we get in there way at the start and they cannot be bothered to wait and cheers us plodders home
MOAN MOAN MOAN ok moan over
I think the reason the quickies didn't wait yesterday is because they knew the traffic shambles that was about to unfold and got the hell out as quick as possible. saying that, i was cheering in after my run for a wee while
As for slow runners at the front, no comment!!
Frankee - am aiming for 3.00 - 3.15 at Paris (did Reading in 1.26:55 yesterday). Fancy meeting up on Sunday for this one?
You may be a bit quick for me, but if you're aiming for 7:30 p/m we can. If I start to slow don't let me hold you back.
Jane,
I understand. My first half was agony in parts. By the way, if there's no cake I always carry goodies on race day... sure I can find something to re-vitalise you.
And these people that run at 7.30 (Frankeee)...how long did it take you to get to that speed from say 8min mile? Or have you always run 7.30 since falling out of your pram?!!
Did my first half marathon - Silverstone '04 with little or no running (Sunday run club at my gym) in 1:42 ish.
I had a couple of big advantages:
I had been training in a gym - including Circuits, Spin, Weights for over a year, at least six times a week.
I'm also built for running - tall and slim.
7:30 is just a guide as I won't know until Sunday. It'll be the furthest I've run. Probably optimistic over that kind of distance, but I averaged sub seven in Wokenham Half - What's life without a challenge?
I also have no other commitments, and have been very single minded. Not everyone can afford to do it my way.
Useful rule: I only ever measure myself against my own times. I'd go mad with frustration otherwise.
PS. Hope you feel better...
Hi ya Susie. How are you feeling today? You seemd a little frustrated on Sunday when I spoke to you. You raring to go for Sunday?
Frankee, would be good to meet up on sunday even to say hello before Paris. you 'll spot me from a mile off as I'll be in a very bright yellow Stragglers top.
Even my run times have improved with higher milage did 7ks in 39mins 20 today on the treadmill which included walking for the 1st minute legs were good after Reading which is a surprise
Hope the cold gets better
Looking forward to Sunday though and hope that I can keep Guy in my sights for a while at least ;-)
will look out for you. Can only confirm that I'll have my water bottle belt on and very dark / black running gear, except for white / Blue Asics trainers. My number's 470.
Plan to get there about an hour before the off. Will let you know what pub we plan to go to after.
On a down ... weather report shocking for Sun!!!
Yes I've been doing interval training in the track for at least a year and it has helped my speed a lot. I knocked 13 mins off my half marathon time and can now run sub 8 min mile (before sub 9 min mile). I spose more of the same to get to 7.30min mile etc.
I don't do any cross training as on my nights off tend to not want to do any more exercise (or have no energy). Particularly at the moment with marathon training. This cold is not helping one bit. I was told not to run last night as it's in the sore throat stages and Sunday is too important.
What's the weather forecast? Do I really want to know?! Have you guys all met each other?
What's your weekly mileage? I know mine's a bit unconventional (won't have done more than one 20 mile run pre-marathon), but I make up for it through the faitigue / endurance gained on some of my other efforts.
Am looking forward to, but never actually met any of you... only been on these forums for a couple of weeks.