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I do intend to be careful and am quite prepared to walk the whole 26.2miles if need be. I just want to cross the finish line and live to tell the tale - and set myself a time to beat next year of course.
0545 - Alex you must be mad!! Think most of mine will be evening runs so that I've time for a soak in the tub afterwards.
What is everyone doing to raise money? How much are you aiming for?
I've arranged a day at a local (big) supermarket, and am going to do a prize raffle once I get enough prizes together from local stores. I did start getting sponsorship a few months ago but a lot of people just said 'I'll sponsor you nearer the time' - I'm just hoping now that they remember what they said
I have had a couple of off weeks on the long runs (weather and pace related) and need to get my confidence back up with a 16 miler before Silverstone a week on Sunday, so this is the only option. I shall, however, be "working from home" the rest of the day...and I'll do a cheeky 10K before work tomorrow I think, so this is turning into quite a big mileage week for me...
Save some of everything for me...
Blackcat my sponsorship total now stands at £3,948. Jeez, suppose that means I have to turn up on the day doesn't it....!
Have you got a lot of larger sponsors?
Don't forget that local churches often have a charity "budget" which they might be persuaded to part with if you ask nicely...
I think carrying a sponsor form at all times is ideal.
Going to hit all the local businesses this week to see what I can get out of them.
I actually felt like I could have done more. I don't want to risk my knee flaring up again though so I'm going to stick to the training plan, which keeps it fairly simple for this week and next.
How many people are going to the training day? I'm going to be there, really hoping to meet a few friendly faces
Ive decided to shell out and see a physio, since my hamstring is niggling rather than excruciating until i run. Im wondering if a bit of treatment might put it right before the flora 1/2
Don't think it's selling out.
I'm afraid I can't go to the training day - H has arranged for friends to come down much earlier that day for 6 Nations watching and I'm making lunch apparently!!! Plus one of the couples includes the friend who is running the Kingston 16 with me the day after so would feel a bit bad abandoning her....
But who else is running Silverstone? Jenny I think you are. Any others?
Yes im still hoping to. Its just so so frustrating not being able to run. I tried a light jog last night to and from the train station on the way from work. It was twinging so I walked again. The rest is obviously working but there must be something that can be done
I am going to do an easy 6M on the treddy later this afternoon (one of the partners at work has loads of guest passes to a nice club just over the road! ) and then it's back home for a very early night before the early shout tomorrow morning which I am just dreading...
Warming up - not at all really, but I do stretch and do some hip flexing thingys down the garden path before I set out. The first 15 mins of a run seem to be my warmup - I always feel really cr!p, out of breath, not energised etc but if I can just put a mile or so under my belt and get the blood into my legs then it's like a car changing from first to second gear and by mile 3 I am feeling much more relaxed.
(not! it's just injured my patela last year and i was told NOT to swim or cycle due to the stress on the knee)
Alex - I'm same when running, i warm up at the beginning through running then i tend to stretch after the run - which believe they call progessive stretching (maybe I am a pro!)
you're a gym teacher aren't you??! that makes you a pro!!!
I am going to do an easy 6M on the treddy later this afternoon (one of the partners at work has loads of guest passes to a nice club just over the road! ) and then it's back home for a very early night before the early shout tomorrow morning which I am just dreading...
Just been reading through the whole thread here. I am running the FLM for CWL this year. This is my 1st marathon and the training has been a little patchy due to illness.
Did a 2 hr run on Sunday and covered about 11.5 miles and am running the Berkhamsted half marathon this weekend. Hopefully I'm not over doing it and the long runs should increase over the next few weeks in prep for 17/04.
Am beginning to get a little nervous and think I may have biten off more than I can chew. I suppose I can always walk a bit though!
Sorry to disappoint
Isn't the idea that the 26.2 is in fact a run? There are plenty of runners that wanted that place. Goad, goad, as they say on the training threads. There is an answer. Work harder at the training so that you can run the 26.2 and be proud.
Now. Having stuck the knife in, it's time to build you back up. 2 hours running at 10:30 m/m is not to be sneezed at. Keep it up, and focus on that run.
You need to be hitting the streets for 3 or 4 nights a week. It's hardly worth getting changed for less than 4 miles, so make that a focal point. It might rain on FLM day, so we have to get used to training in it. The real key session every week is the long run. There's no margin for error now, so you'll have to add 2 miles to your long run every weekend until 2 weeks prior. That means a 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 then a 2 week taper. It's tough schedule that you've left yourself, but it is possible. 26.2 is a long way, and it hurts all finishers. The training makes the idea possible.
This posting is not intended to make you give up. It is not intended to denigrate Charity runners. It is intended to provide you with a bit of a wake up call in terms of motivation, because running a marathon IS NOT EASY. You don't want to disappoint your sponsors do you?
PS
In case this winds up one or two people, be careful about throwing stones in glass houses. I'll take criticism, but only where it's due.
3 or 4 weeks nights a week blisters, at the moment I'm just about fitting in 6 nights a week as well as working 10 to 12 hours a day in my school.
We all try to fit the sessions in, like Alex running at 0545am tomorrow! Good luck gal! hope the weathers kind for you
I'll be thinking of you when I'm wrapped up in cosy in bed dreaming about the finish line on the Mall