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After about 10 miles the snow was getting heavier and there was about 3 or 4 inch of snow under foot as well as the visability was about 30foot, I decided to go home for my own saftey more than anything.
Not the best training session to date but i still managed to do 14 miles in 2hrs 1 min.
Good luck to all who did their runs this weekend.
Pete
Why not go as Super Woman in some nice tight lycra...Just a suggestion :-)
It was interval training for me last night so indoors on the treadmill. After the first two 1.5 miles fast could manage the third although had the same feelings in my body as I did after 17 last Sunday.
Looking forward to Silversone this weekend and then it is countdown to the big day.
Finally went for a sports massage last week - wow, what a difference it made, well worth the 30 minutes of pain at the hands of the masseuse. Would highly recommend it to anybody struggling with tight muscles and sore joints.
Also it is bl**dy freezing so a few indoor sessions should stop the likliehood of you getting a cold. am seeing my personal trainer tonight she only does 20 min intervals and the rest is cross training and then will do long run on sunday so have had a light week. I needed it I was getting very emotional through overtiredness.
Gonna give it some TLC with regulars rubs and cold gel...
Should have been like HW & SO2 and run inside in the warm
I managed 1:51 so am chuffed with that..
The usual tight hamstring this morning but nothing major..
Hope evertone else enjoyed it despite the wind.
this is my first marathon too, and am following the same schedule as your Rebecca, 'THe Non Runners Marathon Trainer'....18 miles this coming weekend eh! Not looking forward to it for so many reasons, am so scared now!
Did Silverstone yesterday in 2:10:57 which was 3 mins quicker than last half, according to the rw predictor, this means i am on track for a 4.30 FLM. But i ran this race quicker than i will run London, and my legs really felt the strain, especially running into that wind. So i guess i am looking at more like a 5hr finsih...
I am starting to get panicked as there is now only 2 more weeks of proper training, until tapering starts. I wonder if i should do an extra week of long run just to make up for yesterday when i did 13 instead of the scheudled 16?
Am all at sixes and sevens.....waking up in a big panic, crying a lot and just generally knackered, emotional,excited and fed up at the same time....!!
Well done to all who ran yesterday x
You will be fine, you have kept going and I am sure you will be ok on the day.
I found the book really good to start with but once I got behind I really floundered.
I'd so bought into the whole "if you follow this, you will get round" that I immediately felt like "if I can't follow this, I won't get round."
I was tearful and depressed about it all for quite a while until I browsed about and looked for some other ideas.
Now I've adopted a run/walk strategy (since the hip is still injured) and I've revised the "Non-Runners" schedule from the book.
So, my long runs between now and the big day will be 15 this weekend, 17 next, 18 the one after and a shorter tapering period.
I kind of followed this strategy at Silverstone this weekend. Finished in 2:41, which I am quite pleased with (especially as 5 mins was spent in the loo) and I'm sure that wind must have taken a good couple of minutes off my time
I'd be interested to know how you both feel about the "Non Runners" programme now? Is it still working for you?
And good luck to everyone on this thread - it's been a real pick-me-up over the last week since I found it!