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Gunnell may have completed the GNR, but thats nothing compared to a marathon. Would you take advice from someone who hasnt done what they are trying to train you to do ?
Seems like each month they choose a photogenic activity to show us and test them the next day on the track. High Ropes and Rowing are pretty much irrelevant - does anyone here consider it essential ? ;-)
Next week - an assault course ??? Should be good for a few injuries if nothing else.
I hope they succeed in their task, but seems to me that they've set some of them up to fail ?
I found it pretty funny when they revealed two of them had done it slower running than run/walking the month before. In fact I think I have to go replay it to see Sally Gunnel's face again. LOL
Also on running pace: though I'm not much good for running right now, I'm always the person who's constantly overtaking other people on pavements (gets very annoying in crowds...), so I'm a fast walker. But I've found out now I take quite a bit longer than 15 minutes! 15 minutes was the 4 miles an hour pace of the roman centurians: not normal walking pace!
On the other hand it has inspired me. I'm now determined to be able to run a mile in a month's time!
And I can sort of see the point of the different activities. I think if you are starting from a very low level of fitness you are less likely to injure yourself if you exercise in different ways. I've found swimming good myself: I can do more days training each week if they are not all running. I think the first month they said the training program was two runs per week, plus two other cardio sessions of their choice. I think basically they are just getting them to be active in lots of different ways. Agree it's partly for good telly though...
They should do cross training with them on the weekends, like swimming, bike riding and the gym. That would help them more.
I thought Michelle's attitude was great, and her family were brilliant. So I hope she lasts the course.
It does seem slightly designed to show failure - I was very shocked when they just told Pritti to sort herself out. Clearly she needs some strong support and advice and I suspect telling her that probably sent her home via the nearest chocolate shop.
I expected to have limited sympathy with some of these people but at the end of the programme found myself strongy rooting for them...mostly cos I find Gunnell and Cram so annoying!!
....guess I'm hooked!
Michelle was inspiring too as she has that determination that she'll need for the marathon - I hope she doesn't get chucked off the programme.
I thought Linda and Pretti were pathetic, both trying to do as little as possible and excuses, excuses. Especially Pretti who said 'I need help with the food', She has had a month to research/read etc all she'll ever need to know about healthy eating. When she didn't make her target weight loss why didn't she ask the doc what she should be eating.
But Sally Gunnell showed her complete lack of knowledge about marathon running when she said to one of the trainees that she would be 'breathless during the marathon' and we all know that if you're breathless during a marathon then you're in trouble.
Steve Cram knows his stuff though, he's run at least two good marathons plus Comrades.
I don't think 5 miles is too tough a target. I've found with my beginners that once they 'find their pace' and can run a mile, extending that distance can be done in a very short time.
Anybody know what his marathon PB is? Or what time did Sally Gunnell do in GNR?
Don't know Sally's GNR time
Pix - they won't be able to defer. FLM will have given/sold those places to the BBC but no chance to defer.
Last year one of the girls in my group won a place from RW, she was carrying an injury and did complete it as no chance to defer.
It would have been interesting to see them focus on one or two of the more average entrants from the start - just average, not very fit, a bit (but not enormously) overweight, every day entrants. Then shown the journey that these people need to take to attempt the marathon. By the time they get round to featuring these, they will have already made such tremendous strides.
That would have been the inspiring side of the programme, seeing an 'ordinary' person do it - not seeing an overweight, unhealthy person fail.
WildeRover
89.2K is just ridiculous! That's more than two marathons! I believe it's all uphill as well isn't it? Starts on the coast at Durban and off up into the hills. Massive respect to you guys who do ultras.
You run over 5 mountain ranges either way.
Durban is at sea level and Peitermaritzberg is not.
Oh, and its great fun
This programme may be trying to get the message over that if you want to do a marathon you should put the work in first, not just turn up on the day
re the run/walk - that's what a lot of them will be doing anyway on race day, but they should still be able to run shorter distances without walk breaks (e.g. five miles)
Running a marathon was a challenge enough for me - as you've probably guessed I have no aspirations to try any further!!
Walking pace is what - 20 mins a mile ?
1 Nathan Deakes AIS
18:45.19
2 Luke Adams NSWIS
19:01.73
3 Adam Rutter AIS
19:36.30
4 Michael McCagh AIS
19:54.60
5 Duane Cousins VIS
20:08.22
Quite impressive? Yes, especially as it was a walk!!
I make that 6 min/mile walking pace!!
I did pass a guy on a bike when I was running this morning, I would have been very p**d off to have a walker come past me though !
I am a carp runner but a good walker