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managed some speed work this lunchtime but now my knee is killing me. hope it's better for thursdays tempo run.
This'll be my 4th marathon and hoping it'll be a fast one.
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Not started extending the distance beyond half yet - as I have 2 x half mara races over the next 3 weeks... then it's the big push towards 20 on a phased basis. not looking forward to that, and just praying that my knee will continue to behave.
Good luck.
Looking at it again this year, its well organised and a lovely traffic-free rural course.
From memory there's no massive hills just gentle up and downs
Flynn - can I defer my entry to next year due to injury??
I'll find out mate.
If you can't run this year then I can defer you until next next year. Let me know slightly nearer the time whether you will or wont attend.
Defering to next year is therefore a wonderful option, one that I will gladly accept.
You may be interested to read the debate that raged yesterday on here and on Fetch.... on balance I would say that people thought that refunds for the bigger races (on a sliding scale dependant on notice) and deferment/swapping numbers might be good options for clubs to offer. All recognised the amount of hard work you organiser peeps put into getting the races off the ground!
So the two debates are Runners World Debate and Fetch debate .
I really look forward to meeting everyone at the start line in a year! Now there is forward planning :-) All I can add, in summary, in thank you and your club for taking the time to form a view on this.
All the best....
PSC
Got the first 20 miler planned this weekend, hope the weather stays like today. Good training to all those still able.
That would be a neat trick. I know that weather I would book if I could. Overcast, slight drizzle and cool. However, history says that it'll more likely be a glorious sunny day.
Tara.:
Good for you. How is the training going?
it's not going too bad thanks, due to all the moving and decorating I'm ultra busy so can only manage 3 days a week but one of those includes a long run which is steadily increasing - sunday I ran 13.2 miles very slowly and felt good at the end of it so it's looking hopeful... ached like mad on monday mind!! (I think I may take May 14th off as holiday!) :-)
The second 8 weeks which I'm now in is all about consistency and consolidating what I've got.
Last night I went out for a 20 miler (which I cut to 16 as my knee started to ache a little bit) and had the best run of my year so far.
And the reason for this ..... hydration, pace and nutrition. I reduced my pace by a minute a mile, made sure I always was fully hydrated and went through a bunch of High-5 and Carb-Boom gels. Highly recommended.
I'm planning on running the FLM in about 3:20 and my pace last night was bang on that. Hopefully with the right recovery I'll be looking at a PB at Halstead.
Had my knee not played up I could easily have done another 4 miles. Today I don't ache much at all. Legs are a little stiff but I feel ok. (In fact I'm off for a run in an hour so I must be feeling ok)