Not sure why you use shin splints as an excuse if you only had then when you started running and didn't have the correct footwear,,..........
I agree that more likely to get injury from sped work than from a built up long slow run.....
but seems like you have decided what you are going to do....you can do a marathon on no training at all.isn't fun or quick....
Not sure what excuses I'm making - isn't avoiding running exclusively on hard surfaces and not ramping up speed/mileage too quickly just basic running common sense?
Anyway I've only got 16 weeks to go and I've not run more than 10km in over a year. If anyone can find me a reputable beginners training schedule that advocates running more than 1 or 2 20 mile runs over from this base and over that timeframe I'm happy to consider it.
just thought it was unusual for a someone his age who had only started running last year to run no more than 16 miles to run 3:21.......
only 1 minute of the GFA catergory for over 50's......which isn't an easy catergory....
I just don't think he is representative of most new runners...and to suggest that most newbies can run those times with a lack of long runs is going to end up with a lot of people walking long distances ........but i am mighty impressed by his running times from such little training......
Thanks Roeby, but nowhere near winning my category...
Probably slighly naive but didn't expect anyone to look me up. Impressed/intimidated with Seren's stalking skills. Agree that if I didn't have family/work/social stuff etc and could put in the longer runs, could go a lot faster but the reason I replied to Bbug was that I think it is possible to run an enjoyable and relatively pain free marathon without long training runs.
Stevie. i was actually at the dentist for the second of three visits today followed by an asda shop.
I did spend a quick 5 mins looking up our friend because i thought he might have been another one of those bullshitters that come on here and claim that they can run 13 mins for a 5k without any training.........but i was totally wrong and and in less than 2 mins found he was a pretty impressive runner for his short runing career.....hats off to the guy...
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Not sure what excuses I'm making - isn't avoiding running exclusively on hard surfaces and not ramping up speed/mileage too quickly just basic running common sense?
Anyway I've only got 16 weeks to go and I've not run more than 10km in over a year. If anyone can find me a reputable beginners training schedule that advocates running more than 1 or 2 20 mile runs over from this base and over that timeframe I'm happy to consider it.
Seren, where does Creech say what all his other race times are? Or have you been doing advanced webstalking?
just thought it was unusual for a someone his age who had only started running last year to run no more than 16 miles to run 3:21.......
only 1 minute of the GFA catergory for over 50's......which isn't an easy catergory....
I just don't think he is representative of most new runners...and to suggest that most newbies can run those times with a lack of long runs is going to end up with a lot of people walking long distances ........but i am mighty impressed by his running times from such little training......
No prizes for guessing what Seren was doing between 10.30 and 2.30
Stalky stalky....
agree a bloomin brill time for v50 well done creech , did you win your category then ?
Thanks Roeby, but nowhere near winning my category...
Probably slighly naive but didn't expect anyone to look me up. Impressed/intimidated with Seren's stalking skills. Agree that if I didn't have family/work/social stuff etc and could put in the longer runs, could go a lot faster but the reason I replied to Bbug was that I think it is possible to run an enjoyable and relatively pain free marathon without long training runs.
Good luck Beetlebug.
Stevie. i was actually at the dentist for the second of three visits today followed by an asda shop.
I did spend a quick 5 mins looking up our friend because i thought he might have been another one of those bullshitters that come on here and claim that they can run 13 mins for a 5k without any training.........but i was totally wrong and and in less than 2 mins found he was a pretty impressive runner for his short runing career.....hats off to the guy...