Am I mad to think about it even....!!!
I am a regular runner mostly 2/3 times a week.... between 2/3k each time my pb was 10k 2years ago 60 mins... average 5k most weeks between 30 and 40 mins depending on how much feel like running, I am bored now of the same old thing and I think that's where I am getting the idea to train for a marathon.... maybe half marathon first and see how I go.......
My family think I am mad apart from the one daughter who would probably train with me but does not want to do the marathon.
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Isn't that how we all got started?
forgot to say I have just turned 60!
DO IT!
Mad: maybe
join the gang
Pfft. The first time I did Comrades (=2 marathons + a parkrun + a mile) there were 2 septuagenarians on the sports tour doing it too.
I say go on and do it... it changes your life, at least it did mine. No bigger feeling of achievement.
Start now. Aim for next Autumn.
Join a club. Socialise. Have fun
Do it Do it just do it! (I'm not trying to endorse nike - I just think it works for when you're considering doing something that deep down, you're pretty excited about doing)
What have you got to lose? (apart from a few toenails maybe).
You know you want to.
Not mad, didn't Fauja Singh only start running at 89?
thank you so much everyone.....already started this week...... cant decide which one I will do yet but the quicker I choose the quicker I can start my training.... so excited motivation at it highest right now....
Find a local half marathon as an intermediate goal.
Work out your plans off that.
Don't enter a marathon too soon. 18 months minimum from now, ideally 2 years. Lots of great races to do as you build up your endurance.
As Cougie said, do one too early and you will, excuse my French, - f**king hate it
This is a bit like on Britain's got the X factor on Ice when a contestant comes on and they say how old? 60? And they they get a round of applause for being 60. Well done for being 60, You must be mad!!!! Or just an annoying attention seeker if you believe the thread on people saying " Am I mad?"
1 in 4 British adults experience at least one diagnosable mental health problem in any one year, and 1 in 6 experiences this at any given time.
(The Office for National Statistics Psychiatric Morbidity report, 2001)
Although mental disorders are widespread, serious cases are concentrated among a relatively small proportion of people who experience more than one mental health problem. (The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2005)
I haven't come across any evidence to support a hypothesis that contemplating a marathon is an indicator of a mental health problem.
HTH
thanks again for the motivation.... I have just joined the local running club starting on thursday..looking forward to it....
Nice one Mon. That sounds like a good move
Hi Monica. I am 66 and ran my first marathon in London in April this year. It took me 5hours and 58mins but I still managed to finish before 2000 people! Believe you can do it and you will. I have never been an athlete - I used to do the 5k Race for Life and that was more or less it. But 4 years ago, after a life-changing event, I decided that I would take up running. And now I have entered the Edinburgh Marathon 2014! So just go for it - it will be amazing!
thank you everyone for the encouragement.... had a good park run on saturday 34.09 mins even though it was damp and windy.... walked a little daughter shouting at me to keep going so getting back into the running quite well, have got a full training sheet that I will stick to now for the next 12 weeks and see how i do... I dont want to break records but I do want to do well..... I never knew I was so competative untill I started running!!... especially with my daughter i have to keep up with her, but then when she goes flat out I have to wave her on, shes good to have around, she is so supportive.
thanks again guys x