Hi everyone,
Just looking for a bit of advice quickly...
I was thinking of running the Edinburgh marathon in June, but I've never done any kind of formal running race. I currently run 10K 3 or 4 times a week to keep fit, and am well used to hiking 20+ miles. Am I deluding myself to think that I could train for a marathon?
Thanx
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You will lose all your toenails and get taken over by the training and become a running bore
Oh and you wont be able to walk after, and youll get a nasty virus within the next month
But if its an ambition
JUST DO IT
Im doing my second, its no easier
TH - of course it's not a good idea - how can running 26.2 miles be a good idea?
But somehow that's part of the attraction!!
But if you insist . . . if you hike 20m regularly then you're used to spending time on your feet. So you need to extend a couple of your runs each week. I'd find a schedule on this site and go for it.
What have you got to lose?
Apart from toenails, general health, the ability to walk and most of your friends?
Fortunately, there's no rule that says you have to run it "properly", and if you want a marathon and you want it NOW then go for it. If you can hike 20+ miles your ability to finish is not in any doubt.
I'd certainly advise securing a place as quickly as possible (there are only charity places left for Edinburgh now) and getting stuck into a 12-week training programme ASAP. You will need those long runs.
I hope you have a great race!
Cheers, V-rap (I've been there - I completed a marathon with the worst possible preparation and enjoyed it all apart from the three hours spent on the last eight miles...)
Ps. Marathons are a silly idea anyway. Let's run till we've got no fuel left in our legs, then try to run some more...if Pheidippides had been a woman, the story might have been very different.
A woman would have set off sooner so she didn't have to run the whole way. And she wouldn't have collapsed and died at the end either.
Why ARE we running a marathon?
I have been looking at the intermediate schedule as well:I think I have a place in flm:It will be
a club place which gets confirmed next week.If I get it this shall be my 3rd marathon that I
will be doing although my times have not been that brilliant:pb-edinburgh 5:35,when I went to do dublin
I had a tummy bug the week before,and a few personnel problems on the day so my time their was
6:00 hrs,and I was pretty upset at that.Although I did finish it.
Now with flm around the corner,I would really like to get a decent time to finsih:I would like
to complete in around 4.00-4.30.I really want to get the time down dramatically.Am I being
realistic about this?? or is this just for faster runners.
My 10k time is 59.00:And also for half marathon times is 2hrs 28mins.Has anyone any advice
on what schedule to go for,I have been running for about two yrs now.Any advice greatly
appreciated.
Daisybop!!
I think you should just aim to get a PB, and chip away at those times gradually. After all you know how various things can affect race day so don't set your sights too high. You're not going to give up marathon running, are you?
If you can get the training in, maybe do a 2.20 half marathon (your 10k time shows you are capable of that), then you should be able to do a sub 5 hour, which will be a huge improvement, and also another milestone.
Of course, as you know, all depends on the training.....
Thanks for the advice:I think I will go ahead and try and start the intermediate programme,and
see how I get on:Should find out on thursday if I have the club place.Lms I have the time
and also the commitment to train for a marathon which is a good thing also.Thanks for the advice.
Shades cheers,maybe I am trying to set my sights to high to fast.So I will just go and chip away
at my pb best and hopefully shall manage to get a sub 5 fingers crossed,that all the training
goes well.
Bye for now
Daisybop!!
Don't get hung up on the distance - before you know it on the day you are running over London Bridge and that is 13 miles!
i managed it recently, with almost no racing experience .
first ever marathon in october -venice, managed 4hr 25 mins, the last 6 miles were horribly slow and more mentally tough than i expected. but i could still walk around sightseeing the next day which amazed me, i expected to be crippled for a week or more!!
if i did it anyone can.
good luck
macky
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* You drop out with a crippling injury. Unlikely, ut always possible.
* You walk bits. Based on your training so far, you should be ale to run comfortably. Even if you do walk, everyone will be massively glad for you when you finish, & you will get lots of support.
* You become utterly addicted & fanatical, plan your life around running, get withdrawal symptoms, clockwatch till the next long run, & be thought highly peculiar by all except your running comrades. Should this happen, at least take comfort in the thought that there are others like you, & we will stick around, hold a wedding service in track bottoms, baptise your children with Lucozade, read lists of PB's at funerals, & incorporate your ashes into the next track. Risk: Quite high.
Still, don't let me put you off!
This is definitely something you are capable of doing, & will probably regret not doing. It can be worth not taking your first M too seriously, as a trial run - don't focus too much on times etc (that's for later!)
Enjoy & good luck,
Ceri.
20, f, Marathon 3:41
Go for it - you will not regret!
e.g. 12/10/14/10/16/12/18/12/20
run your long runs at a slower pace than you train at normally. (your 12 mile pace is fine) it's all about time on your feet and starting to feel comfortable when increasing the distance.
Good luck