OK guys and gals.. (Sounds like Jimmy Saville) I need to get some help advice etc...
During the BB 1/2 yesterday, Mrs RB had a strange phenomenon in that she seemed to 'hit the wall' at about 4 miles!!!!!
She described it a little like hypoglycaemia (sp?) in that she was fine and dandy one minute then suddenly felt drained of all energy. So much so that even a brisk walk was out of the question. We (I?) eventually got her dragged around in about 2.27 but for her it was a nightmare.
Breakfast at around 7.30 was a cup of tea and 2 x Weetabix, followed by plenty of water. We had pasta the night before so carbs should have been up to scratch. We took Lucozade Sport with us to drink going round and a sachet of energy gel (just in case). The gel seemed to do no good at all BTW.
So the question is, what went wrong? What can we do to avoid this situation in future? For the ladies, can pre TOTM have an effect?
Any help much appreciated as we need to get something sorted before Windsor. (During the run yesterday Mrs RB said several times that she wasn't ****** well going to run ever again!!!)
I know that someone out there has an answer so let's be having you...
Many thanks,
All the best,
RB
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Hope she ******* gets back into running again soon!
Jon
Suggests she ditches her boyfriend and gets back together with you again for a bit of peace and quiet...
1) get blood iron levels checked. females are usually lowere than males and a work colleague of mine had a huge prob with fatigue and it turned out to be this. iron tablets did the trick
2) check training (which i am doing as we speak). 13 miles is no small distance and although some of the more optimistic amongst us, might think that it's do-able on an low training mileage (ahem), i reckon that to really finish comfortably it needs a fair bit of investment in pre-race training. i actually reckon that your 30+ miles/week is about on target RB for about 6 weeks min.....what's mrs RB previous longest to today , what's her weekly mileage.
the training thing for me has always been binary - lots of training=good run; lo training=bad run......
...an elegant logic that was borne out in spades yesterday morning
your laughing: but i'm in real trouble mate.....
in 13 days i hope to run (swim???) the budapest half marathon
in 34 days the new forest half will find me out
in 41 days i will regret entering the windsor half
and in 48 days the henley half will take its toll
OH dear me ...what have i done?
Jon - I was only joking about the 15 miles by now.You'll be fine at Windsor within the swathe of blue and yellow URWFRC vests....
PS. Glad to see that Jim Rosenthal was onyl really interested in the Grand Prix yesterday. He said something like "there's flooding everywhere else, but atleast the track's dry"!! PRAT!
Dustin- re 15 miles. Should you be running this distance in training before a Half. I got up to 11 before this one
Poor Mrs RB.
I've had that feeling too...with me it's down to PMT and it hits me suddenly and I feel as if I just can't carry on. Totally empathise with the 'not ******* ever going to run again' as you feel like ****! Don't know what you can do to counter it. Perhaps V-rap will offer some advice.
I think she did really well to get round at all and definitely deserves some chocolate/other prezzie from her caring hubby!!
Just to bring the thread back a bit to the original question... thanks to those who gave helpful suggestions. I'm not so sure about Snoop's reply. Maybe a little upset about my pointing out your 'slight' weight gain???
Anyway,
I definitely think we need to up the mileage and frequency of training. The fact that Mrs RB has been taking it a little easy due to a niggle in her knee may well have been a contributing factor.
If anyone else has any thoughts I would be glad to hear them.
All the best,
RB
I think we cross-posted.
Thanks for your thoughts. Maybe the PMT is part of the problem as Snick's also mentioned it. I'll sort out the prezzie asap.
RB
Yes a prezzie is in order for Mrs RB and is one for Mrs BK for two hours of hell with BK junior
Not
Cowboy gear reminds me of the YMCA song, not necessarily any image we probably want to take any further.
Still upset I didn't get to meet your clanger Jason.
Starting very slow and gradually increasing the pace seems to help a bit too.
Another thing worth considering is the emotional effects of PMT. I have considered giving up running in the past after having a couple of disasterous runs with PMT. It was only realising the timing that stopped me chucking it all in. If the physical effect of PMT make you feel sluggish, the emotional effects make you feel (irrationally) that you can't do it, that you are rubbish, and why did you bother trying in the first place. This makes you feel worse, reinforcing the negative attitude, and the physical tiredness. The confidence of having run the distance before will help dispel the negative thoughts, so additional training may well help.
P.S>
The Clanger only comes out for Marathons
BK, yes looking forward to Theale although you'll have run the race and been to the pub by the time I finish! Hope Baby Blue Knees and Mrs BK are going to cheer us on. Mr Redhead has promised to come and look proud too. See you there.
Yes Jason you're right, perhaps we should clarify that we both ran PB's yesterday and are felling a little stiff
Enter Kenneth William's Stage left...
Thanks for your input amongst the smut (boys!!.. really!! Oooh! Matron!)
I'll take on board what you said about PMT. It did get a little emotional out there at times, so maybe that's part of the problem.
Choccies at the ready!!! ;-)
All the best,
RB