As a beginner to this lark all the talk of racing sounds very scary - I have taken part in 'race for life' which was fantastic - the atmosphere was electric - is this usual or are most races more 'serious' - what would you recommend for a first timer who is fairly slow but dreams of running a marathon one day?
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you could still do this training on the treadmill, i did
But get outside if you can
There are a lot of fun ones coming up ari=ound Xmas
Sure there are serious runners aiming for times i can only dream about
But there are always new runners, like yourself
it takes me over an hour to do a 10k, and Ive never been last
Good luck
You CAN:)
Find a local 10k, have a look at last year's results on their website & you'll see that there's all sorts of times & ages (that said just done the same for a 5m race I've entered & found that almost everyone last year was a club runner & the one person I know came in the last 10% and he's faster than me - but at least I'm now prepared).
I enter races, not because I'm racing against the other runners but because I enjoy racing against myself - at least I'm always first then :-)
Don't be scared, like every new experience it will feel a bit strange because you'll think that everyone there knows what they are doing and you're the only one that doesn't - you won't be. As you found with the race for life there is a great buzz to running in an organised event, well worth keeping up
Good luck
Nick
Or better still, search for one in the Events section.
Michelle, I'm doing my first 10 mile on sunday, too.I've never run that far and I'm very nervous. Let me know how you get on.
i know what you mean...'race' does sound scary!
i've only been running 2 yrs (which i can't quite believe). i've lost over 2 stone and kept it off, and that is a big motivation for me.
however the odd race does help. my 1st race was a local 10K, my next race was london marathon.
i promise you can do it! i followed one of the simple training guides in runners world mag, and put the dates in my diary like an appointment!
i trained mostly on my own, and finished the marathon in 5hrs 18mins. its slow but i ran all the way and raised loads of money. looking back the training was the hard part!
i'm certainly no expert, if you see me pootling long with my dogs you'll know what i mean - but races are fun!
also as a new runner you'll improve really quickly and that will spur you on too.
i like 10K, and there seems to be lots of them about that have a 'fun run' element to them as well. i'm not saying that you should dress up as womble or something, but if there are lots of fun runners as well as club runners i found i felt comfortable. saying that i did worry when the wombles over-took me!
what ever you decide - good luck!
sian
Oh and wear your number on the front, nearly got me on my first race :-)
No one tells you these things.