Someone asked today if I was going to keep my Paris thread going. I would like to stay in contact with people with a similar aim as I continue in my quest but thought it might be better to have a new thread in case people thought it was still all about Paris. As I couldn't find any other thread for this sort of time here we go
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Hi, I'm getting far to excited about Sunday
Go for it Bridget - all my marathons been around that mark and hope not to get any slower just yet. I think you'll have no bother next time around.
Have you chosen your next venue yet?
Elspeth - you'll be getting faster, not slower if we can sort out your confidence!
*waves to seren*
At the moment I have a nice room booked in Sherborne and we have postponed seeing the MiL for her birthday until a day late but I don't know for definite about the marathon. If all goes well it will North Dorset on May 1st. If not I will have an early anniversary night away and then do Halstead on the 8th.
Thought it wise to put in a rest day after everything that has gone on this last week
Back at it tomorrow, meanwhile it is Friday, so it is vino time
Good idea USB, can I join in please?
Good luck for Sunday, B
Hi B
Are you all ready for Sunday? I will be targeting an ironing PB while watching the TV
Frodo - I'm just waiting for the chip van to arrive before I pour myself a glass of red (couldn't have said that on the old thread with Ruth watching)
Bonjour .
Hope Sunday goes well for all those going - sorry to hear about the toe, seren. Are you able to walk OK with a broken big toe - it's pretty important for balance isn't it?
All being well, I've got my eye on New Forest in September. Plan is 4 weeks return to fitness programme, then assuming all goes OK, mara training, starting back from scratch - should just about take me to September.
3 x 5m done this week - DOMS strikes again. Ouch. . .
In a perverse way I missed not having DOMS this week
If you've entered Halstead my running club will be on water station 2 (you pass us at 6 and 18 miles) will also be targeting 4.15 but at Loch Ness.
Halstead is a lovely course, but get some hill training in, there isn't anything too challenging but its a figure of 8 course so some you see twice.
Someone has suggested Loch Ness to me for the autumn but logisitics would be tight unless I persuade Mr USB to take the Monday off/go into work late as I can't see my daughter getting herself to the school bus without anybody to kick her out of bed!
Regarding hills most of my routes around here go up and down to some degree. I'm doing Dartmoor Discovery in June and those hills are big!
USB - Oh go on, do Loch Ness, would be nice to meet you.
Will hope for around 4.15 at LN too tiredlegs.
Yep Dartmoor has some serious hills - there you need to practice going down
Hi Elspeth hopefully if training goes right we should be running near each other then.
Ouch! I went out with the plan of doing anything up to 20 miles but found my legs to be so heavy and achy that I cut it short at 15 instead. Strangely the pace didn't really change all that much as I went on (averaging between 11:15 and 11:20, ended up as 11:18 average) but the idea of another 5 miles just didn't appeal.
Stopped at the farm shop to use the facilities and saw a litter of 5 piglets with thei mum, really cute
Did my first trott since paris, a lovely sunny but good temp of 18 degrees, of 4 miles, felt really great. Won't get anywhere near sub 4.15 in Jersey in october as far too hilly, so will use it as a "training" run and any time beginning with a 4 would be good. Main airm is VLM, Paris or Mont St Michel marathon next spring - so long as not hot!!!!
USB: my splits were, 9.13, 8.34, 8.15, 8.05 - feeling great, should be good to try for a 1.50 half on 22 May - all things being equal and with the wind blowing east to west not the other way!!!!
*pops head in*
Room for a Scouse one?
I'll just watch for now though mind
Not remotely good enough to ever go sub 4.15. I am targeting something beginning with a 4 tomorrow if I can move some of these crowds out of my way! I'm in pen 8 so right near the back!
Maybe I'll just fart really loudly....
Hi USB, I did North Dorset last year. Really good with nice touches like your own bottle at the water tables if you like and they look for you and hand it to as well! Just like a pro!
Not a bad course, a couple of hills, the one at 19 miles, even though small got me! But I still finished with in 15 seconds of my target so that was good. Would have been there this year, but it was sold out and I entered the Neolithic one instead - do not think the Neolithic is a PB course tho!
15 miles is good, you only have to go through taper all again tho!
Best of luck.
Tl -sorry didn't reply earlier. We stayed at Two Bridges after Christmas and drove in over part of the route, the hills seem bigger than when I was a kid growing up in Devon! I understand for some of them the advised strategy is to walk down. I won't be racing it, just aiming not to get pulled off the course for being too slow
Nice splits PF
LB - stop doing yourself down. Remember it may be more crowded ahead of you but with a chip it won't matter you starting nearer the back. Please could you kiss them all at Mudchute for me?
RB - I've checked things out with Steve tonight and would agree with him that I'm not yet 100% (I can't remember the last time my legs felt like this). Therefore the idea of North Dorset has been ditched I will do 18 miles next weekend and review the idea of Halstead after that.
Regarding taper if I do Halstead it will be a shorter taper having already tapered for Paris
Bridget- just to give you a bit of perspective on Halstead?
In 2007 I ran London hoping to go under 4 hours for the first time, I had trained well and was confident that I could do it, unfortunately that year it was roasting hot in London, some say it was recorded as 27 degrees on parts of the route, anyway I suffered big time and struggled home in 4:22, very dissapointed and I knew that I could have done the time, in better conditions.
3 weeks later I ran the Halstead marathon, very determined and very disciplined and ran a 3:56 time, finished very happy and felt justified in giving it a go, after being told that it was not possible, too hilly a course, wait untill the autumn/next spring for another crack at sub 4.
So although nothing is a definate in life, here is one example where if you want it bad enough, then you can make it happen.
good luck in whatever you choose.
shaggy - thanks for that. It will all depend on how this week goes really. A decent long run next weekend and I'll be there
solb - jump in