Hi I am about to my first marathon in about five weeks at the age of 65 . I have been folloing rw ult mar schedule sub 4hr and so far I have not really had any problems, my big worry now we are getting close is to blow it in the last few week, last week I did a total of 44miles which is set to increase a bit.
open to ideas
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Listen to your body though - if you feel the program is too much, back it down a bit or take a rest day. Overtraining is worse than undertraining.
Hi cougie
thanks for for that i have at times thought it seems a lot but I have followed the plan,and have been thinking of doing a bigger taper than shown.
bill
sub-4 at 65 in your 1st marathon - good target! best wishes for it.
Hi Fat Budda
Yes I am hoping to do under 4hrs my times for halfs are around 1.45-1.54 i am doing the bed ford 20mile this sunday but I am running it it at a slow pace and using as practice to keep to my plan pace, and not get carried along with pack .
bill
Hi there'll be bluebirds over
I think you are right, this is why I put on my inquiry a couple of times I have felt a little tired in my legs but not to a point that I thought I can't go out. The plan does seem good but it dos'nt take age into account, therefore if I feel if I am feeling a bit tired I will take it a bit slower.
bill
at 65 and aiming at a sub-4 for your 1st marathon is very very admirable - that will be a great achievement. many much younger people would be happy with sub-4 so to aim at it at 65 I think is great. I'm still hoping to crack another sub-4 at Brighton (week before VLM which I am also doing) but an injury and holiday has set my schedules back so I don't see it happening now.
you may want to stick you head into the "over 60's training" thread in the Training section of this forum - loads of like minded people there, some of whom are very quick
hi Fat Budda
tthanks for the tips but I have not been able to find the over 60 traing thread can you give me a further lead were to look.
thanks Bill
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/forummessages.asp?dt=4&UTN=7853&V=6&SP=
Hope that works
hi Theres no limits
thanks for that quite interesting pages, I see I will going there quite a bit.
Thanks Bill
Hi
Did Bedford 20 this week end, but lost the plot a bit I should have done 3 .25 but finished doing 3.02 felt ok but will have to try harder to run to plan.
Bill
sub-4 is definitely on Bill
a tip - don't be tempted to go out too quick at VLM - fresh legs always seem to want to go quicker but that early pace catches up with you around 20 miles and you will flag. try to keep something in reserve for that 20+ mile section as adrenalin will then help to take you to that sub-4.
look forward to seeing your time in due course - good luck
hi Birch
Yes I am doing VLM, and I am really looking forward to it now .
Bill
Excellent - let us know how it goes .
Hi
Thanks for all the good advice and tips, and if you think of anything else please do let me know. If you would like to follow my progress my race No 25243 and I will let you all know how I found the event and my time.
Regards Bill
HI Everbody
Well I did it, not in the time I had hoped for but 4.21.11. having done it I found the amount of runners far to many with some very serious bottle necks at water stations and a really bad one from about 12mile to 13.5 mile when it was impossible to even get into any kind of pace , this caused me to lose a lot of energy and pace, which I could have used later on. BUT ANYWAY I STILL DID IT. The crowd support was fantastic, and it be a great memory for my first marathon, and I am looking forward to my next one. today I feel fine with minor stiffness in my upper legs but that is all. Well thanks for the help and advice, now I need more tips how to keep fitness and and any other pointers to make my next one even better.(I am thinking of Edinburgh in four weeks)
Regards Bill
hi
Have you received my report on london , please let me know I am not sure if you get my mail if I do not put a name on.
REGARDS BILL