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Pgbear, the way i understand the time/miles long run thing is that it depends on you speed. What they are saying is that if you are slow (like me) and you anticipate taking in excess of 5 hours to complete your marathon then that is obviously a long time and you would not want to be doing that every week. So the plans recommend either 18/20 miles or 3 hours of running, whichever has you covering the least distance. (i would only get to the 3 hours but as i said earlier i need the confidence of knowing i'm up to the 20 mile mark). So it depends on your anticipated finshing time. But that is just how i understand it, and i may be singing from the wrong hymn book!
Mattoo 3 in 3? wow!
PP sounds like a race to avoid the! Wicked time though - well done
Waves to Dips and UI. Do your dogs pull you up steep hills when they are on the lead? Sounds like a plan to me.......
SR fantastic running for you too, and well done on your PB
Tim glad you had a lovely run, if you naturally went at that speed then i'm sure it was ok. Cake was delicious thanks - coffee and walnut
Helegant i'm guessing you did a good time on your park run? well done!
Charlotte well done on your great race too. Enjoy your days away
Just dropping in to introduce myself as in a moment of madness I have signed up for Brighton! (Found a spare place on here some weeks ago & yesterday received confirmation of the name change!)
I'm Sam, will be 39 by the time 10th April comes around and this will be my first marathon. I started running in May & have worked my way (slowly!) up through 5K, 10K & a half-marathon. I currently run 3 times a week (& manage a marathon over the three, can't that count...?) combined with the gym. Am about to embark on a new gym routine that a personal trainer has put together for me to specifically train for the marathon, concentrating on strength weight training rather than any further cardio (she says I'm already doing more than enough with my running!) Am thinking I may also try to fit in a 4th run per week over the winter.
Have to say, at the moment I'm scared silly at the thought of it all, & the idea of repeating what I did on my half-marathon does my head in!!!
Would like to join in here over the coming few months, mainly for a bit of support, so hope you'll have me
Sam
You'll find lots of very friendly people here who have run a lot of marathons and who will be more than happy to give advice and encouragement to you as and when you need it.
One thought: Don't over do the training too early! There's 3.5 months of it in the New Year which is plenty of time. Also try and find a 3/4 marathon about 2-3 weeks before. It's a great build up to this one.
Welcome Sam. Theres plenty of support here and elsewhere on the forum, however it sounds like you're got a good winter plan sorted. And yes, take it slowly and you'll be fine come next April. I plan to start seriously in the new year, up until then its ad-hoc running and biking. Which reminds me I must get out on the mountain bikie this weekend
UI + PP its interesting that both your marathon times are about twice your half marathon times plus 15 - 20 minutes. Is that typical?
Hi, having put the Loch Ness marathon and Beachy behind me, I intend to drop in here regularly.
I am a slow runner, who hopes to speed up!
Looking forward to getting to know everyone here.
(I am slow and took 5:40 but i finished and that was my aim. And i've got plenty of scope for future PB's
Tim, yes so most people tell me.
I ran with knee ligament damage and shin splints last year, so hope to get sub 3.40 this time around.
what's all this fuss about too soon to be doing long runs for Brighton?? pah - I did Beachy Head Marathon on Saturday - that was a nice long run....
(newbies - don't listen to me or the multi-marathon runners - we do things a little differently!)
my next marathon is now Brighton so I'll have a down month in November just ticking over and start picking it up again in December although I might do Barnes Green 1/2 next weekend but will wait and see what the weather's doing first and do an EOD if I cba...
onwards and sideways...
fb - congrats, how was it? good finishing time?
nooooo, that's how I did the ligament damage in my knee!!
the weather was utterly vile, half the field either didn't start or finish. But I'm told that it's good for pb's if the weathers decent!! 
weather turned out much better than expected. it was blowing a howling gale when I got up and looked miserable but the rain eased and after a big shower as the start gun went, the skies cleared and it was gloriously sunny until beyond 5 hrs when some more showers came in but we were greeted with a fantastic double rainbow over the finish from the top of BH. windy though although it was a SWesterly which helped to push you over the Bitches.
my slowest BHM (of 4) in 5:36 but 3 of us ran together and our plan was always around 5:30 as we wanted to enjoy it rather than chase a time. it's a tough race but always enjoyable if the sun's out as the views are grand.
still not sure about Barnes Green - only an idea at the moment rather a plan. as said - see what the weather looks like 1st and if we can be arsed. have done it a few times before but not for some years.
Come on FB, get your ar*e over to Barns Green. It wil be my first road half in about 18 months so might be a challenge, I'm aiming for a course PW.
I always think BHM is an event of 2 halves, the first 19.5 miles then the next 6.5 miles over the Seven Bitches almost equate to the first 19.5 miles!
we'll see about BG
Afternoon all
Went over the gym today did 30 minutes swimming then 10 minutes running in the swimming pool then another 5 minute swim
I am going to stick to the swimming this week then try a small run next week to see how it goes
haha - the Seven Sisters are about the toughest part of BHM so everyone called them the Seven Bitches 'cos they are just that - bitches to run
Dips + others, BGhalf is local to me so may get myself over there to support or help out.
Sam - welcome to the bestest thread on the website, until BM 2012 that is!
You'll find plenty of support, sympathy and understanding here as and when you may or rather will, need it.
I have started a countdown to BM2011 log, only 166 days to go
Hi All,
Just popping by. Afraid work is getting a little in the way of life/time on the net to keep up, although training's still consistent
Brighton Midnight Half Marathon this weekend - me and OH are doing it. Anyone else?
Not doing any races between now and the event.
Decided I need to change my weekly training routines, so will be reducing the cross training, weights and swimming I do. My hope is this will leave me feeling fresher for my running sessions to enable more speed. Also need to try and lose a little bit of weight to really get myself into race shape. My next race is not for 3 weeks, and will be looking for a new half marathon PB of sub 1:30 at Gosport. Hopefully by then I will start seeing the benefits of my training schedule change.
TraceyB: I did look at the BMHM, back in summer, but decided it was to far to travel in middle of the night for me to enter. It does look fun though. Good luck.
SR - Lose weight! How can you have any to lose with all the training you?
Quick update - Garmin has been working fine now for a good few weeks since I had the trouble. I now always wipe it well after use to remove any moisture that might be causing a problem. My groin seems to be back on the mend again but I still find it frustrating that I have to be so careful in increasing the distances and not going too fast on the weekly LSR (I'll be trying a flat 12 miles this Saturday) and the speed on my tempo runs, but I can't really afford anoth setback before April.
Lots of good racing going on from so many of you keep it up, and plenty of good training as well. Keep going!!!
Morning all
Went over the gym again yesterday and repeated what i did on Tuesday i my venture in to the gym today but avoid the treadmill or may just stick to the swimming will have to see how i feel when i get up
The swap back to nights is taking me a while to readjust to sleeping during the day again
Running again glad to hear your groin is on the mend gives me hope if i could get rid of the shin splint then i think i could start running again
SR, anybody who can run a consistent 6.30 is pretty impressive. Well done on the training.
Don't think my body could stand that pace for more than 2-3 miles