Runners
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Ha! Thanks. I have heard it takes at least 5 marathons to really figure it out. I'm hoping I am able to take a few more good cracks at it as I really don't want my best time to be my first marathon ever.
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Ok so I've just put my name down for my first full marathon in York on Sunday 8th October 2017 and was wondering if anyone with experience of running full marathons has any useful tips ? @BloodnThunder, @Chris, @llvlaglne, @summ3rhays, anyone else?
I've done 15 full marathons. My suggestion is to get in cross training a few times a week and never exceed 18 miles. Anything more than 18 miles before race day is a recipe for injury.
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I've done 15 full marathons. My suggestion is to get in cross training a few times a week and never exceed 18 miles. Anything more than 18 miles before race day is a recipe for injury.
WOW 15 full marathons - that's impressive. Thanks for the good advice summ3rhays
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Saw this pair of 2010 Brooks Green Silence trainers in mint condition so thought I'd save them for the upcoming Bristol half and York full marathon in September and October this year.
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They'll help with a quick Brexit!
How's the training going?
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@Maynard:
They'll help with a quick Brexit!
How's the training going?Love the Brexit gag - Nice
Me and Jules have recently started the Hal Higdon training programme, Jules training for the Bristol half in September and for me; Bristol half in September and York full in October. Early days but its going well.Hal Higdon training programmes;
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Looks like you have it under control, good luck to you both. I'll stick to my long, slow runs!
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This is a solid schedule. Personally, two days rest, which I assume means no running, prior to the HM is unnecessary and may actually make you feel a bit heavy or 'off'. I might suggest just heading out for a 2 mile run the day before just to shake out the legs. This is somewhat a personal preference, but the body can occasionally respond negatively to multiple rest days in a row when you haven't taken more than a day off per week in the prior months.
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^point taken @BloodnThunder. I will employ the 2m "shake out" run on the day before the HM [emoji106]
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Definitely can do no harm. You will be in pretty good shape by the time of the HM so a 2 mile easy run is not going to cause you to be any less fresh on the day of the race.
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Me & Jules completed the Bristol Half Marathon today. I was running in support of Jules who improved her PB from 2 hours 20 minutes (March 2017 at the Bath Half) to 2 hours 13 minutes today at the Bristol Half, an improvement of 7 minutes which is amazing
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Awesome. Congrats to you both. What a stellar achievement, @Black Orchid – great work!
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Thank you sabergirl and neph… feel like it's my Kanreki at the mo.. no offence G [emoji57]
pint ( or two ) and slippers for me this afternoon x -
Congratulations @Black Orchid ! 7 minutes off ??? your PB is impressive as hell!
@den1mhead way to go!
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Cheers @steelworker [emoji4]
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Thank you steelworker, I actually checked the results from my last 1/2 and I beat my PB by 10 mins in 6 months… bit achy today though!
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Great Job, you two!
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Brilliant you two, I take my hat off to you.
Also 'that' was some training program I just read.
