Running

blueloon said:
Big day on Sunday for me, Moray Marathon in Elgin Scotland. I gave London a miss this year in favour of supporting this local marathon which has been restarted by some running friends. I’ve got over most of the “ maranoia” and am now stuffing myself with carbs. Thankfully I’ll be finished by the time Everton kick off , so no distractions!
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Good luck
 
A friend has challenged me to get in 5k shape by next summer. Coincidences with nabbing tickets to the Pre Classic* which is on a world tour circuit next year. Will need some accountability for this, I expect it to be a struggle.

*dont have these yet
 

blueloon said:
Big day on Sunday for me, Moray Marathon in Elgin Scotland. I gave London a miss this year in favour of supporting this local marathon which has been restarted by some running friends. I’ve got over most of the “ maranoia” and am now stuffing myself with carbs. Thankfully I’ll be finished by the time Everton kick off , so no distractions!
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Good luck for tomorrow mate, looks like the weathers going to be okay, which is a big plus ;)
 
blueloon said:
Big day on Sunday for me, Moray Marathon in Elgin Scotland. I gave London a miss this year in favour of supporting this local marathon which has been restarted by some running friends. I’ve got over most of the “ maranoia” and am now stuffing myself with carbs. Thankfully I’ll be finished by the time Everton kick off , so no distractions!
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Best of luck. By all accounts weather looks ideal South for London marathon, hope you get it too.
 
David09 said:
Good luck for Sunday blueloon.
I've never done a marathon before. I keep thinking about it then nerves about not finishing kick in.
Do you have a time your aiming to finish in or is it more about enjoying the day and getting over the line?
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Watch the London tomorrow on TV, hopefully for some inspiration. Although these days its quite difficult to get in and expensive.
Went down last year to watch the missus, I was more shattered after than she was. I'd rather run than support it.
Have no regrets, you'll be fine with the training
 
David09 said:
Good luck for Sunday blueloon.
I've never done a marathon before. I keep thinking about it then nerves about not finishing kick in.
Do you have a time your aiming to finish in or is it more about enjoying the day and getting over the line?
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For me it's just the stress of training for it, sticking to a schedule etc. I reckon I'd do pretty well as I can do half in 1hr30ish and I did very little 'training' for that, although I tend to run 10k-15k on my weekly runs, bur i think I'd have to take ot more seriously with a marathon and im not sure if i would lose the fun aspect or not

Plus I prefer running trail loads more and I think I'd get bored with more road
 
coollino said:
For me it's just the stress of training for it, sticking to a schedule etc. I reckon I'd do pretty well as I can do half in 1hr30ish and I did very little 'training' for that, although I tend to run 10k-15k on my weekly runs, bur i think I'd have to take ot more seriously with a marathon and im not sure if i would lose the fun aspect or not

Plus I prefer running trail loads more and I think I'd get bored with more road
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The training takes over your life and you need to have the free time towards the last month of training , to go out for three hours on your long runs.

You put stuff of socially and end up not drinking at events, because you have to train the folk day.

It’s a big commitment, especially if you have young kids.

Having done both marathon and ultra distances, I now stick to shorter races for all those reasons above.
 

coollino said:
For me it's just the stress of training for it, sticking to a schedule etc. I reckon I'd do pretty well as I can do half in 1hr30ish and I did very little 'training' for that, although I tend to run 10k-15k on my weekly runs, bur i think I'd have to take ot more seriously with a marathon and im not sure if i would lose the fun aspect or not

Plus I prefer running trail loads more and I think I'd get bored with more road
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If you can do a half marathon in 1 hour 30 with no training that is absolutely amazing running. With training you could probably do a marathon in 3 hours and also qualifies you for good for age categories
 
David09 said:
If you can do a half marathon in 1 hour 30 with no training that is absolutely amazing running. With training you could probably do a marathon in 3 hours and also qualifies you for good for age categories
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yeah, i'm a bit weird with running really as i'm not competitive at all and i keep doing really well in races. my mates in running clubs big me up and i don't really like it but in my recent races i'm come 19/700, 66/2000, 12/170 and somewhere pretty decent in the great eastern run, top 200ish i think. i'm amazed every time tbh, i'm 35 and only properly started running 5 years go or so, i wish i started earlier.

My dad was a good runner, he took it very seriously until he had to stop because of injuries and you can tell he is amazed how well I do considering I just go out and run

i just try and run 40km a week over 3 runs on my lunch breaks, two trail and one road. thats it really
 
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COYBL25 said:
The training takes over your life and you need to have the free time towards the last month of training , to go out for three hours on your long runs.

You put stuff of socially and end up not drinking at events, because you have to train the folk day.

It’s a big commitment, especially if you have young kids.

Having done both marathon and ultra distances, I now stick to shorter races for all those reasons above.
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way way too much stress there for me tbh
 

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