When The Levee Breaks
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Cheers. Am trying to slow my pace down though, so I dont hit the dreaded Wall haha
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gaz76
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Your timing of a fast one is perfect, leeds isn't until three weeks away, trust yourself and believe in your training for the dreaded "wall" lots of folk don't hit one and they are not abnormal super beings, they just pick their pace and stick to it while believing in their training.
Completed London Marathon yesterday. This was my first marathon but hoped for around 3:50, actual time was 4:05. Feeling a little mixed about this, really pleased to have done it but wondering whether I could have performed better.
The actual run was far tougher than I anticipated. I maintained a decent pace for first 25km but was feeling fatigued from about 18k, After 25k I slowed down from around 5:30 per km to 5:45 per km and then roughly 6:10 for remainder of the race. I hoped to increase speed for last 5k but there was nothing there, in fact last 2k were horrendous.
Reflecting on the whole thing I wonder if missing two and a bit weeks through injury had an impact and whether I should have started slightly slower.
On the other hand I completed the event, without stopping, and faster than my younger work colleagues. Looking at the number of people who also struggled for the last few miles my discomfort was far from unique. Hopefully, over time I'll feel more positive, can go now go back to running stress free with no target or training plan.
Hello to the City fans waving flags on The Highway, you gave me a short lived burst of energy!
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The actual run was far tougher than I anticipated. I maintained a decent pace for first 25km but was feeling fatigued from about 18k, After 25k I slowed down from around 5:30 per km to 5:45 per km and then roughly 6:10 for remainder of the race. I hoped to increase speed for last 5k but there was nothing there, in fact last 2k were horrendous.
Reflecting on the whole thing I wonder if missing two and a bit weeks through injury had an impact and whether I should have started slightly slower.
On the other hand I completed the event, without stopping, and faster than my younger work colleagues. Looking at the number of people who also struggled for the last few miles my discomfort was far from unique. Hopefully, over time I'll feel more positive, can go now go back to running stress free with no target or training plan.
Hello to the City fans waving flags on The Highway, you gave me a short lived burst of energy!
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smevchenko
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You might not be totally happy, but sounds like you ran pretty well based on how you paced yourself to finish without stopping. As a first marathon, sounds like you have a great experience to improve should you do another!Completed London Marathon yesterday. This was my first marathon but hoped for around 3:50, actual time was 4:05. Feeling a little mixed about this, really pleased to have done it but wondering whether I could have performed better.
The actual run was far tougher than I anticipated. I maintained a decent pace for first 25km but was feeling fatigued from about 18k, After 25k I slowed down from around 5:30 per km to 5:45 per km and then roughly 6:10 for remainder of the race. I hoped to increase speed for last 5k but there was nothing there, in fact last 2k were horrendous.
Reflecting on the whole thing I wonder if missing two and a bit weeks through injury had an impact and whether I should have started slightly slower.
On the other hand I completed the event, without stopping, and faster than my younger work colleagues. Looking at the number of people who also struggled for the last few miles my discomfort was far from unique. Hopefully, over time I'll feel more positive, can go now go back to running stress free with no target or training plan.
Hello to the City fans waving flags on The Highway, you gave me a short lived burst of energy!
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Well done, amazing achievement.
Fantastic achievement mateCompleted London Marathon yesterday. This was my first marathon but hoped for around 3:50, actual time was 4:05. Feeling a little mixed about this, really pleased to have done it but wondering whether I could have performed better.
The actual run was far tougher than I anticipated. I maintained a decent pace for first 25km but was feeling fatigued from about 18k, After 25k I slowed down from around 5:30 per km to 5:45 per km and then roughly 6:10 for remainder of the race. I hoped to increase speed for last 5k but there was nothing there, in fact last 2k were horrendous.
Reflecting on the whole thing I wonder if missing two and a bit weeks through injury had an impact and whether I should have started slightly slower.
On the other hand I completed the event, without stopping, and faster than my younger work colleagues. Looking at the number of people who also struggled for the last few miles my discomfort was far from unique. Hopefully, over time I'll feel more positive, can go now go back to running stress free with no target or training plan.
Hello to the City fans waving flags on The Highway, you gave me a short lived burst of energy!
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Gremlin
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First of all, well done Mate - a fantastic achievement whatever the time. Secondly, your experience almost exactly mirrors my own first marathon (even the time was exactly the same!). Almost immediately I began thinking 'I know I can knock that 5 mins off' and trained for the next one which I did the following year in good conditions, with far better pacing and, crucially, taking on more fuel as I went round. Did the second one in 3:50 and was far more comfortable at the end.Completed London Marathon yesterday. This was my first marathon but hoped for around 3:50, actual time was 4:05. Feeling a little mixed about this, really pleased to have done it but wondering whether I could have performed better.
The actual run was far tougher than I anticipated. I maintained a decent pace for first 25km but was feeling fatigued from about 18k, After 25k I slowed down from around 5:30 per km to 5:45 per km and then roughly 6:10 for remainder of the race. I hoped to increase speed for last 5k but there was nothing there, in fact last 2k were horrendous.
Reflecting on the whole thing I wonder if missing two and a bit weeks through injury had an impact and whether I should have started slightly slower.
On the other hand I completed the event, without stopping, and faster than my younger work colleagues. Looking at the number of people who also struggled for the last few miles my discomfort was far from unique. Hopefully, over time I'll feel more positive, can go now go back to running stress free with no target or training plan.
Hello to the City fans waving flags on The Highway, you gave me a short lived burst of energy!
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staffsblue
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Reverted back to an Irwell-side training run this morning from Castlefield to adjacent to Gnome Island in Salford Quays and back.
Perfect conditions for it. Not too warm, but quite sunny and no wind. And more importantly, no random Canada goose attacks this morning!
Perfect conditions for it. Not too warm, but quite sunny and no wind. And more importantly, no random Canada goose attacks this morning!
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Completed London Marathon yesterday. This was my first marathon but hoped for around 3:50, actual time was 4:05. Feeling a little mixed about this, really pleased to have done it but wondering whether I could have performed better.
The actual run was far tougher than I anticipated. I maintained a decent pace for first 25km but was feeling fatigued from about 18k, After 25k I slowed down from around 5:30 per km to 5:45 per km and then roughly 6:10 for remainder of the race. I hoped to increase speed for last 5k but there was nothing there, in fact last 2k were horrendous.
Reflecting on the whole thing I wonder if missing two and a bit weeks through injury had an impact and whether I should have started slightly slower.
On the other hand I completed the event, without stopping, and faster than my younger work colleagues. Looking at the number of people who also struggled for the last few miles my discomfort was far from unique. Hopefully, over time I'll feel more positive, can go now go back to running stress free with no target or training plan.
Hello to the City fans waving flags on The Highway, you gave me a short lived burst of energy!
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Well done mate. First one is always an experience. Missing any training can have an impact, but mostly it's experience. It always hurts, there will always be a point when you have to dig in mentally but I went from 4:35 in my first following horrific training and injury at mile 16 to 3:55 in my second. I trained better, I didn't worry about pace too much and on the day I was well aware of what could happen if I set off too quick so I controlled the pace, fuelled properly and kept plugging away. When the pain did kick in, I was far enough up the road to dig in and get through in sub 4hrs.
Regarding the part in bold. Book something. Keep your focus. Without it you can easily just stop. You come out of a running routine and it's easy to say "I'll go tomorrow" and before you know it a few months have gone by and you're back to square one. Book a half marathon or 10k for a few months time so you've got something to work towards. You don't need a time-goal just a reason to run. Or more will power than me!
Man_City_Loyal
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going to be running the manchester half marathon next month, feel confident I can do and been running quite decent lengths/times
Last year the organisers gave me a £10 discount code as I couldn't race and now they are acting like it was never agreed.
Does anyone have a discount code for next months half marathon?
Last year the organisers gave me a £10 discount code as I couldn't race and now they are acting like it was never agreed.
Does anyone have a discount code for next months half marathon?