Can't recommend it enough, I started with the couch to 5k and haven't looked back, anytime anyone tells me they can't run and they have this or that bla bla bla excuse I tell them to try the couch to 5k , you will get highs and lows with it, days where you can't or don't think you can do it.Is the Couch to 5k worth trying as a start?
What's your taper look like? I've done 1 or 2 marathons and never once felt like I had nailed the taperLess than a month until the marathon. Long runs taking up significant chunks of the weekend, 35km on Sunday just gone, the humidity was grim, hated the last 5km. This is the final peak week before the taper. 84km this week including a brutal 37km run on Sunday.
Glad I got back into running though as the whole thing has been really rewarding.
First marathon I've done so i'm no expert.What's your taper look like? I've done 1 or 2 marathons and never once felt like I had nailed the taper
Which mara are you doing?First marathon I've done so i'm no expert.
This week is my highest volume at 84km.
Drops to 71km next week, 58km the week after and back up to 71km the week after but most of that is the race itself.
There's definitely an art to getting the balance right. Don't want to be heavy legged or too rusty going into it. Going off of my Sunday runs I'm more likely to be heavy in the legs, so the easy runs in marathon week are going to be really easy.
Which mara are you doing?
Yep there's definitely an art to it, I always find that after having ran so many miles in the training block that having to take a rest and do short easy miles is a bit of a head fuck, your body is primed and then you tell it to not to bother for a week, chuck in a large dash of maranoia about things you wouldn't normally think twice about and you have a taper week!!
Some folk love it, some folk also love collecting stamps, not for me ta
I stick by my theory of a perfect taper being run a marathon the week before, sounds daft I know but I've done it three times now and my time in the second one has always been miles clear of the first, went 12 mins quicker at London 6 days after Boston.Exactly this
ive done 5 marathons and feel i've never come close to nailing that taper
last marathon i though f*ck it , just train as normal, was doing 12-15 mile runs weekends before Marathon. still didn't work and got my worst time.
Yea that's where I started 3 years ago. Couldn't have ran for 2 mins for bus.Is the Couch to 5k worth trying as a start?
Which mara are you doing?
Yep there's definitely an art to it, I always find that after having ran so many miles in the training block that having to take a rest and do short easy miles is a bit of a head fuck, your body is primed and then you tell it to not to bother for a week, chuck in a large dash of maranoia about things you wouldn't normally think twice about and you have a taper week!!
Some folk love it, some folk also love collecting stamps, not for me ta
It's what I'm doing, as someone who has never run i find it perfect, get your pace right, make sure you do your stretching before and after it really is amazing what you can achieve, you'll find once you get into it 90% is the mental battle. Omg I can't run for 90s, Omg I can't run for 3mins, Omg 5 fucking minutes, week 4 is the supposed big step up, but I promise you after each week you will be amazed at the thought's you had about the previous weeks running,Is the Couch to 5k worth trying as a start?
I'm still treadmilling, but ive set up a fan right infront of it, heaven :)Just been out for my midweek training run along the streets and disused railway paths of Stafford.
What a beautiful morning, with fantastic running conditions with the temperature being firmly below 10°C. Long may it last!
I'd also add rest days are very important especially at start. Might think oh I'll do another day but imo important to restIt's what I'm doing, as someone who has never run i find it perfect, get your pace right, make sure you do your stretching before and after it really is amazing what you can achieve, you'll find once you get into it 90% is the mental battle. Omg I can't run for 90s, Omg I can't run for 3mins, Omg 5 fucking minutes, week 4 is the supposed big step up, but I promise you after each week you will be amazed at the thought's you had about the previous weeks running,
I hurt my knee on week 7 which is a 25min run ( I think) just before my knee problem I was feeling good and was going to run until I got to 5k, sadly I'm back at week 4 after about 6 weeks out.
Sorry for the long post, I can assure you starting the 5k will make you feel great about yourself, give it a go
the couch to 5k running is every other day, i did forget to mention it, but steve cram :) tells you whilst you are listening to himI'd also add rest days are very important especially at start. Might think oh I'll do another day but imo important to rest
Yea, when I did it I saw posts on running groups saying 'oh I feel ok shall I run again today rather than take a rest day'the couch to 5k running is every other day, i did forget to mention it, but steve cram :) tells you whilst you are listening to him
i watched a video, think the guy is called ed hall, the strongest man in the world (i think), he was saying he trained everyday but never got stronger, he was told with the weights he was lifting he needed ten days rest in between lifting , and he smashed it, recovery is just as important as running( i watch a lot of youtube :))Yea, when I did it I saw posts on running groups saying 'oh I feel ok shall I run again today rather than take a rest day'
i watched a video, think the guy is called ed hall, the strongest man in the world (i think), he was saying he trained everyday but never got stronger, he was told with the weights he was lifting he needed ten days rest in between lifting , and he smashed it, recovery is just as important as running( i watch a lot of youtube :))