Half Marathon thread

Well done moggle yay for getting your mojo back! 👑

I've been chatting to my sil tonight. She runs loads faster than me and I've trying to convince her that although we will definitely start the half together and go to the pub after she must go off and get the time she deserves and not let me slow her down. All along she's been saying we will stay together but now has said she will go off if she wants to go faster. It is absolutely the right thing and I'm pleased she's agreed to do it if needs to but it didn't half make me feel shit about my slow pace lol 😂. Not really though I'm still gunning for it!

Well done everyone for getting those runs in. I'm having a spectacularly poor week run wise. I did 5 miles yesterday and that's it! I am also eating total crap - fox's red velvet crunchy cream anyone? Help!

Well done RMC

Yeah! Well done Moggle. My plan now is 3 miles on Saturday, 7 miles on Monday, then away for a few days but final big run 11 miles on Friday. Will taper off with a couple of shorter runs before race day.
Now I have a plan I actually feel so much better and for the first time I am really looking forward to it where as up until now I have been dreading it.

8k-✅

And with a sprint finish of about 100m, so pretty pleased.

It was hard, but knowing I couldn't come back here and say I hadn't managed, when RMC did so well last night, allowed me to keep going. In fact, my last 500m were great- finally felt in my stride and legs didn't hurt; I need to remember that it takes that many k's to ease myself in.

Going to try for 20k on Sunday. 😳 Not sure how that'll go, but needs must.

Oh, and I've entered in the Glasgow 10K at the beginning of October. The HM has sold out (had told myself that if I enjoyed the GNR I would enter, but it wasn't meant to be), the 10K will mean that I need to keep some form of training going. Normally I train for a race, run it, then not run for several months. I want this to change and still be able to run a 10K at the weekend at Christmas.

Well done RMC hoping to smash 8 miles myself this weekend.

moggle unless the person has very similar pace to you it doesn't work. I didn't bring my headphones on Sunday as my friend had told me she wasn't up to her usual speed, turns out she was. They're coming with me on all long runs from now on company or not.

Kalenji Hydration Pack these appear to be back in stock but they're not taking orders until Sept 1st as their ecommerce dept is on holidays I think. I'm also looking at a a hi viz running bib for darker evenings and pinless things to hold on my numbers instead of safety pins, run mummy run sell them.

The trainer tags are fabulous.

2012 the accountability of this thread is brilliant isn't it?

moggle

Keep running everyone! A short run is better than no run.
I am don't for this week, new trainers arriving today so going to test them out on Monday morning on a long run. Aiming for 10 - 11 miles. I have written it on here so now I have to do it!
Really motivating reading about everyone else's runs and always nice to know that everyone else has the same doubts and worries, I genuinely thought it was just me.

RMC: a very well done. Woke up this morning to this excellent news and actually makes me (almost) excited to go out running this morning. I hope this gives you confidence.

Shortaris: running with someone is a definite no. Even on races that I've run with my sister, we have a rule: 'Start together, have the celebratory beer together'. We ran a 10K together where our paces didnt match and she kept barking at me to keep moving, and keep moving faster. It was my least favourite run I've ever done. For me, it's not about PBS, more enjoying the day. I'm quite introverted, and like (and people like me better) when I do it on my own. 😜

I won't give up, I promise. I'm just really fed up compared to the elation when I was running 40k per week. It feels like I've peaked too early, but that's not the case. I'm disappointed that I have to drag my arse out when I feel that, because I've upped my distance, I should be bouncing out of bed and totally skooshing every run, but it's still haaaarrrrdddd (sounding like a whiny teenager).

Thank you for your support. I aim to go out today and do 8k.

Will let you know how I get on.

💐

Well done RMC you sneaked in there. And thanks!

Short sorry about your foot hope it heals soon

Thanks everyone!! Moggle I so need tough love!!

moogle I much prefer morning runs too. Struggling to do them in the school holidays (dh works nights) and I think it's messing me up!

RMC well done!

RMC hope you did it for me. My foots still too sore to run.

Moggle this is just half marathon nerves talking. You can bloody well do this! Can you run with someone? Park run or local club so you don't drop out? That's massively helped me.

Mines get a specialist physio referral! We don't HAVE to put up with this. I'm bloody sick of washing kit and all the dishes from meal prep but I'm a stone down from my heaviest and feel like a different person so its worth it.

I bloody did it! Just over 9 miles and hilly. Felt much better than I thought. Have just sat down with my running buddy and looked at the course route . Have run much worse hills. I CAN DO THIS!!

moggle and mines you can do this, picture running over that finish line feel the buzz you'll be grinning ear to ear and that medal will be in your grasp to look at forever when you feel the going is tough you'll have proof you did it !!

And I'm in total awe about running in the evening. If I'm not out by 8.45am, it's normally a rubbish run.

Good luck.

Tough love, RMC:

Shift your arse!

Get moving RMC - tell us about it when you get back :)

Oh and I had a riding lesson yesterday for first time in three weeks! Thighs are killing me!

Ok if there is anyone there talk me up! I am sitting here waiting for my running buddy to come. We need to do a long run, 9-10 miles. And I really really don't want to go! My back hurts I am knackered ( teenage party pick up at midnight last night) but if I don't get out today I haven't a clue when I will do it !
Someone give me a MN kick up the arse!

moogle I feel exactly the same, and that I'm stupid to have signed up for a half as I'm not good enough, and that I may aswell stop dieting cos I haven't got the willpower and hate it,and that...

We both need to keep calm. This is the NASTY self doubting,demotivating part to our personality that we all possess. Having a few bad runs doesn't help. The trick is to be strong and refuse to listen to that vonce, power on through it and come out the other side with the result we want (half marathon medal/3 stone lighter in my case!) . Yes it sucks now but think how good it'll feel when we achieve it!

We WILL do it. We WILL NOT fail anyone (they're already super proud of you!) but most of all WILL NOT fail ourselves.

I'm struggling with the inner voice right now and fed up of training/dieting but I'm getting my game face back on, and you should too.

Regarding leakagetting, I'm glad it's not just me! I'm going to invest in some tena lady for runs. No one else will know I'm a 35 year old incontinence pad wearer apart from you lot and whoever else I tell with my over sharing habit.

I looked in Asics,New Balance and Adidas outlets today but have actually seen a pair I prefer online, so will order them tomorrow. And I need a new bra, and kit...

I've been working with the running club coach and most of my runs are supposed to be slower than my target pace. I have a few that are easy, HM pace, easy sandwiches and a couple of hard park runs plus speed work when fresh enough. All the rest are supposed to be at easy pace.

I would watch for getting carried away at the start (probably easier in a "big" race with pens and everyone declaring similar times being together than a small local race). I went off way too fast in my 1st half trying to stay with the pack and had a bad time in the middle as a result. Still finished but walked more than I had hoped.