Half Marathon thread

Thanks Short, what tablet have you taken? Anything after 5 mile I seem to get a headache for the rest of the day, I tried various things food/drink wise. For today's run I drank more water prior to my run and had a bigger breakfast just porridge,the 4 weetabix with sugar on my return and I'm headache free although it has felt threatening.
Definitely new day new dawn mine hope you get that foot sorted.

I've been realllyy baadd

This thread is moving on. pikachu well done on your half marathon! I laughed at your needing to arrange a poo. I usually have a big bowl of muesli for breakfast and poo within the hour

I too am thinking about race day plan (its no 10k is it?) Inc needing a wee.

Well done to all the runners some great distances.

Me? I've let it all go tits up! Since 14k on Wed I've not been at all. I'm definitely planning on 6 miles tomorrow, and maybe 10 on Tuesday as I'm away on Wednesday until Friday. Only thing is I rubbed some skin off my foot walking and have had to put a dressing on which is also rubbing. Plus because I've been walking a bit awkwardly because of it my ankle is sore. So I'm praying it'll be OK as I really need to get back into a routine. Also need to get back into my diet as was crap last week and gained on weigh day.

New day new dawn right? Now if only I could muster the enthusiasm to go with it....

Mammy no I don't think the gel helped and I haven't felt great ever since. Don't think it agreed with me. I have now found the gel I used successfully for my last half marathon online 👍 so I'm going to order those. They were great last time.

Well done for the 4 times a week!

I did 10 miles this morning. I didn't do it as quick as I'd like as I was on a pokemon go mission

I'm always a but wary to give it a bit of welly on a training run because you still have to actually function for the whole day afterwards.

10 miles done this morning. Was a group run and the first time I actually enjoyed a run over 10k!

Hi there fading sure you'll get there.

Glad you had a good run Hoolit I've just done 7.2 and it felt great. My tablet worked a treat. I don't even have a headache.

Wine did the gel help any bit despite its texture?
I'm going to try carb killa bars for my RH fitness diet so will see if they help or hinder my running.

Hrh 5 runs a week is a big commitment - I got out 4 times this week total 10.7 miles just back from 4.5 miles in the rain mostly & had red hair dye streaming down my face like someone made up for Halloween

Welcome fading

Hi there Fading I too am doing the GNR. 2nd time hated it the first no idea why I entered the ballot!!!!

Just come back from 8 miles, New route and trying out my shorts. It was a lovely run very pleased think i learnt a lot from it, I need better sweets though the jelly beans just get stuck in my teeth!

5 weeks to the big day, hope my enthusiasm lasts.

Hello hope you don't mind me joining the chat :)

I'm doing my first half on 10/9 (shout out to any other GNRers!). I'm following an ASICS training plan though life seems to have got in the way the past week. Furthest I've run so far is 14km/just under 9 miles so hoping I can make it to the 13.1 by race day!!

Off for a 6 mile run now with zero enthusiasm. I hope this will improve over the next seven weeks.

Pikachu that's the reality! I don't start til 11 I think but need a good break fast first, but not something too heavy. And I'm thinking about how I need to drink loads, but not pee loads! Its complicated!

Off to do 7 miles later. I've got an electrolyte tablet for my water bottle as I felt horrendous last week.

Great effort pikachu. I'm training for a 2h22 finish on my plan and can run half the distance at that pace. Not gone further than that though so we'll see. I can see me needing a toilet stop along the way which will take time.

Lol well done pik happy mistake

pik - well done on your epic 22km. Having covered the distance must give you a ton of confidence going into the race.

rank - I'm visiting family at the moment so won't see my boot camp chap for a couple of weeks. I'm fairly sure he'll tell me 1) warm up with lunges and squats before running 2) use a foam roller after. I'll probably ignore the first but I know from past experience having tight IT bands (I think I haven't made that up - exterior muscles that run along the thigh) pulls my knee caps out of alignment.

I'm only 2 weeks into my training which is supposed to entail 5 weekly runs. Last week I only managed 4 and this week will be the same. Equally disappointing is my diet this week which seems to exclusively consist of refined carbs and endless cups of tea! Need a kick up the arse!

36plus I follow a BUPA half marathon training plan. It worked for me last time - I did couch to 5k and then that. Went from not even being able to run for one minute, to a half marathon, in 8 months.

Well done pikachu! I did think you'd already done it!

I did the 9 miles and trialled a SIS gel. It was a bit thick for my liking 😷 even though the packaging said it was "clean in the mouth".

What time did you do it in so?

What a happy surprise pik I'm thrilled for you!!

Pik the half I've booked stipulates a finish time of 2.5 hours & I was wondering if it's achievable. Now I think it is as even on runs I find hard I'm achieving 11 min miles and most are under it.
22k is a half!! you've done it ✅

Welcome 36+
Wine enjoy your run

I'm not running this morning as dh working, he's agreeable to me doing evening runs while au pair is away in theory anyway

I was debating a local fun run tomo but instead I'm going to save my money & just do same distance myself

I'm about to go and run 9 miles - if I can!

My half is on Sept 17th. I would like to do it around the 2.20 mark, like I did two years ago. I certainly won't be able to improve my time, as I'm not as fit as I was then!

Can I join ? Have ran halves in the past (10 years ago) life got in the way. But I'm now slowly getting back into it. Long term goal is to run a marathon keen to start with a half first. This week I've done
Mon - boot camp (small run there and back - maybe 1-2 miles both ways)
Wednesday - spinning
Thursday - 5k
Friday - 7k (was before work and struggle with energy in the morning)
Saturday - 5k (was complete hell, could have cried)
Any tips ? Would love some advice !!

rankellior sorry to hear your knees are giving trouble. Dh had to stop running when we started c25k in 2010 because of his knees. He's interested in trying again now after our colour run.

I reached 5000 steps by 7am this morning, it took until 7pm yesterday to achieve the same.