Half Marathon Thread continues .....

I had that all the time @mammymammyIRL, even had to hold the phone! But, late at night and it being dark, that wasn't good....so bought myself a tomtom spark cheap from their outlet and I love it.

Is that for the London bighalf @sayhellotothelittlefella ?

Just checking in. Late starting training for my big half in March but I've doubled my distance in three weeks - can now run 6 miles but it was HARD the last mile and a half was especially difficult. I plan to add on one more mile each week.

I find if I put my mind to it - ie 'Today I AM running xx miles' plus and have a route that has really helped me focus.

Important question- I need to order my charity top = vest or t-shirt? It is on 4 March, could be very chilly, could be sunny, almost nice?

Not been on here for a while but thought I'd drop in and see how everyone's HM training is going. My race pack for the 4th March arrived the other day ( might be the same race skigirl) so it's starting to seem very real. I did 8 miles at the weekend and despite a cold have done a couple of runs this week ( although one of them was only 2 miles not the 4 it was meant to be). Am now sort of looking forward to seeing how I go with 9 miles next.
Get well soon Mammy

Oh dear get well soon mammy SO many flipping nasty bugs around at the moment

Squeezed a 5k in after work then got home to find one of my HM running numbers & chip had arrived in the post! Eek makes it more real now! Going to try do a long run at the weekend to get training back on track.

Ooh tonsillitis isn’t nice my youngest had that for 3-4wks last year, knocked her for six. Hope yours recovers quickly.
I’ve got my first HM in 3wks so I’m hoping to recover form quickly as I was doing well upto NYD then it’s all dropped off. Hopefully I can get a long run in at the wend.

Yah finally off the sick bench went out today to test my legs/lungs and kept going for a solid 10k. Felt it up the inclines but wasn’t shattered at the end hope that bug is nearly gone now!

Hope your DD is ok mammy & well done on your runs.

Wow 10 runs @mammymammyIRL you've been busy

I'm barely managing 3 atm but gradually edging up the miles and just managed my longest run to date of 8 (bloody hilly!) miles so with 8 weeks until my HM I'm feeling ok about it. I've started following a proper program now & whilst I'm not keen on speed training /hill reps, it's definitely helping.

Interesting what you say about heart rate @ . My garmin tells me all sorts of things about my highest/lowest/rearing HR that I don't understand and always mean to look it up so now off to research

Ooh good luck for next Sat mammy hope you are bug-free and it goes well. I got out for a half hr walk today and for the first time in a week thought ooh my legs feel like they may want to run tom... but I’m out all day tomorrow with my eldest at her sporting event so hopefully Monday I have the energy for a 5k leg stretch again.

It’s gone very quiet on here. How’s everyone doing?
I’ve been sat mostly on the sofa for a week with heavy cold & now sinus infection just getting over it and youngest was sick at school Friday so think it will be few more days before my running shoes see daylight again! I’d had a good start to Jan training prior to this so hope it doesn’t derail me too much as my first half is in mid-Feb.

Did some speed intervals today using the NHS podcast for speed, I find it useful as the lady tells me what to do and has beatiee music to run to. Then added on a few Kms to the end of it. Very cold though brrrr.

mammy yes it's hard to run slow at the start of the run, feels almost like running on the spot and quite unnatural. By the end of the 8 miles though I was quite happy with the slow pace! Apparently you should do 80-90% of training runs at this really easy pace.

Hi, can I join? I’m determined to do the half in my town this year, in May. I did it 6 years ago and have intended to do it again several times since, but have talked myself out of it each time.

OH and I have been building up our long runs over the last few weeks and did 8 miles today. He’s been reading up on heart rate zone training, so makes us do the long runs really slow to keep heart rates in the aerobic zone - meant to be good for building your base fitness..or something?! It’s meant that I’ve managed to increase my mileage without too much problem, although my legs are aching now. Still ages til May though so I guess we’ll probably keep the long run at 8ish miles for a while now before increasing again.

So this week I did two 3 mile runs and then 6 miles today. My knees were a bit troublesome for the last mile so I think I need a tip to the physio otherwise I’m not going to make the full 13 miles. 8 weeks to get sorted

sayhello it is a run/walk/run method, designed to minimise injuries. Jeff Galloway's website gives lots of information. So for example, I am currently using a 90 second run/30 second walk pattern for my long runs (training for marathon in April). Got 13 miles planned for this weekend and going fine do far. Not that much slower than I would be doing a continuous run! Thought it would feel like I was constantly starting/stopping but it doesn't. You can mess about with different ratios to find what suits you. The important thing is that you do the walk breaks right from the start, rather than leaving it until you are tiring.

Good luck with your half marathon training!