Training for a half marathon-anyone else?

Oh no that's rubbish! Can you get a refund/defer?

So I did gym Monday, squats, single RDLs and other stuff and I have noticed my ankle is niggly after squats but it's only a recent change like the last 6 months if that. I've been doing weights for years in the same shoes so it's puzzling me.

I had a run yesterday, 1 minute run intervals with walking, all fine but my dodgy muscle in my calf is playing up so I tested out some hopping on my left leg and whilst it was ok during the 3 hops I did, my shin was feeling niggly right after.

Really don't know what's going on, every time I have my gait analysis done I'm not pronating in either direction massively with shoes on but I do without shoes on.

I miss having a goal to train for despite being fed up of the goal and the training!

If I can't gym and I can't run I'll just end up being a total couch potato.

That will definitely help, I find lack of sleep a killer and then it impacts my diet too.

I'm going right back to basics with everything in an effort to build a really strong base before going back to long distance. My leg was feeling a bit niggly during my first run back after 2 weeks off but it's calmed down so fingers crossed it will behave itself!

You've got plenty of time to build things up and even if you don't get as close as you want it's surprising how far you can get on race day.

Pre my half in April the longest run I had done was 12K yet I made it to 21.1K on race day (by the skin of my teeth!)

20 miler in 3 weeks and my longest run to date is 21.8km which was last week. Tried and failed to go further today, ended up walking loads after 16km and only got to 20.8km. I have one more long run left, not sure how I'll get on next week but what happens happens. I think I'll probably walk a good chunk of it but it's likely my last race of the year because I'm taking a break for a bit. It's an opportunity to have a couple of nights away, change of scenery and just enjoy the race, I've got nothing else to do that day so if it takes me ages it doesn't matter.

My half isn't until September but I really want to finish in under 2.5 hours so I'm training already. I did a tempo run today and found it really hard - I can never figure out how fast I'm going, and my Fitbit sometimes just seems to make numbers up. My overall time was where I needed it to be, but the first bit was too fast and the middle bit was too slow.

On my way for my weekend long run and I'm feeling very unfit. I don't really understand how my fitness levels plummet so much, I did my half 3 weeks ago tomorrow, haven't run as much as I should after because of my injury but I've done a few and been on my bike a couple of times too.

Haven't decided how far I'm going today, going to keep it steady and hope to achieve 20km or more.. potentially a bit optimistic though.

ever official 5k I was disappointed in my time until I checked my app and discovered it was actually 6k we had run!

If it was an "official" 5k and a popular event it's perhaps more likely that you ran more than the described distance because you were weaving around people and not following the exact race "line" rather than it being measured too long. It would seem very unlikely for an official 5k to be almost a km over - people would be up in arms!

That said, occasionally races are measured too long or short by mistake. I've had it on a few occasions and it's invariably where they've changed the course and not measured the "new" one properly. A few major marathons have fallen foul of this over the years.

That’s disappointing about your full marathon.

I wouldn’t have been ready to even consider it until now but have been upping my distances for a while before signing up to anything. I only did my first organised 10k a few weeks ago and was pleased with a personal best time on a hilly mixed terrain course. Hoping to improve on that time with next weeks if my knee holds up!! 🙈

I'm hoping to do one next year too. It was initially supposed to be this year, booked and everything but then things went tits up so I've had to pull out.

I think if we can get comfortable doing a half then we are good to start doing the training for a full.

Hi all. I have a half coming up in June. Not too worried about it as have done 11 miles so far which was fine and I’ve got a few 10ks booked in as a warm up.

I have decided I’m going to do a full next year. I think I’m kind of mad as it’s so far but it’s something I’d like to achieve.

good luck everyone with your training.

Well it turns out it wasn't quite a half marathon, they had to cut it short slightly. I probably did still beat my previous time but maybe only by 30 seconds to a minute but I'll take that considering all my issues.

Next on the agenda leg depending is a flat 10K purely to get a PB, aiming for under 1:04 which I completed on a hilly course so with decent training I stand a good chance.

Then a half marathon on the hilly course I got my 10K PB on, I know this will be tough but it's not until the end of August so if my training goes well I should finish it without walking. Not aiming for a good time but I would like to finish in 2:30 or less.

After that I'm not sure, I'm almost certain I'll be doing the Alton Towers 10K, was considering a half but I don't want to be too knackered to do the rides so I booked a spa day for then so I'm not tempted to change my mind!!

Currently just in the process of recovery, trying to strengthen and fix the dodgy leg and I have hired a second coach purely for weight lifting to get me sorted in the gym. I really want to end the year super fit, strong and skinny!

Well done on your race and the 8 minute pb @Pickingmyselfup .

That's a remarkable achievement!