Training for half marathon/marathon? Over here!!

[tiredemma]

A few of us ( evertonmint, golemmings etc etc) have lost the plot and decided to sign up to half marathons/ marathon between now and next april.
This is our 'virtual support' thread. Please feel free to join, cry, moan, elate, share joy, share pain, share milage.

All welcome. Pull on your running shoes and join us.

Can I join please? Started running in January did my first 10km last Sunday bit slower than I wanted but hillier than expected. Doing Windsor half marathon in September. Not sure how to get faster now.

Hi there, can I join? I'm doing the GNR in September as well, currently only managing a couple of runs a week but am managing just over 4 miles each time and have finally managed to get my average under a 10 minute. Will be upping the frequency now that the countdown to race day is really starting to kick in.

3ismylot my first (and only so far) GNR was in 2010 and I started the same way you did, up to 5K followed by 16 week half marathon training. I remember breaking the four mile barrier for the first time, felt amazing, hope your run went well.

Hi everyone, can I join you? I haven't had a chance to read all your posts yet but thought I'd just sign in and say hi.

I'm doing the Great West Run in October (half marathon) but I'm getting over a knee injury and I'm desperate to get running again. Today is the first day that I feel like I could safely run so I'm going to rest for one more day to be sure and I'll hopefully be out tomorrow night. It's only been a week but it feels like a month!

Right, I'm off to make a cup of tea and then I'm going to read the rest of this thread...

Hello again. Managed 5 mile run this morning, beautiful day for it.

I think really need to work on my technique though, I tend to drift off into my own thoughts quite a lot when running, but when I actually think about what I'm doing I lift my legs more and go faster, but then that only lasts about a minute before I'm distracted again!