Edinburgh 2014 - chasing the hairy haggis

[Mitchy1nge]

thread for anyone training for the full marathon or the half or any of the other events

it's my first marathon so am very excited, I know that in theory if I can do 21 miles then 26 (plus 385 yards) is achievable but only started running again a few months ago, it's so much more addictive than it used to be

Well done

I did two sort of twelve minute miles (forgot my garmin, all these things that were routine and automatic feel alien now).

Need some neutral road shoes NOW or quite soon though.

That's great Mitch. Better get decent shoes ASAP.

I am just plodding on with my long slow runs, adding 10% each week. I've now started strength training as well, which I used to do regularly but have let slip

The training programme for the half marathon doesn't start until March , thank goodness , as I've not got my distance up yet

yes it's been a great side effect of Not Running, that have crawled back to the gym and got into a good weight lifting routine again (and developed some swimming powers!) really really want to keep that up, forgot how nice it is to have that vague achey feeling for a day or two after each session

when I say a good weight lifting routine I am only using a few upper body machines as had paralysing fear of injuring myself even further with free weights but weirdly can shoulder press sooo much more than I ever could before

bodies are weird

Cross training is good. I force myself to go swimming twice a week...am slowly getting to enjoy it a bit!

I definitely need to start some steength training for the longer runs! I did 15 miles on sun, then 6 yesterday and then just about to do 5 now when I can psyche myself up. I am feeling the aches in my legs hence the need forsome muscle building!!!

I have just started cross fit classes to do just that louwn. Don't make that same mistake that I did though...going for your long run the day after a cross fit session is a bad idea..it was very painful and there may have been some swearing in the last few miles!

Ha ha, I did pump yesterday and today I ran........3 miles and then came home

'Twas the lunges ...

thats the trouble - i can barely fit the running in never mind a class so its got to be exercises at home really.

This week's 13.1 miles easier than last week..definite progress :-)

13 miles sounds amazing to me, I am still running very short distances - there is no reason why I can't start picking up more miles other than lack of confidence in my calf muscles!

Don't do too much too soon though...sneak up on those calf muscles!

:) notched just over 23 miles last week, should be about 26 this - is hard to log what happens at the proper running club because lots of stopping and starting

about half of those miles were on a treadmill, am so anxious about my calf, I hope it still all counts and helps though

have splashed out on a new Garmin

Sounds good :-)
What type of garmin have you got? I have a 305 which is a monstrosity on my tiny wrist. It did die recently but unfortunately someone from my running club gave me advice on how to revive it!

a 220, I had a 10

it's so pretty, hope it copes with the intervals at running club tonight

how is everyone else getting on? it's quiet so you are all out running, then stretching, then icing bits of yourselves, then washing your kit ready for the next day, and cycling and weight training and so on

plan to do 10 miles on Saturday then start ramping it up a bit more quickly so am at least comfortable with half the distance again, I much preferred the feeling of being ahead of the schedule to the feeling of being horrifically under prepared

Have a double run day tomorrow..first ever. Want to do running club intervals tomorrow evening which usually adds up to 4 miles but will also run 4 in the morning. Race on Sunday ...only 15k though! My calves are niggling a bit...coming out in sympathy with you mitchy. Seeing physio for sports massage on Friday and will see what he says.

good luck! would so so so like to be running twice a day again but already worried am pushing my luck running 5 days a week (short distances of course) - I feel weirdly 'overly fit' for what I'm doing (am sure I'm not, it's just a feeling of loads of potential miles in my legs)

physio said calf is healing well and running isn't hurting it so far but I do have plantar fasciitis (madly irritating arch pain) as some sort of consequence (or somehow related to it) it's good to be aggressive in responding to any slight twinge I think

anyway are we going to try to meet up over the marathon weekend?

Hi everyone, glad to hear injuries are healing

I am still plodding away on my base phase of long slow runs. I'm up to 40 miles a week and I think I'll probably stay around this for the next 3.5 weeks until I start my proper training programme in mid march . I'm hoping 40 is enough to built my endurance as I'm only doing the half

I've found my garmin very useful for checking my pace as I'm running as well as obviously for distance .though I'm not very good at uploading the data to the PC to get pretty charts and graphs.

So far all this training has made no improvement on my dismal 5k time at Parkrun, I'm hoping they will drop a bit when I start on some speed work .

wow kristina, how are you feeling on those 40 miles? how do you arrange them throughout the week?

So far I'm ok thanks Mitch, though very hungry as someone said down the thread, I'm eating two proper dinners each day! So despite burning 700-900 calories each run I'm not losing weight :-(

Last week I did 5 x approx 12k plus a wee meander around the Parkrun with the kids. This was because DH was away with work so I had to run M-F when the kids are at school.

This week I'm trying to do 4 x 15k instead, although have only done 2x14km so far. Plus gym on my rest day .

It sounds harder than it actually is because I'm running really slowly, 40secs slower than my target race pace . It's just jogging really with a sneaky bit of walking on the steepest hills . Then I have to run down the other side to make up the time before my garmin beeps at me ' behind pace'

40 miles a week...wow! I think you are going to be so well prepared Kristina. I think my highest mileage week will be about 37 miles. I know what you mean about being hungry though. Last week I had my breakfast before I went to cross fit and then came home and ate croissants( after telling dh he didn't need to get any for me ...whoops!)

I think we should try to meet up or at least know each others numbers so we can shout out to each other! Believe it or not I have managed to find people at mass races this way!
Who is bringing supporters with them? I am going to organise members of my family to be at various points hopefully with motivational banners! I will excuse my eldest ds though as he has a physics higher the following day.

we could hook up on garmin connect or FB or something first? on garmin and MFP my name is the same as on here, except with an i instead of a 1

not hook up hook up, you know, just make contact am worried a bit about potentially running it alone, my trusty coach/guru/pacer might not be able to do it with me after all. Sometimes I can't even go to Waitrose by myself very easily so Scotland will be a challenge, although other times I can happily travel and do all kinds of stuff by myself so it's a bit variable. obviously I won't actually be alone because there are thousands of other people, but I must be careful to plod round at my own ridiculously slow pace.

40 miles is surely 40 miles K whether you do them slowly or not! I felt really fatigued during my run today and have only logged 13 miles all week. Have accepted that I am in that group of people who gain weight when running, and who need a lot more sleep than average. Am pathetically grateful to be able to run at all after taking it for granted somewhat!

Anyway 10 on Saturday, am roughly in line with the Edinburgh schedule for first timers, option 1, except I run on Mondays too and rest on Sunday and do a lot more cross training if you count weights and swimming and yoga and stuff.

wow Kristina! My highest mileage week so far has been around 35. Did 18 miles on sun but then not run since as I'm not very well. Swollen lymph nodes in groin making running diffficult but going to go out this weekend for a couple of gentle jogs I think (providing I get some sleep beforehand, not being doing much of that lately!)