Runners thread - runners of all abilities welcome

[Sirzy]

As the first thread ( www.mumsnet.com/Talk/exercise/1948631-Is-there-a-general-running-thread? ) is now pretty much full time for a new one.

Thread for anyone who runs no matter how fast or slow or how long you run for to discuss all things running!

Hi all, can I join you? I've graduated from c25k but found myself struggling to keep going/motivated so am starting my 10k training. Went for the first time last night with 10 min run and 1 min walk x 4 - weirdly did my best 5k time yet which was 33.3 (not fast in comparison to many I know) which included 3 minutes of walking. In total managed 6.5k in 44 minutes.

Thinking of entering a 10k somewhere to keep me motivated but that seems rather daunting!!

Hi Dharma thats an excellent time Im doing a 10k in May and have yet to run further than 5k so please dont be daunted you will be absolutely fine to do a 10k if you want too.

I opted for treadmill as it started raining as well as being windy and I dont have any suitable running gear for weather just t shirts and tights and I think I would freeze. Knocked 27seconds off my PB with a sprint finish though so am celebrating with pick and mix which is the benefit/downside of the gym being in a supermarket!

I have entered a 10k in may, it was my motivation to start!

Thanks to everyone for the advice. Will let you know how I go.

good luck EAT

you be A buff is the way to go. I can't wear a hat as I overheat really easily so a buff is a much better option. Got mine in Aldi for a few quid last autumn and it has been great. Kept the earache at bay and we have had lots of wind recently!

I did 5k this morning and it was like wading through treacle. Such hard work. I'd eaten porridge first BUT left it 2 hours after breakfast and my run. Stuck with it but, blimey, I had to force myself!

hello everyone, limping onto this thread with my dashed marathon hopes, Original Soleus Strain accompanied by related achilles disorder, plantar fasciitis and Compensatory Injuries in the other soleus and surrounding bits of lower limb poor me

do not feel like a great ambassador for long distance running but everything is mending and I managed running club tonight but will be very careful with mileage for foreseeable future. Am mainly here for the running chat popping up on TIO :)

Sorry to hear that Mitchy1nge!

I think that keeping hydrated is really important EATmum, try to enjoy it if you can. I cried loads when I finished my first hm too. Trust yourself, you done the training and you'll finish. One lady in my club told me that it takes 10 hm before you've got it sorted!

I did 5.5 miles with the dogs this morning and loved it! My second run in two weeks without company and it was so enjoyable. I got a mile in and thought, yay one mile done and then thought actually I'm enjoying this so don't know why I'm thinking like that

3.5 miles this morning in under 35 mins. Felt like it was hard going but was a PB so that probably explains it!

Mitchy - that's rotten though you sound rather chipper in the circumstances. Are you still able be a Wolef?

Eat - only things I can add is:

• take an old jumper/fleece (and a bin bag if it threatens to rain) to wear beforehand as you can get cold hanging around at the start. You can dump it as you start to run
• take LOTS of food for the journey home
• remember where you park the car so you don't have to wander aimlessly around for AGES until a kind lady rescues you and drives you back to the car-parks as you have wandered so far
• ENJOY it even the hard bits :)

Hi all, I haven't posted here for a while but I hope you won't mind me coming back to ask a question? I've been running for a while now, have finally (after 18 months) done a sub-30 min 5k, which I'm SO CHUFFED about, and am doing a 3 mile charity run on 6 April. There's a half-marathon where I live on 22 June. I'm wondering whether I should just take a very short break after the 3 mile run, and then start doing the BUPA half-marathon plan? There's 11 weeks between the two events and the BUPA training plan is 12 weeks, but as I'm already doing some longish runs, then it seemed to me I probably wouldn't need quite as much as 12 weeks to train. Mad? Daft? I'll be just 49 when I do it (if I do it) so no spring chicken!

All thoughts welcome, please?

Oh, M1tchy, what a bugger :( Will you be able to manage Berlin? That's not until September is it?

original, I reckon the half marathon is doable. Why do you want to take a break after the 3 mile race? If you're already managing 3 miles regularly then you can probably just get cracking.

Thank you EauRouge - I don't know really - I suppose I just thought perhaps I should have a few days off! Probably no need though as I have run 10+ km before a few times and been fine to run again two days later.

Nah, even if you do it at race pace you should be fine with a day off and a recovery run. I think I did about 14 weeks training for my HM and I was only running about 4-5 miles for my long run then. But I had the disruption of Christmas so that added on about a week, plus I was only running 3 times a week most weeks.

Thanks - that's very good to know. I've never done any kind of run with other people before so I have no idea what it will be like, but it's a fairly low-key local affair so I hope it won't be too intimidating. I don't care if I finish last, as long as I finish! The Hackney Half, if I were to do it, would be a different kettle of fish altogether but at least it is local, I know a lot of the routes already, it's all flat, and not far to get home afterwards!

If you've never done any race running then can you get to a parkrun before your race? It's good practice. The first time I ran in a group it felt very weird, you're trying to find your pace and not get caught up by the faster runners, and also trying not to bump into people at the start. It's not that hard but very different to running alone so good to have a couple of goes before a race if you can.

Good advice to try Parkrun before your first race. On my first 10k I was constantly annoyed by all the people around me who either wouldn't get out of my way or who I felt I was holding up

First half marathon was much better as it was at Silverstone so nice WIDE space to run in :)

Hello vlad. I saw your post and although I'm not on here much at the moment (injured!) your reference to painful shins piqued my interest. Do you shins hurt at all after your run? Do you have any sore spots on your shins, that hurt when you press them or get kicked on them by small children? If so then please please be careful about running too far and fast too soon. I tried to run further and then run faster in one week, on top of slightly sore shins - promptly got shin splints and am currently out of running until they stop hurting completely . I think the problem was that my CV fitness had improved a lot, and so my brain thought I could carry on and do more, but my legs hadn't read that memo.

Good advice from everyone here. I found parkrun to be a v good experience. This week I found myself getting mentally competitive with someone who was being annoying, I wasn't prepared for that and glad I didn't find out in the middle of my first HM for example

Today I have run 7miles in 67 minutes, a route including some vvv steep hills. Glad that's done.

Running 6miles for Sport Relief on Sunday, quite looking forward to it now

Thanks Fishandjam! My shins only hurt a bit when running and definitely not afterwards; it's usually about three-quarters of the way into a long run. I suspect I need to cut back on the speed work for the time being - I've worked up the distance fairly gradually but haven't done speed interval runs for a while. Interestingly it's worse on grass or an uneven surface - it seems to be a lot better on concrete.

Just been looking at the times for a local 10k race - quickest time was 31 mins, how can that be possible

31 minutes! That's a 5k time! I was shock/horrified by some of the times of the HM I did. Quite a few people did it in less than half the time I did. But I still bloody finished, which is more than many people could do.

i know put me off entering that one, and the fact there would be every chance i will come last

It's important to look at the slowest times too people!! That always makes me feel better.

The first HM I did was at the same time as a full marathon, a great big city affair. As I was approaching the last half mile, I could hear the crowd roaring and thought "Wow that's for me!!" and promptly upped my pace to finish in style. Just as a motorbike whooshed past me followed by the elite marathon runners finishing at the same time as I had done a half in!! It was amazing to be sharing the same road as them though

For that race even the slowest time didn't make me feel any better lol! Maybe next year