2015 marathoners.... newbies, seasoned, scarred

[SummerHouse]

I got some essential help at a critical time on here in my 10k training and I will never forget that. I am now booked in for my second marathon (14 years after my first) in sept. I feel I have come a long way. But I have a massive way to go! Anyone looking for support or with wisdom and encouragement to impart.... Please join.

Doyouthinktheysaurus - I watched the Brighton marathon this year too which is what inspired me :)

Your 35 miles a week is what I am trying to build up to at the moment but my legs are tired. Tried to run yesterday lunchtime and only did 2k and then 30 mins on the bike in the gym as calf muscles were not having it! Will try again today. Is going to take a bit of time and don't want to resist injury. How long is your long run currently out of interest?

If people want to, I'd be interested to share what training we are all doing each day / week... might keep the motivation up??

Ok Moogles, I'll start!

7 miles this morning, beautiful start to the day (horrible and wet now though). Not doing any more until Monday now, MK Half Marathon....Might go on the exercise bike for an hour tomorrow though.

I've scheduled my training proper to start at the beginning of June, so at the moment I'm just building up my fitness again.

I did 3 miles on Monday, and 4 yesterday.

My goal is to do a sub 4hrs marathon, which if my calculations are correct is 9 minute miles. My second mile out of 4 yesterday was 8.59, so I'm really happy with that, now I just have to work on stringing 26 of them together.

doyouthink a few!? Was my thought exactly. That's pretty awe inspiring.

mooog I did another 15.6k again yesterday and it was great. I think about running all the time. I think I am in love! Not looking forward to when I inevitably get hurt though. Apart from black toe nail I have been lucky so far. Rest up. And yoga. (Only moves that don't hurt you further.) That's my best advice.

alley that's my secret dream sub 4 hrs but I will not tell anyone (apart from you lot) as not sure I have it in me just yet.

rb32 best of luck. I hope you fly. Fingers crossed for amazing weather. I have a friend doing the full one there. I will be thinking of you both. Report back.

rb32 good luck for MK half! let is know how you get on.

alleypalley I have a vague goal of sub 4 too but is early days for me so don't know what a realistic goal is yet :).

Well done on the 15k Summer! I think about running all the time too! Am wondering how I can fit one in tomorrow - have too many meetings... grrr.

I managed 35 mins on the treadmill at lunchtime today - started very slow to warm the muscles and it was fine :). Was 6.7k.

Pesky meetings mooogles. I know what you mean. My kit must wonder why I drag it into work everyday then drag it home again unused. Just too much to do and can't leave late as I am often collecting my boys.

Good news on your 6.7k. That's looking like a decent time even without a slow start.

My goals in my head for marathon time go like this.

5hrs - very happy
Sub 4.5 hours - up there with my lifetime achievements

Sub 4 hours - secret dream

thanks for the encouragement guys. Don't think I'll be flying round as I'm nowhere near where I was six months ago...but hopefully I'll make it round in about 2 hours.

Sub 4 hours would be amazing. Right, target set (He says a year off actually running the thing!! :) )

Just means plenty of time for training to achieve said target.

Lots of good running going on. Good luck for the half rb32, hope the weather is kind.

The only place I'll be running sub 4 hr marathons is in my dreams

I'd love to run sub 4hrs 30, I think that's probably doable but who knows..... My brother, who really isn't a consistent runner did Brighton this year in 3 hrs 36 and he looked so effortless as he was running. If I run that fast I look and feel like I'm about to blow a gasket

My long run at the moment is 12 miles Mooogle, it'll probably go up to 13 at someone point and stay there. I do a shorter long run every 4th week.

I dragged myself out and did just short of 6 miles with 4 miles in the middle at 9:15 minute miles which is 10k pace (ish) for me. I normally work nights and find it easier to fit my runs in but I've been training this week so it's been hard to motivate myself in the early evening time.

Sub 4 hours also in my dreams but dreams are good. I too have a bro who will put me to shame. He did London 3 yrs ago in 3.10 and 11 seconds. Those 11 seconds mean he doesn't get automatic entry and he resents them!

Oh and he also looks effortless whereas I have a game at work post gym called rate my redness. My colleagues have to put me on a scale of 1 to 10 according to how red I am and I am usually a 9.

....or should that be .

I just want to finish in one piece

I'll be entering the ballot for London on Monday - let's hope third time lucky!!! I did Manchester this year as I wanted to do one and had failed to get in to London, would highly recommend to anyone thinking of doing their first one - totally flat, well organised with the most amazing spectator support...I welled up a lot on the way round

One piece is good. I think I am getting carried away with my talk of times.

Good luck with the ballot isittheweekend and congrats on Manchester. Welling up here remembering my London marathon. A spectator actually came out the crowd and stopped me and said "thank you, for helping my sister." I was wearing a "fighting motor neurones" top. She shoved £5 in my hand which I ran round with the whole way. You can see me clutching in in my finish photo. What a moment. And what a physical reminder of why I was doing it. And what a wonderful thing for her to have done. The support is amazing.

Hi all. Can I join? I've ran 2 half marathons and have signed up for the first BristolBath Marathon in October. I plan on starting training at the beginning of June and have a few 10ks coming up in May and June.
I average around 9.30 min miles, but managed a 5k pb of 26 mins on Sunday but really pushed myself.
Am aiming to run 3ish early tomorrow morning.
Well done on the marathon runners and good luck to rb32 for MK half

emski you are welcome here! That 5k pb sounds great! My marathon is notts late sept so we can spur each other on as we get near! Well done on those 1/2 marathons. You are way ahead of me!

Lol at rate my redness, I can certainly relate to that

I'm quite envious of those of you doing autumn marathons, my running always falls apart in the summer thanks to the occasional heat and holidays. I've dreams of doing Beachy Head Marathon which is October but some work needs to be done on my summer motivation first.

Thats a lovely story SummerHouse. London Marathon is the most incredible event. I'm glad I got to do it once through pure luck of the ballot. Good luck to anyone trying this year through the ballot.

Thanks for the welcome Summerhouse and yes a lovely story about the £5!! Bath half was really well supported. The crowd really got me round the course.
I ran a 5k at 6.30 this morning. It started raining halfway through which was fun (!).
Yes to red face after running. Sometimes id say its purple. I look like im about to collapse!!

Welcome Emski :). 5k time sounds good. I plan on doing a park run sometime soon to see what pace I am at currnetly as am not really sure...

No time to run today and maybe not tomorrow either but may be a good thiing - give my legs a chance to recover and my blister can heal etc!

Love hearing about all the lovely support people get during the marathon!

mooogles I am thinking of park run too. Turns out map my fitness can't be trusted. It has given 15.6, 15.3 and 15.1 k on an identical route. On closer inspection it seems to track me in zig zags when I am on a strait rd. I thought my times were too good to be true!!

at emski's purple face. I know what you mean. When I have been to the gym in my lunch break people come into my office and stop dead in thier tracks and ask if i'm ok!

doyouthink I am thinking of putting in a sneaky application for London on Monday.

I bet beachy head is an amazing run. I am a bit scared of summer training. I just wilt in the heat at the best of times. Plus there is my well mentioned redness just when people thought I couldn't get any worse. This is all a bit of an experiment for me so if it goes a bit pear shaped I could just do the half at Nottingham.

Is beachy head hilly? I did 5 miles this morning in45 mins, so am running at around 9 min mile pace I guess. Blister gone tho, hurrah!

Can I join in? I applied for the 2015 London ballot but didn't get it. Put an entry in for Brighton instead but then had to pull out after 2 injuries in close succession.

I'm upping my mileage again now but still swim/bike/running for a triathlon in June.

I'm going to enter the ballot for London 2016….just wondering about whether to attempt an autumn marathon for this year. I like the idea of Amsterdam but am wary about spending all the money on travel etc and getting injured again. I want something flat as the running calculators suggest that with a 1:45:08 half last autumn, I should in theory be capable of a sub-3:45 full….which would get me a London good-for-age place. I live less than half a mile from the London start line, everyone I know goes to watch it….so I really want to do it.

You've nothing to lose entering the ballot SummerHouse

Welcome pootlebug, sorry to hear about your injury woes, the bane of every runners life. Fingers crossed for an injury free year for us all. You are speedy! Good luck with getting a good for age time, it must be amazing to have that within your sights,

Beachy is very hilly Mooogles, but glorious scenery. It appeals because it's quite close to me and they take walkers too so even with walking breaks I'm not likely to be the slowest.

There is another off road marathon even closer to me which also appeals but I do chunks of it when I run at the moment sometimes and the hills are killers. Because I know the hills to run very well, somehow it's more daunting than the unknown horrors of running the Beachy Head hills.