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I seem to have just signed up for the great south run

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welliesandsequins · 30/05/2018 09:11

As above! I have only just finished the couch to 5k. Have now signed up (in a fit of madness!) tobthe great south run. 10 miles in October.

It’ll be okay, right?! Tell me I can do this!

Is anyone else doing it?

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CurlsLDN · 30/05/2018 09:13

I'm not, but go and read running like a girl by Alexandra heminsley for brilliant, down to earth, real world inspiration

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welliesandsequins · 30/05/2018 21:20

Thank you. I will look at that. I may need all the motivation I can get!

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Runningintothesunset · 31/05/2018 07:22

You’ll be great! I went from never having run in September to just doing a half marathon, it was amazing. Having the focus kept me going and made sure I progressed. Find yourself an online training plan and enjoy it!

Butternutsqoosh · 31/05/2018 16:30

Of course you'll be fine! I've done it 3 times, but not for 5 years now. I signed myself (and DH!) up for it a a Xmas present for us Grin

First time I did it I trained in 6 weeks as soon as my DTD's started school - not ideal and got a rubbish time, but I did it. The next year I was running properly and knocked 11 minutes off my time, then the next year, another 11 minutes! This year....we'll, we'll see. Good luck, you'll love it, the atmosphere if brilliant and it's lovely and flat too!!

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welliesandsequins · 31/05/2018 17:01

Thank you all. It was the flatness that was the attraction!

Can anyone recommend a training plan? The one they have on their website seems to be lots of short runs and then one long run a week. I don't know if that's going to work for me. I gain fitness really slowly (The first time I did C25K it took 6 months Blush )

I can start training now so I am wondering about increasing my current run by a bit each week ( I run every other day) until I am up to ten miles... Or will that just knacker me out?!

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RocketPockets · 31/05/2018 17:18

I have two more C25K runs left and I've signed up for a half marathon in October Grin
Not sure what possessed me to do that but I'm determined!

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welliesandsequins · 31/05/2018 18:40

RocketPockets that's worse than me! I am glad I am not the only one! Do you have a plan of how you are going to train?

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RocketPockets · 31/05/2018 19:19

I'm going to wait a week or two after I've finished C25K and then make a plan! It seems a bit daunting at the moment but I know others have done it so no reason why we shouldn't be able to!

Sammysquiz · 01/06/2018 08:03

You’ll be fine! Getting to 5k from being unfit is the hard bit, adding on the miles is relatively easy as long as you take it steady. My training plan is to do two short runs a week of 5-6km, one of these involves hills and the other I do speed-work (so I run steadily then I do a sprint for a bit, then repeat). Then I also do a long-run each week and try to do 1km more than I did on my long-run the previous week.

I also do at least one weights session a week (though not the day before or after the long run). Doing squats and lunges with weights has really helped my running.

I also want to do a half-hour yoga session each day (as I feel a bit tight from all the running) but so far I haven’t quite got round to it Grin

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welliesandsequins · 01/06/2018 17:12

That sounds like a good plan sammy. I might try that too. Is there a particular weights routine you follow?
In theory I do yoga every day. But in practice it’s 15-20 mins 3 times a week. It does help though.

Rocket let me know what you decide to do! I am definitely going to give it a few more weeks of just building up my five k so it is more secure.

Thanks for your help everyone!

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Sammysquiz · 01/06/2018 20:59

I usually do a BodyPump class for my weights session. I do a lot better in a class environment than on my own or else I just give up when it starts to hurt Grin

LadyLance · 02/06/2018 20:26

You can do it! Signing up for a race is a great motivator!

I only started running in January and did my first half-marathon in May- so you can get from 5k to 10 miles in 3-4 months.

Maybe try to find a half marathon training plan? Most do use the one long run a week method, as lots of people struggle with time, and it does work.

I'm currently using the beginner half marathon plan on this page to train for my second half. www.torbayhalfmarathon.co.uk/training.html although it's still short runs + one long run, it has you running and doing cardio on more days than most plans, so that should help build fitness. It also builds in strength training and cross training, which should help?

Anyway, there are loads of half marathon training plans out there which I think you could adapt- most are 12 weeks, so if you start now, you have the chance to repeat some weeks if things don't go exactly right. Good luck!

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