Running goals, motivation and chat 2026 - Part 3!

[BogRollBOGOF]

Hello runners!

Continuing on with our general running chit chat...

July is often a bit of a natural lull for running with the heat and quiet time in the race season.

I'm itchy to finish term time so I can go out and play 😂

I have only just recovered from my hybrid race last week, my legs were in bits 😂 anyway no rest for the wicked so started marathon training this week. 5 miles steady today, legs feel like I’ve done 50! Questioning how I’m going to make 26.2

Had a race on Thursday evening, and came 8th in my age category. Though I was 7 seconds slower than last year at the same race, I'm pleased given that I nearly didn't go.

Didn't go to parkrun yesterday, so just did. 5 mile loop.
Now debating whether to go for a short easy run.

Well done all on your running, races hope all niggles heal quickly.

went out this morning with the trail gang. 5 over us in total with an early start. One guy fell and hurt his knee quite badly (falling seems to be a bit of a theme for people at the moment!) and so he called it a day at a half as we had looped back to the cars. The rest of us were going to get 20 miles in but we got back to the cars at just over 19 and decided that was enough and went to the pub!

lovely morning and beautiful if hilly route.

night sign up for a marathon mid August. Still undecided. We shall see.

happy running all.

I'm grumpy.
Went to parkrun with the aim of repeating my strategy of walking lap1, and jeffing lap2, but mostly walked as my hip was hurting. Some of it was the actual injury which was annoying, but other niggles are creeping in from reduced movement too.

I hate not being able go and burn energy off. I need to move to sleep!

Osteopath on Monday...

Oh @BogRollBOGOF I feel
your pain, it’s terrible when you’ve been injured and just coming back. I raced a 10k Thursday evening, wasn’t my best but felt good to get back out there. 6.5 mile easy run tomorrow starting to build up the miles for my marathon. 12 weeks to go 😳🙈

That’s so frustrating @BogRollBOGOF i hate being injured as I too need to burn off energy to function!

Well done on your 10k @tinks3110 not everyone will be the best but they’re all valuable.

I have been on a bit of a speed mission this week. As I’ve probably said before a fast 5k is not my favourite run but I have had two 5k PBs this week. One on Wednesday morning on a random run and now at parkrun today! Went to a new course which was pretty flat and manger 21:23 official time. Third female and first in my category. So not bad.

I have also, slightly stupidly signed up to a marathon on the 16th August that I don’t really have time to train for, just because it was free and we are doing a challenge at work to see which team can do the most miles in August. My manger is very competitive. I blame her!! 😂😂

Well done @tinks3110 and @Whataninterestinglookingpotato . I'm gearing up to go out for a short run. DH just got back from his and is gently encouraging me out of the door

I've had a pretty good week - 4 short runs, a longish open water swim, a few miles on my bike and plenty of home yoga without too many ill effects. Hoping to be signed off by the physio when I see her tomorrow.

@BogRollBOGOF hope you have a good visit with the osteopath.

100 miler done 💪 quite a high drop out rate, out of 560 starters I believe 146 dropped out.

I really enjoyed it. It was hard. Took me 36 ISH hours, I think, I need to double check. My aim was to get my fastest marathon, 50k and 100k and I achieved all 3, then I walked the rest.

I had a blip around the 70 mile mark, I was falling asleep as I was walking and then the nausea id been experiencing for a few hours before turned into proper sickness, honestly if you made me choose id have quit there and then. Thankfully my husband knows me too well, so came with the van and made me sleep for a few hours, when I woke up, the sickness was gone and I could go on.

Such a fab event, lots of grumbles from people about the terrain and route but that's why I enjoyed it, kept it interesting.

Resting now (kind of, I've walked 5 miles today to the station to get home 🤣)

@BogRollBOGOF hope the osteopath visit went well and you are back running soon, I'm going to struggle this week keeping off my feet.

@Whataninterestinglookingpotato oh exciting re the marathon, I have my first ever marathon at the end of September and I thought 8 weeks training (after my self enforced rest week) was pushing it! And well done on the parkrun super speedy.

@OhOneOhTwoOhThree glad your getting out without too many I'll effects, well done.

100 miler done 💪 quite a high drop out rate, out of 560 starters I believe 146 dropped out.

I really enjoyed it. It was hard. Took me 36 ISH hours, I think, I need to double check. My aim was to get my fastest marathon, 50k and 100k and I achieved all 3, then I walked the rest.

I had a blip around the 70 mile mark, I was falling asleep as I was walking and then the nausea id been experiencing for a few hours before turned into proper sickness, honestly if you made me choose id have quit there and then. Thankfully my husband knows me too well, so came with the van and made me sleep for a few hours, when I woke up, the sickness was gone and I could go on.

Such a fab event, lots of grumbles from people about the terrain and route but that's why I enjoyed it, kept it interesting.

Resting now (kind of, I've walked 5 miles today to the station to get home 🤣)

@BogRollBOGOF hope the osteopath visit went well and you are back running soon, I'm going to struggle this week keeping off my feet.

@Whataninterestinglookingpotato oh exciting re the marathon, I have my first ever marathon at the end of September and I thought 8 weeks training (after my self enforced rest week) was pushing it! And well done on the parkrun super speedy.

@OhOneOhTwoOhThree glad your getting out without too many I'll effects, well done.

Well done @SFRSmum what an incredible achievement!!! You must be super proud of yourself and well done for keeping going through adversity!!

a marathon will seem like a walk in the park after that!!

That's incredible, well done!

Osteopath went quite well. I've got the go ahead to keep dabbling with Jeffing.

I'm hoping that I had just flared it up with work which is now out of the equation until September

The DCs want to run this evening at a park that has a flat parkrun course which works in my favour, so I'll have a play while they zoom around.

Hello...👋 can I join?

I am a MUCH less impressive runner than most of you!

Pre kids, I used to really love running. Never very fast but would go out pretty consistently a few times a week and ran the Great North Run on not very much training.

Then I had 3 babies incl twins and.... it all went to hell a bit 😆 core knackered, pelvic floor wobbly etc. Plus, just: twins!!

It's been a long old journey back, but after about 2y dedicated gym work I have good core and glute strength back.

I started running again, very tentatively, in spring 25. My goal for 2025 was just to complete 10k in a race in sub 1h without getting re-injured!

Did that. Then my 2026 goal was to cover a HM distance, again without getting injured again. I did that just on my own, no race, rather stupidly on one of the heatwave days about 3w ago 🤔

Now, I am not training for an event, but I just want to build my endurance so that 20-25k feels very comfortable. I can do that distance, but it's a push.

To motivate myself I'm trying to do 500km before Xmas which should be easily doable if I get out consistently.

Welcome to the thread @JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff great that you’re getting back into running again.

yesterday evening dd1 and I ran a local 10k race. It’s a nice evening event that goes through the countryside with about 370 people taking part. 10ks are not my favourite but I do like this one as the scenery is lovely and it’s a bit of a mix of road and trail paths.

I got a PB there last year and quietly wanted to beat it this year. Which I did by 2.5 mins!! 43:08 2nd lady over all and 1st in my age category! I couldn’t believe it! Dd1 smashed her target and PB too coming in in 48 mins!! Very pleased. Our club bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rd lady spots!

went to parkrun this morning, one I haven’t been to just under an hour away with dd1 and a couple of friends. I was going to take it steady after last night as I was tired but I went faster than I meant to and was 2nd female there to. Went for a nice breakfast after. Now for a restful afternoon in the garden!!

I've had a lovely nap after a sub-40 jeffing parkrun, taking DS to his swimming lesson and t'other DS to his DofE skill.

Went to a different parkrun today. Probably more undulating than my usual but less of a Hill which was good for my beleagured butt. Also no pay and display pressure which tends to eat warm-up time, so I did better about glute activation. I managed to run/ walk it all and shifted from 30/30 to 30/20 which felt like it was flowing better.

Hi all, been ages since I last posted. I have done a couple of triathlons since my winter 10/15k series and mid-Mar HM. I do have another tri on the calendar but my next main target is a late October trail marathon - first time doing mara distance, and it's got a lot of elevation.

I'm a bit below the curve on my current training, have been feeling sluggish because I'm coeliac and have almost certainly been glutenned while away eating out on holiday - with the best will in the world, cross contamination in restaurants is going to happen and I felt like I just had to accept that was going to be the case. Getting back now to strict GF diet so I'll perk up in the next couple of weeks I'm sure.

Have been lurking and am so impressed with the various PBs and mega distances! But most of all, jealous of those who get their kids out with them. I wish I had family interested enough to join me but it's not their thing at all. Ah well, just me, my thoughts and the trail then...

On holiday in the Yorkshire Dales with family now and got out with DSis for a very modest 6.5k this morning. I live in the SE and it's sooooo much hillier here! Celebrated with eggs on toast after.

My kids are all primary aged but they like getting out for a short run. We took them to a local viaduct last night and they did lengths of it at speed!

7.5 miles at marathon pace for me today, trying not to freak out at the thought of 26 miles but totally feeling like I’ve not got enough training time left 🙈

How long is it until your marathon @tinks3110? it’s amazing what you can pull out of the bag on race day even if you’re not feeling like your training is going to plan.

glad you managed to get out and run on holiday @JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff its always nice to run in different places even if it’s only a shorter one.

good luck with your marathon training @TyneFilth. Dd1 has really got into running but dd2 isn’t fussed. She’s got about half way through C25k twice and packed it in. She did run the half a mile back from dropping her car at the garage the other day, but that’s it’s for months. Dd1 got into the London marathon for next year so she has to keep it up!

glad your parkrun went well @BogRollBOGOF

I went out with the trail gang today for what was meant to be a 10 mile trail run, but ended up being 17! It was a hilly 10 mile race route with about 1700ft of elevation over those 10 miles plus 3.5miles to the there and back along the old railway path. It was good fun but as I thought we were only doing the 10 miles I didn’t bring much fuel and after my race and park run on the preceding days I was a bit done in by the end!! Popped down to the coast for a sea swim after with the dds which sorted me out.

2 weeks until the next marathon so the distance probably did me good.

happy running all.

@Whataninterestinglookingpotato marathon is 18th October think it’s 11 weeks. I’m so scared but think my marathon will be one and done for me so
will walk it if I have to

11 weeks is plenty of time. Honestly you’ll be amazed at the progress you’ll make in that time. It’s also very normal to have doubts. You feel tired, you have a bad run and think how will I make it through. But trust the process. You will be fine!

Plus the taper at the end will have you fresh and ready to go!