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16-04-12, 02:20 PM
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Marathon
I have just entered the Halstead and Essex Marathon.
Don't ask me why, I haven't run for 6 years and as a smoker (yes I started again after a month and a half). Any runners got any tips for me? Oh by the way, I have about 3 and a half weeks till crunch time.. |
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16-04-12, 03:05 PM
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Re: Marathon
Run/Walk it! Run a mile, walk a mile and so on! oh and pray...A LOT!
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16-04-12, 03:25 PM
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Re: Marathon
 3 and a half weeks...... ha ha.Enjoy. |
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16-04-12, 03:38 PM
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Good work and good luck. I'm doing similar got 4weeks for tough mudder 13 mile army style assault course and can barely see my own feet at the mo. We'all have to compare blisters
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16-04-12, 03:38 PM
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Re: Marathon
The first half will be fine.
By 18 your legs will feel like Stone. With that amount of time to go I'd just do what you can. Get a few LONG runs in in the next two weeks. Don't try and do too much in the last week (maybe a 10 miler or a half depending on what you're used to). |
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16-04-12, 03:50 PM
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Re: Marathon
Plenty of practice gained walking back and forward to the bar
 Good luck because although you cycle a lot it is not quite the same as running---------10days to recover is the main thing  Under that quiet demure exterior you are a bloody self masochist |
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16-04-12, 04:03 PM
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Re: Marathon
get some nice shoes and loose under crackers
(i'm not a runner)and a bucket load of good luck
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17-04-12, 10:39 AM
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Re: Marathon
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Don't worry about it it'll be fine.. I think for my next trip an ironman is in order? 
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17-04-12, 10:55 AM
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Re: Marathon
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90% of it is in the mind, if you have the will to finish then you will. |
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17-04-12, 10:59 AM
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Re: Marathon
cut down on the fags a bit before the run. Enjoy it and remember it'll all be worth it at the finish line.
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