I'm running a marathon...

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  • FeebRyan
    FeebRyan Posts: 738 Member
    I actually posted it for advice on how to ACHIEVE what I needed to, not how not to.

    Information about training schedules, shoes, etc etc is great

    saying 'oh don't bother you're not good enough' which is the general theme is just awful.

    This is for a mans wheelchair for goodness sake!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Woah! I must be reading a whole different thread….
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Woah! I must be reading a whole different thread….

    Well I just lost any respect I had left for the OP...
  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
    Wow.

    Well then. Good thing reading comprehension isn't needed to run a marathon.
  • dolcezza72
    dolcezza72 Posts: 171 Member
    I plan to do lots of training, starting tomorrow actually :)

    Yes the people I speak to online are definitely in my research group, certainly not the same as paying a personal trainer though and I wouldn't pretend it is.

    Unfortunately I don't get the opportunity to lift weights.

    I will check out a C-26.2k system but unfortunately have nothing to put an app on. My son 'played' with my iPhone and a puddle... such a shame!

    Hi there... I Just want to say, I have been "wingin" it with my diet for the last year.. and I have also been on the "I am gonna start tomorrow train" ... It hasn't worked out so well for me. Kick it in to high gear, sister!.. or you will never make it. I know everyone is trying to be optimistic for you, but here is a dose of reality, hit and miss, isn't gonna get you near your target. Trust me, I know this :)
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Woah! I must be reading a whole different thread….

    Well I just lost any respect I had left for the OP...
    +1
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I dont think realism is negative, I think people lying about things you've said, making up crap and demeaning your grueling 9 hour labour to deliver a still born child is negative.

    Everyone is different, everyone deals with challenges in different ways.

    I dont intend on being a 'hardcore' runner or 'making great time' I just want to support my dear friend who is going through some crap at the moment. That this whole thread has become an excuse for certain people to 'lol' at my expense and rubbish my enthusiasm is really sad.

    No. Really. What I'm reading is a lot of people being very supportive and encouraging of what could be a really bad idea - you don't have the perspective to understand. You will in a year. Please withhold judgement until then.

    The very good runners on MFP are recommending everything they know to get you through in one piece.

    The Galloway Training plan was recommended to you. Start there.

    Good shoes fitted at a running store were recommended. That is a "Do not pass Go." recommendation.
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    I actually posted it for advice on how to ACHIEVE what I needed to, not how not to.

    Information about training schedules, shoes, etc etc is great

    saying 'oh don't bother you're not good enough' which is the general theme is just awful.

    This is for a mans wheelchair for goodness sake!

    Puh-lease.

    I had a great big long response typed out, but I can't even anymore.
  • thepetiterunner
    thepetiterunner Posts: 1,238 Member


    saying 'oh don't bother you're not good enough' which is the general theme is just awful.


    Mmm... I don't actually remember anyone saying this. This seems more like an insecurity-laced interpretation of what others have said. Like others have suggested, most of what you perceive to be "No you can't do this" isn't necessarily that (though some are, I suppose), it's more like "Hey, this is what you're getting yourself into".

    Like I said, for some, a marathon isn't such a "big" deal, but for most of us, I think it takes a fair amount of preparation. Having said that, do what you want OP, why do you care what any of us have to say anyway? When it comes down to it, you're the one that's going to either be celebrating the victory of having completed your first marathon for a great cause or the one icing your knees and suffering from plantar fasciitis. Either way, you're the only one dealing with the consequences. So do what you please.

    For what it's worth, I wish you the best of luck.
  • FeebRyan
    FeebRyan Posts: 738 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.
  • aswearingen22
    aswearingen22 Posts: 271 Member
    I actually posted it for advice on how to ACHIEVE what I needed to, not how not to.

    Information about training schedules, shoes, etc etc is great

    saying 'oh don't bother you're not good enough' which is the general theme is just awful.

    This is for a mans wheelchair for goodness sake!

    Puh-lease.

    I had a great big long response typed out, but I can't even anymore.
    +1 Seems like all the runners are trying to tell her the same thing, but she thinks everyone is telling her something far different. That's sad. I wish she'd just read the advice she asked for and think, "hmmm, all the runners are saying this is going to be super hard, that maybe I should have a strong base first, maybe I should consider the Galloway program, and perhaps I should go to a running specialty store". That's all that 's been said, over and over, by marathoners and experienced runners. sigh.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.

    Let's just be clear that this is YOUR decision. Just because people tried to give you advice, suggestions, realistic expectations, warnings, and even alternative goals...doesn't make it their decision.

    You are responsible for you. So you can't blame others or guilt trip them for something that is ultimately YOUR decision.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.

    Just when I thought I had seen it all on the MFP forums... :huh: :noway: :grumble: :frown:
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.

    Let's just be clear that this is YOUR decision. Just because people tried to give you advice, suggestions, realistic expectations, warnings, and even alternative goals...doesn't make it their decision.

    You are responsible for you. So you can't blame others or guilt trip them for something that is ultimately YOUR decision.
    Exactly!
  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.

    This seems to be extreme.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.

    Just when I thought I had seen it all on the MFP forums... :huh: :noway: :grumble: :frown:

    I was just thinking the same thing.

    I have no words. I really don't. Except this and I agree with Joy.
  • thepetiterunner
    thepetiterunner Posts: 1,238 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.

    Is this meant to be a "punishment" to anyone who you think said "no, don't do this"? Because frankly, I think you're hurting yourself and your friend more than anyone else.
  • rogerOb1
    rogerOb1 Posts: 318 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.
    Dude, theres a lot of useful information in this thread and people have shared their experiences both positive and negative. Why would you quit before stage one?
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I've cancelled the JustGiving page. I won't be running at all.

    Thanks for all your 'help' in coming to that decision. I guess he will just have to suffer with the NHS issue wheelchair he has been allocated.

    Well, probably for the best.

    I haven't read all of the replies but many of them are from people I know well on MFP who are accomplished runners and they have offered you some very sound advice. What you interpret as negativism is merely a dose of reality.

    If you're going to let what random strangers on the Internet say influence you so strongly I can only suggest that you lack the mental fortitude required to become a distance runner so you just saved yourself a lot of pain and frustration....
  • FeebRyan
    FeebRyan Posts: 738 Member
    thats okay, I'm used to life teaching me I am not good enough.

    Not able to run a marathon

    Not able to support my family

    Not able to keep a baby alive.

    Just another thing to add to the list.
  • thepetiterunner
    thepetiterunner Posts: 1,238 Member
    thats okay, I'm used to life teaching me I am not good enough.

    Not able to run a marathon

    Not able to support my family

    Not able to keep a baby alive.

    Just another thing to add to the list.

    Okay, well if you're intent on throwing yourself a Pity Party, then I'm out. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    thats okay, I'm used to life teaching me I am not good enough.

    Not able to run a marathon

    Not able to support my family

    Not able to keep a baby alive.

    Just another thing to add to the list.

    Okay, well if you're intent on throwing yourself a Pity Party, then I'm out. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

    You're not going to stay for the rage quit?!
  • badbcatha05
    badbcatha05 Posts: 200 Member

    saying 'oh don't bother you're not good enough' which is the general theme is just awful.

    Hey pot, didn't you reference a lack of reading comprehension several times earlier in the thread?
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    thats okay, I'm used to life teaching me I am not good enough.

    Not able to run a marathon

    Not able to support my family

    Not able to keep a baby alive.

    Just another thing to add to the list.

    You know, with that kind of attitude, you wouldn't make it past mile 1 anyway.

    We were trying to clue you in on how hard it would be. That you couldn't just willy-nilly it. That you needed to educated yourself NOW. That you needed to start running NOW. That it was so much more than 15 miles/month. That you needed to learn how to fuel yourself, hydrate yourself, care for shin splints, foam roll. That there was research to be done.

    Instead, you twisted your panties in a great big wad that not even pliers could get out of your hind end now.

    Good riddance.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    You are capable of running a marathon. The question is whether you get there healthy and in one piece.
  • fivethreeone
    fivethreeone Posts: 8,196 Member
    thats okay, I'm used to life teaching me I am not good enough.

    Not able to run a marathon

    Not able to support my family

    Not able to keep a baby alive.

    Just another thing to add to the list.

    Man, I really wish I could find me a girlfriend like you, but it's like are ALL the good ones taken?
  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
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  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    I actually posted it for advice on how to ACHIEVE what I needed to, not how not to.

    Information about training schedules, shoes, etc etc is great

    saying 'oh don't bother you're not good enough' which is the general theme is just awful.

    This is for a mans wheelchair for goodness sake!

    Why is he not getting a wheelchair on the NHS? :huh:
  • Ilikelamps
    Ilikelamps Posts: 482 Member
    I actually posted it for advice on how to ACHIEVE what I needed to, not how not to.

    Information about training schedules, shoes, etc etc is great

    saying 'oh don't bother you're not good enough' which is the general theme is just awful.

    This is for a mans wheelchair for goodness sake!

    No one said "youre not good enough" but when you say youre going to wing training for a marathon, people on a FITNESS site may get concerned. Training for a 5 or 10k is hard as it is...let alone one that is 42 freaking kilometers. You asked for advice, taking into account everything that goes into training for a race such as this, people were giving their honest opinions.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    thats okay, I'm used to life teaching me I am not good enough.

    Not able to run a marathon

    Not able to support my family

    Not able to keep a baby alive.

    Just another thing to add to the list.

    Is mental health care available under the NHS? I recommend you see a therapist as soon as you can. I'm not sure if you can objectively look at some of the things you're reading or contributing in this thread, but it is very, very unhealthy how you view yourself and view others' words.

    Good luck.
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