Tips for a ROOKIE REGISTERED for a FULL MARATHON

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    bumpp
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    bumppp
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    For you, DavPul

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  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    That is the one I was leaning more towrds, I still have 4.5 weeks of C25k. I am registering for a 5k in September 6 and this will give me enough time to continue my C25k if I have to repeat weeks. I can begin my 30 week program which will put me at about April 6th finishing the 30 week program and stil have a month and a week until race day May 15th of "free" time to plan for injuries..and thats hoping I do not get injured severely during training.

    Don't you want to sign up for a 10k or a half marathon during all that time? It would be good to try and do those distances first.
  • DavPul
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    For you, DavPul

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    i'm just...looking for....the unsubscribe button?
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    73 to go.

    Just 73 to go.
  • likitisplit
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    72 more posts.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    how many? i'm not wearing my glasses so i couldn't make out the number
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    i'll try squinting
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
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  • Chimis_Siq
    Chimis_Siq Posts: 849 Member
    That is the one I was leaning more towrds, I still have 4.5 weeks of C25k. I am registering for a 5k in September 6 and this will give me enough time to continue my C25k if I have to repeat weeks. I can begin my 30 week program which will put me at about April 6th finishing the 30 week program and stil have a month and a week until race day May 15th of "free" time to plan for injuries..and thats hoping I do not get injured severely during training.

    Don't you want to sign up for a 10k or a half marathon during all that time? It would be good to try and do those distances first.

    Yes, I believe the plan mentions that in the middle of it. :)
  • Chimis_Siq
    Chimis_Siq Posts: 849 Member
    For you, DavPul

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    i'm just...looking for....the unsubscribe button?
    Why do you waste your time coming back to this forum?
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    For you, DavPul

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    i'm just...looking for....the unsubscribe button?
    Why do you waste your time coming back to this forum?

    Because it jumps to the top of everybody's personal My Topics and the Motivation forum every time it posts. At 500 posts, it'll roll and be off of everybody's feed.

    Then, anybody who cares to re-join will feel the need to reiterate the potential problems with the plan, so that will get us through the first page and your post will settle down again.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    64 more posts to go.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    69 more

    Less!
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    That is the one I was leaning more towrds, I still have 4.5 weeks of C25k. I am registering for a 5k in September 6 and this will give me enough time to continue my C25k if I have to repeat weeks. I can begin my 30 week program which will put me at about April 6th finishing the 30 week program and stil have a month and a week until race day May 15th of "free" time to plan for injuries..and thats hoping I do not get injured severely during training.

    Don't you want to sign up for a 10k or a half marathon during all that time? It would be good to try and do those distances first.

    Yes, I believe the plan mentions that in the middle of it. :)

    I think that's a great idea
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    For you, DavPul

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    i'm just...looking for....the unsubscribe button?
    Why do you waste your time coming back to this forum?

    What makes you think this is a waste of my time? Why are you so judgemental of me? Are we not all here for the same thing?
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    For you, DavPul

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    i'm just...looking for....the unsubscribe button?
    Why do you waste your time coming back to this forum?

    Because it jumps to the top of everybody's personal My Topics and the Motivation forum every time it posts. At 500 posts, it'll roll and be off of everybody's feed.

    Then, anybody who cares to re-join will feel the need to reiterate the potential problems with the plan, so that will get us through the first page and your post will settle down again.

    This has a certain ring of truthiness to it
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    64 more posts to go.

    Even less!
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Check out Parkrun (http://www.parkrun.org.uk/) for free 5Ks every week at a park near you.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    Check out Parkrun (http://www.parkrun.org.uk/) for free 5Ks every week at a park near you.

    great link
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    Anybody eat fried chicken before a marathon?
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    For you, DavPul

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    i'm just...looking for....the unsubscribe button?
    Why do you waste your time coming back to this forum?

    What makes you think this is a waste of my time? Why are you so judgemental of me? Are we not all here for the same thing?

    We haven't had a quality mean people thread in a few days...
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    Okay, so a no on the fried chicken. I get it; meanies, stinking people. Anybody eat squid prior to a marathon?
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    Check out Parkrun (http://www.parkrun.org.uk/) for free 5Ks every week at a park near you.

    great link

    The closest one to me is Clermont Florida. Sigh. SUCH a good idea.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    Okay, so a no on the fried chicken. I get it; meanies, stinking people. Anybody eat squid prior to a marathon?

    I know people who have eaten sushi and that's kind of the same thing.

    Are you talking about the night before or the morning of?

    I'd avoid fried foods the night before. The morning of: Dunkin Donuts coffee and a plain cream cheese bagel. The pre-race breakfast of runners everywhere.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
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  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    Night before: 10k's I usually eat noodles(pasta) and a protein or two, morning of usually oatmeal bake, coffee. Last year I took a microwave to a run in Annapolis(get little cranky with cold oatmeal). It's interesting what some folks eat pre-race. And friend chicken?!? Nope I wouldn't want it in my system just was moving the thread along since it was dying a slow painful death. This is one of the better threads for first time runners/walkers of a long distance like a marathon.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    Night before: 10k's I usually eat noodles(pasta) and a protein or two, morning of usually oatmeal bake, coffee. Last year I took a microwave to a run in Annapolis(get little cranky with cold oatmeal). It's interesting what some folks eat pre-race. And friend chicken?!? Nope I wouldn't want it in my system just was moving the thread along since it was dying a slow painful death. This is one of the better threads for first time runners/walkers of a long distance like a marathon.

    There is a lot of good information in here that you'd need to find piecemeal other places.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    True; it is a good thread. Hopefully newer runners and walkers read the thread. Granted, it may take a while, but worth it.

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