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anyone thinking about doing their first marathon...

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  • valentine4
    valentine4 Posts: 233 Member
    Mine is end of oct, my half marathon best is 1.56 , going by that I will be aiming for 4.30 but if it takes me to 5.30 I will still be smiling, once I finish!
  • wutaday1
    wutaday1 Posts: 45 Member
    I have decided to try training again for my first marathon. I tried last year and well had a foot injury and hip problems that sidelined me from running until now. So I have decided to give it another go. I found a new training plan that I believe will work better for me. My goal is just to FINISH my first marathon. I don't care the time or if I have to walk part of it, I just want to finish. :) So I am basically starting over with my running since it has been a long time off. So I need to pick a marathon to be my first. Anyone have any good suggestions? Want it to be in December - March time frame. Good luck everyone with their first marathons!!
  • GillianMcK
    GillianMcK Posts: 401 Member
    This has details of the UK marathons for 2014 - 2015
    http://www.marathonrunnersdiary.com/races/uk-marathon-list.php
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
    I ran my first marathon in March... it was a 26 mile solo training run on the trails prepping for my first 50k. I wasn't sure how I would do, so I just ran 13 miles away from my car so I had to finish it no matter what. At mile 22, that strategy did not feel very smart. I had drained my camelbak and was talking to myself. Took me a little over six hours to finish and I was hoarse from cursing the hills...but when I finally dragged my sorry *kitten* to the car, I never felt worse or better in my life... it was awesome...lol

    My brother, who has a couple dozen marathons under his belt and probably a dozen ultras, reminds me that training programs are just good suggestions, but don't get too hung up on following them to the letter... listen to your body... miles on feet is key... he also says you are always better off going into a long race under-trained rather than over-trained.

    Good luck to everyone doing their first! Keep us posted...
  • CallMeRuPaul
    CallMeRuPaul Posts: 151 Member
    i'm thinking about it! I got as far as printing the training schedule and looking at a couple of races. one in January 2015 or the other in may 2015. stuff just got real!
  • PrairieRunner2015
    PrairieRunner2015 Posts: 126 Member
    I'm training for my first Marathon, Prairie Fire Marathon in Wichita KS on October 12. My longest run, to date, is 20 miles. I knew training was going to be more difficult than that for the Half, but boy it's much tougher than I thought. I knew training in the summer heat was going to be a challenge (At least it hasn't been as hot as a normal summer, but over 80-85 and my performance greatly degrades. It's unusual for us to have summertime low under 73 and the lows have been around 69-73 with a heat index of 73-78. Temps at the end of long runs have been around 80-85 with a heat index of around 90 (Starting the run at 5 am.) ). I've felt like giving up on the full and just changing my registration for the half, but It'd cost more, I have put in a lot of time/effort for the full, I am improving, I don't want to be a quitter, and I really do want to run a full for many reasons.

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