Well I just did my 2nd 1/2 Marathon on Sept13 and finished in a PR time of 1:52:47, blew 10 minutes of my May10th time. I plan another Half in May8/2016 and plan on PRing that in under 1:50:00. I also plan on my 1st FULL Marathon October 2016 8-)
What was your run today?
I realised at the weekend it is 6 weeks until my half! I also have a 10k in 2 weeks. I feel confident I can do the distance, but life has got in the way a bit this month so time might not be quite what I was hoping for, but we'll see how the next 6 weeks goes. How long until your half and how are you feeling?
I know you all will understand my pain... Last evening after my run, I stopped at the car to carry in the paint we picked out to redo our master... 3 gallons of the most expensive no VOC stuff in a creamy yellow hue. Too lazy to make 2 trips I had 2 gallons in one hand, and one in the other. Reached overhead to pull down…
I figured we should get this ball rolling with an intro thread. Who are you? Give a little background. When and where will you be running your first half? What training plan are you using? How's that going?
I usually do a brief set of stretches for maybe 5 minutes before I run. Then I run. When I get home, I roll my feet out with a frozen water bottle ... then I foam roll .... then I static stretch. I was reading today that some people foam roll before going on a run? Does anyone here foam roll before running and if you do,…
I have just found out that I have got a place in the Great North Run! This is a local half marathon that is really hard to get into and celebrated its one millionth runner last year. The race isn't until September and I have another HM in May, but I am super excited now. This was my goal all along when I started running,…
What do you do to train other than running? I currently aim to run 3-4 times a week, with one increasingly long run (10 miles to do on Sunday), but I don't do anything else, other than walking the dog. I considered strength training or core work, but I am worried adding something would interfere with my running. I work…
So, confirmed today what I've been suspecting all week... I'm pregnant! We are very excited, and I fully expect that this will not affect my may 9th 1/2. I'll be just over 16 weeks at that point, and plan to run and train as planned. The July one I was considering, well now I'm not so sure! I'd be almost 7 months at that…
Ok, so it's isn't my first half marathon. I did one back in 2008...maybe it was 2009. But regardless, I didn't train for that one AT ALL. I won the entry and figured I would decide the night before...and I decided just to do it. I think I jogged the first and last 1/2 mile and walked the rest. I believe my time was just…
