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Hi, I wasn't too fond of rest days either but your body needs time for the muscles to repair themselves properly. By rest day they mean a day not running but most runners will cycle or do something else low impact on these days. I'm running about 40 miles a week and I take between 2 and 3 rest days. I know I ran for months…

Build running into your day/week. Like as a mode of transport. Also sometimes it's just good to run, no watches, no thinking, no pace, no plan ... just music.

I think I got it. Thanks lads. Jack Daniels does running as well!! I will get the book and stop bugging you. Cheers.

Sounds like they are not tempo runs. By that definition it sounds something like a 10K race could be a tempo run? I run pretty much every weekday either in or out of work sometimes both. I had thought 30/45 seconds faster than normal at a sustained pace was a tempo run but I'm never at the level you describe. Usually if I…

Looking forward to the first half race I have coming up in the next month. My mileage is still increasing and to be honest a lot of the runs are actually tempo runs although I don't deliberately set out that way. @Reikofs - I have found DENIAL and beer are the keys to my recovery from runs. I like to think of it as carb…

Good luck Joe. Personally, having run my first marathon last year I think running over 20 at some stage in your training is an absolute must. Preferably a few long slow runs around 18 to 22 mile range. I'm running my second in October and I plan to do quite a few runs over 20 but well spaced out. I had also run about 4 or…

I would second all of that. Most important enjoy it. Take time during the run to look around and take it all in. Eat a normal dinner but I usually eat dinner early (Eating late can cause stomach upset the next day). It' more about making sure you eat plain food nothing that will cause problems while you are running. For 5K…

Have you noticed any difference in following NutriTiming? Or is it too early to say? If you try and keep carbs around 35% what type of protein percentage do you follow? 35 or 40% protein? At one stage I had carbs at 50% after reading some running articles. It was not good.

I'm very interested in this too. They say each lb lost equates to an increase in speed of 2 seconds per mile. I still find it very hard to lose weight even though I stay within MFP guidelines but I think I'm one of those people who should not eat all the exercise calories earned in a day. Don't get me wrong I AM A SINNER…

Point taken Scott. This weeks run was particularly quick for no other reason than I felt good and wanted to see how I'd do. My daily runs are quite a bit slower. My weekend runs are usually around 9:30 min mile pace which is manageable. Ran home in a storm last night ..... pretty cool !! Although there were times my legs…

Not that it matters to anyone except maybe my wife and 3 children ...... but I'm a bloke. I'm fairly certain as of this morning I was still a male but I'll check again later tonight. Personally, I worry about any group who describe themselves as Elite. I do core work on Mondays and Thursdays. I excercise in some fashion…

Eminem "Lose yourself" is a great track for running. Try upping the tempo at each chorus. Weird how it works!!

@justrunjon no need to apologise. I won't be jumping to 60 miles next week this is going to take months if not years. I understand your concern taken out of context telling someone to up their mileage by 50% is bad advice. I don't believe in my context it's bad advice. Scottb81 and Carsonruns have answered some of my other…

@justrunjon thank you for your input. I have read all the posts. You haven't said what you would suggest would help improve marathon times. I had been doing tempo runs and intervals before. To be honest I didn't think that helped me much at mile 18 in the marathon but I'm not an expert, far from it. I am a relative newbie…

Thanks to everyone for the advice. I've already started to add mileage. I'm hoping to get to a base of 50 miles per week in the next month or so. For the marathon I'll then up the mileage to between 60 and 80 max. I'll let you know in October the results but I should see changes in the half's and 10 mile races in the…

Thanks so much for this. I have to say I followed the training plans telling me to run 90 seconds slower on the long runs my first time out and that's where the marathon really showed me up. I never really understood how running 20 miles at 10:30 a mile would ever prepare you for 26.2 at 9:00 miles. Running 40 miles a week…

Still a great achievement. I couldn't image running 3 in 11 weeks. I do understand how much it sucks when thigns don't go to plan and don't get met start on hamstring cramps ....@£$%"%

Foam rollers rule!!

Thanks to everyone for your comments. I'm convinced. I'm joining.

Brian I think I'm in the same boat as you. I know it will help me but I don't know what type of time commitments I'll need to make. If I jump (and my wife divorces me!!) I'll let you know how I get on and how much time I need to commit.

Thanks @schmenge55, I appreciate any insights. I've been running for a while but in reality I don't know that much about it. My typical week is as follows (keep in mind I use running as transport to work quite a lot). This is a week when I'm not training for anything in particular. Monday (cycling, 14 miles) - slow cycle…

Hi, I'm Paul (friends call me Pabs). Like Jon I'm an adult onset runner. I had always hated running when I was younger especially laps of the pitches during training. 40 years old, three young kids. I've only been running 3 to 4 years with a lot of different races and I completed my first marathon just over a month ago.…

I think you should keep running and be miserable........ only joking :happy: If it's not floating your boat anymore try something new. Once it's exercise you'll still burn the calories, maybe more if you find something you really enjoy.

If you just want to finish I don't see why you wouldn't be able for it. The IT Band injury would need to be watched. Find a good program and follow it to the letter. Build the distances slowly 10% a week and try and get a few 20 milers in beforehand (the more the better). Take your time on race day, don't suddenly decide…

Brilliant ........ have you heard of the balanced diet Fish and chips = Bad but Fish and chips + DIET drink = balanced = Good

Firstly well done on your marathon. I'm no expert (and I don't want to be) but I did start my running about 3 years back using run/walk. In my opinion the best way for you to go without risking injury is to slowly increase the running time between walk breaks before you jump straight into running non stop. This will allow…

Hi Jay, I don't use that app but I could download it and I'll gladly offer support. I've been running 3 years and completed my first Marathon a few weeks ago. Just don't pick the speed up to quickly ....... you're making me look bad. 9 min miles is as fast as I can go over any real distance. I did a 10K race in 52 minutes…

Hi, The Nike+ needs to be calibrated. That's why the distance was off. I had the same problem. I used a 5K race to calibrate mine but any set distance should do it. There are instructions on how to do it in Nike+. P.

Hi, They have always fallen out for me. It can take months and it doesn't hurt. Also it grows back stronger and nagrier than ever !!! Pabs

Hi, The only cross training I do is cycling and walking. I do some running strength exercises but that's it. I have 3 kids under 5 so I basically get whatever exercise I can i the little spare time I have. My work is 7 miles from my home so I usually run or cycle in and home. I know what you mean about the Chi. I got a DVD…