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Huge huge congratulations that was some achievement! talk about a baptism of fire, or mud :) thanks so much for the brilliant report back. Well done.

Great topic Renewed runner, am same as you first marathon end of october, well if I ever sign up for it :) Please don't be discouraged after your recent run, my long run two weeks ago was supposed to be 20 miles...I limped home at 13 miles utterly discouraged. It really made me rethink my plans to do the marathon, I did…

so did I! I could no more walk 10 k right now than run one :)

Ah sure Dave I thought I was great, the two youngest children were on a sleepover the two older ones had plans first thing so off I trotted...and then stumbled home a few hours later. Am sitting at my desk surround by sweet wrappers, I had a few, ok alot of jellies throughout the afternoon. Thanks for the words of…

Thanks, I'm off to google tabetta sprints :) and thanks for the wise words re: goals. JolleAnn78 - congrats on your amazing weight loss, its fantastic! and best of luck with your upcoming races.

thanks all, 20 miles tomorrow will be my longest so far I have been gradually building up this for months; my longest to date is 18 miles. i will start including tempo runs, and take your advice on board re body fat. I'm afraid I try to outrun a bad diet sometimes, I do like a choccy biccy ( or 5) at my desk..and after…

True they might be a little tired :) Yeah I forgot my water bottle, there was no water at the start and it was really hot out so I thought I can run from water station to water station ( I think they were at mile 3, 5, 7 & 10/11) or I can stop grab a bottle and enjoy the race which is what I did. I will know again for…

Ah lovely so they can support you after you have supported them, great idea. Will be dying to hear all about it, I'm the same going to finish up my running year in November and probably take a few months off racing before starting back for a few trail half's next year. It was a pity Edinburgh was cancelled hopefully they…

I am with Carriendar - I got stung yesterday on the rock n roll in Dublin ( it was a 1/2) it was really hot, stations every few miles I missed belt something serious!

Hiya, your times are great, you will love this board the advise in fantastic! I'm a newbie like yourself too, running 14 mths now did two half marathons, few 10k's and a couple of 5 k's. The 5's are definately the hardest for me - I'm not built for speed :).

Woo hoo! second that!

Thats a brilliant victory, am so pleased for you. My story is very small in comparison - my father got very ill very quickly about 10 days ago, it was touch and go with him, he is doing ok now. So things were a bit hectic I still more or less managed to stay on track ( I was on my long run the night he got sick). So my…

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!

Ah thanks Gillian for the great advice. I'm really looking foward to it, the peace will be great! We took the kids up the Mourne mountains on Sunday, talk about a snails pace! lol so I will be heading on by myself for a few days of blissful peace my hubby is going to hopefully pitch the tent in glencoe and then fort…

Oh Gillian if you are in Scotland you might be able to give me some further advice! My hubby is from Glasgow we are heading over in a few weeks, I am hoping to walk the west highland way I only have a few days to do it hopefully 4/5, going to bnb it for the first couple of nights then himself and the children are going to…

Overwhelming response is yes. So yes it is! thanks guys it is the 27th of October, sounds like alot of us will be doing them around that time and the few months afterwards. Thank god for mpf we can trade tips/advice. I better go register now :)

When I joined a running club, on the advice of people on here ( thanks dave)

Sorry my fault, I saw ur results on the other page. I would be chuffed with them! hope your foot heals quickly J

how did you get on Josee & Carson ? hope it went well for both of you

2th June Dublin ladies mini marathon ( 10k) 1 hour 40 mins of shuffling, walking, laughing and having the craic with 40,000 other women round the streets of Dublin. Brilliant! 7th June Mourne way half marathon 2 hrs 37 mins of rain, mud, moutains, sheep, bogs streams and rivers.I loved it! 14th June Glenmore 10 mile…

Fantastic! you did so well! congratulations am delighted for you. You are inspiring plenty of us to take the plunge and go for a first marathon, if you get a chance will you give us a run down of your training plan/ preps for the big day? thanks for the really great report so glad you had a ball, regards, Valentine

congrats! fab picture you look very cool and relaxed in it not the hot sweaty mess I would be in those temps

thanks am going to walk the dog this evening - lol the kids will love seeing me walk down stairs backwards. Thanks for the advice!

What a bummer, that is such a shame I feel for you. Look after yourself as the others say here there will be plenty more races out there. Concentrate on recovering and looking after yourself knowing you will be out pounding the roads again soon. Take care

http://www.runireland.com/news/mourne-way-marathon-adds-ultra-distance-event-prior-june-2009-if-you-wanted-run-marathon-anywhe I did the half marathon on saturday, I am wincing walking but it was worth it, brilliant day out

Definately don't wait until your baby is older, when she is older she is going to be chasing you trying to catch up :) least thats what my girls tell me. I work full time have 4 kids, recently my work got crazy busy I would work from 9 - 5.30 home settle kids and go back in from 8-10. Not allowing alot of time for running!…

Congrats lockedoor that was a fantastic time, bet you are glad you got out of that bed ! :) my races were the cooley 10k coast run 51.57 which is a PB for me and then over the weekend the ladies mini marathon in Dublin 10 k again but a completely different race! Its the biggest race of its kind in the world, 40 000 ladies…

Congrats on your weight loss, that's some achievement. I'm like you very new to it, the advice here is fantastic you will love it. Someone here said to join a running club, I did and found the speed work there definitely helped me improve my speed. best of luck :) valentine

thanks all for the fantastic advice. I am a divil for thinking ahead so will definately start now and run the mile I'm running it is so true the feelings - good and bad though ebb and flow... thanks again and dave...race plan? no the only race plan I ever had was the one you gave me for the 5k ( it worked a treat)

Hiya, I'm hugely inexperienced too but would you not even consider doing it in baby steps? so a few more 5, 10's, 1/2 marathons..see how you get on with them and then may be go for something bigger... I am running ( nearly) a year have done a good few 10's a half and looking forward to my second half, for me it will…