DFW running club part 4!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

Ukevas

22.05m @ 3hr 09m

:rolleyes:

tq16

Well done hannah1 on run, you are making real progress :-) I lost my weight with rosemary conley class to, really supportive leaders.

Hope 1/2 went well today simply?

Not happy with run ukevas?

Have lovely week away becky and rich

Did a comfortable 10miles today (10.25/miles) then came back and went through marathon route with mum and sis :eek: have now put aside all hopes of completing under 5hrs! Think I perhaps should have tried to do a bit more research before signing up- but hey it was £10 entry! Looks a very senic route though so should be enjoyable, from that perspective. Includes stiles, crossing railway tracks, running through fields of cows........

evab_2

Had to abort my 20 miles today at 15.5 my knee was hurting, my foot was hurting and couldn't muster up the energy to run anymore. I need to sort out my fuel for the run and wasn't too despondant about cutting it short as I'd rather be in good condition for 3 weeks more training than damage my knee before the marathon. I know I will have a good rest after the mara and I did 18miles a few weeks ago so I'm fine about it.

Hope everyone had good runs if you've been out today x

evab_2

a marathon and a countryside ramble how thoughtful of the organisers tq! :-)

Ukevas

tq16 wrote: »

Not happy with run ukevas?

:rotfl::rotfl:... sorry thats all I could muster the energy to say .

Simplycynical

Ooh, you weren't hanging about Uk - no wonder you had no energy to post any more than that

Sensible decision eva - it's not worth pushing it if you've got niggles. I've been practising fuelling up - I've found that I don't mind the SIS isotonic gels, they go down quite well without being too sickly. Jelly babies just made me feel sugared out.

Well, I did a 270 mile round trip to run a half today - I think I've finally cracked :rotfl::rotfl:Full report to follow shortly.

Simplycynical

Week 12/15 (Abingdon)
Mon 21/9 Rest Day
Tues 22/9 10k 01:00:44 (09:46)
Wed 23/9 10k 01:04:03 (10:18/mile)
Thurs 24/9 Rest Day
Fri 25/9 Rest Day
Sat 26/9 Rest Day
Sun 27/9 17 Miles 03:17:47 (11:37/mile)

Week 13/15 (Abingdon)
Mon 28/9 Rest Day
Tues 29/9 10k Hilly 01:04:31 (10:23/mile)
Wed 30/9 10k 01:06:46 (10:45/mile)
Thurs 1/10 10k 01:05:21 (10:31/mile)
Fri 2/10 10k 01:04:28 (10:22/mile)
Sat 3/10 Rest Day
Sun 4/10 Burnham Half Mara 02:15:32 (10:20/mile)

That went exactly to plan - I can now say that I ran a half marathon :j:j

It was a small field of about 300 runners and I started right at the back. For most of the first 5 miles I was in joint last position chatting with a lady who was running her first half and was concerned about not finishing within the 2.30 cut off time. I then ran with a couple of guys, one of whom ran his 100th marathon only three weeks ago and got loads of useful info from him.

I left them and met up with a lady who was on her first race after being out through injury and had a good chat with her. After running at around 10:30 pace to mile 9 I felt brilliant so decided to push on by myself and got faster over the last 4 miles completing mile 13 in 09:39/mile. (The race wasn't chip timed so I've posted my watch time above).

I stayed at the end to watch my 'new friends' finish and was very chuffed when the lady I'd been running with at mile 9 said 'you weren't even out of breath when you were running with me'.

It wasn't the best of courses as the roads were very busy and it was a bit unsettling with caravans and horse boxes driving past very closely, but it was flat and some parts were quite scenic.

The race was just what I needed as a confidence booster for Abingdon and I am very, very happy.

evab_2

well done simply, sounds like you had a great run and you'll be eager to start the marathon - great work.

Ukevas

Well done simply.....:T:T

I never find people to talk to... no one seems to love me on the way round :rotfl:.

Simplycynical

Thanks eva/Uk - I think I was a bit of a pain in the butt. As I passed people I just said hello and if they responded then I started chatting - a few people didn't respond so I just kept going and left them to it. :rotfl:

I can't believe how relaxed I felt and how much I enjoyed it.