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RichOneday_2

becky_rtw wrote: »

HAHAHA opppps - surely he published his time for the Leeds races before and the link so could have worked it out before...do you want me to delete Rich??

Hardly, since I posted the same thing!:p

And like you say, at least 7 times before!

So no undercover operations for me anymore!:p

becky_rtw

Okay thats good

Still havent been out - sorry - will go for a long one tomorrow though I promise - I need whipping back into shape - 15 weeks to go - arghhhhh

hypno06

welcome back becky! I'm not going out either tonight - but I promise to do a long run tomorrow when the children are skiing.......come what may!

15 weeks. :eek:

I saw on the runners world website that they have running guides on the day - so I can find the 4 hours 30 group and as long as I stick with them I can get round in my required time without worrying too much about going off too fast etc.

Seems like a good idea to me - has anyone ever used one of the RW pacing groups?

becky_rtw

Thats cool Hypno - no never used the running guides but I do poke into the 3.30 thread on their forums sometimes

The only thing I'd say is - 4.30 can be done lots of different ways and if you're running with others they might be too slow at the start and too fast at the end for you for example...

What I did was pulled off split times for 3.30 for lasts years FLM and looked at the variations and picked one that matched my current running style best and now I aim for those targets - the one I'm looking at currently is 48 mins to 10k as part of a 13 miler.

Hope that helps!

RichOneday_2

I agree that, except at the very pointy end, pace setters are not particularly helpful.

You're putting all your hard work into the hands of someone else who you know nothing about - they may drift up and down by 20-30 secs per mile at the wrong times for how you're feeling at that point in the race. If you stick with that group you will more than likely end up running too hard at some stages than you need to, meaning that the dreaded 'Wall' arrives earlier in the race.

becky_rtw

Oooo back one day and we're already agreeing with each other again - careful people might think we're the same person...

Jolly2009

Ooh blimey, just went for my second run this week and my legs are SO cold!!! Plus it was so foggy I couldn't see where I was running as my glasses kept fogging up - bet I looked stupid!

RichOneday_2

Jolly2009 wrote: »

Ooh blimey, just went for my second run this week and my legs are SO cold!!! Plus it was so foggy I couldn't see where I was running as my glasses kept fogging up - bet I looked stupid!

Hehe You might have looked stupid but nobody could see you, so no problemo!:p

Well done on the run!:D

RichOneday_2

becky_rtw wrote: »

Oooo back one day and we're already agreeing with each other again - careful people might think we're the same person...

I hope we're not the same person, because that would mean running the Blackpool marathon on 5th April and the FLM on 26th April - I don't like that idea!:p

Plus i'm not temperamental enough to be a redhead!:p

becky_rtw

HAHAHA it would also mean you're running St Albans twice

Hello Jolly! Sorry its so cold out - but well done on the run