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2010 Dublin Marathon Novices/Sub-4:30 Mentored Thread
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michellemuncher wrote: »James, you must share your secret with us
Well chosen and planned music.
Last night I set out what songs I wanted to hear and in roughly what order to help me through and pace me. It worked a charm;
On the 4th mile I was part of a large group which was splitting into two. I originally decided I would stay back with the slower group but a song that really motivates me came on and that pushed me forward to the faster group; which is a good thing because they were flying forward.
That said I had a very bad mile 8 which I attribute to this;
I had Laura Branigan "Self Control" when in retrospect Flourence Welch's "Cosmic Love" would have been a much better choice.
That was one hell of a race though; I don't think I could keep a pace like that for a whole Marathon:D0 -
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Thanks for starting the table
First of all, congratulations to everyone who raced this weekend, some great performances at the Frank Duffy 10 Mile yesterday. 4 weeks to the half now, time to start thinking about your targets for that.
Week 10
Monday | Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday
rest|3 m|7 m|4 m|rest|15 m|cross
Another jump in terms of the long run this week - 15 miles, sounds like quite a nice round figure! At this stage you should really be trying to work out the little things that work for you on longer runs, distance magnifies all the little annoyances.
Week 11
Monday | Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday
rest|4 m|8 m|4 m|rest|16 m|cross
Another mile added onto the long run this week, and a few extra midweek miles too. 32 miles this week, for some of you this might be your first time over 30 miles in a week so another milestone to add to the list. We're getting to the sharp end of the long runs now, you'll only have two runs longer than this in the entire program (18 and 20 miles). You should be starting to think of these long runs as a bit of a dress rehearal for the marathon itself, wear the sort of thing you would be considering wearing on race day, take on nutrition at the times you would be planning on taking it during the marathon, and use liberal amounts of BodyGlide!0 -
I'm doing the HM in Galway next Sunday. With a warm up and eh.... walk back to the car
I hope to cover the 15 miles. What do you reckon about the midweek runs? Common sense tells me not to do the midweek longish run and take it easy. I've been finding the increased mileage tough tbh and this half has been my target with DCM as a "If I feel good to go again afterwards" add on. I don't want to spoil the HM by overdoing it during the week. A few niggles in the past week as well.
Oh and the boy landed in to me this morning at 6 am with a head full of snot... he's been sneezing all over me all day. What are the odds I'll have it for the weekend
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Ran the 10 mile course this morning and at 10 miles couldn't go any further if I wanted to - my knees just gave out, not a lot of pain but they were spent - my confidence in running 15 next week has just taken a big knock:mad:
mrslow - when I read these posts there's a voice screaming in my head saying "go see a physio" - I think you said you'd lost confidence in yours so maybe see a new one? In my (very) limited experience its well worth it. It was my inclination to doubt the guy too but after only the second visit I really think I may be on the mend.. its worth a shot no?0 -
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I'm doing the HM in Galway next Sunday. With a warm up and eh.... walk back to the car I hope to cover the 15 miles. What do you reckon about the midweek runs? Common sense tells me not to do the midweek longish run and take it easy. I've been finding the increased mileage tough tbh and this half has been my target with DCM as a "If I feel good to go again afterwards" add on. I don't want to spoil the HM by overdoing it during the week. A few niggles in the past week as well.
Oh and the boy landed in to me this morning at 6 am with a head full of snot... he's been sneezing all over me all day. What are the odds I'll have it for the weekend
If the Galway HM is one of your targets, better take it easy during the week to leave yourself in the best possible shape. Good luck with it!
Hope you avoid that cold, loads of people are going around sneezing, must be the Irish summer :pac:0 -
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Great to hear!I'm starting to believe that I can do this marathon thing. The Frank Duffy 10 mile did wonders for my confidence.
I've got it at the moment. It pretty much ruined my race yesterdayHope you avoid that cold, loads of people are going around sneezing, must be the Irish summer :pac: 0 -
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The only problem being I ripped my nipples to bits (photos to follow!). The Nip guards I wore fell off at the first water station. Just in case I didn't know that I was bleeding, three different race stewards pointed it out to me at the finish line!
Don't listen to RayCun, do post photos, if only to warn the rest of us
and fair play to you for pushing onward.0 -
I agree. :pac:James Howlett wrote: »Don't listen to RayCun, do post photos, if only to warn the rest of us
I also agree with trying the micropore tape for him - time for plan B, this is something that really needs to be sorted soon!0 -
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