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2010 Dublin Marathon Novices/Sub-4:30 Mentored Thread
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While I agree that it's a good idea to rest up when you're injured, also take into account the fact that a certain amount of aches and pains (and even niggles) will be felt at this stage of the marathon program - this is when mileage is at it's highest. Only you (in combination with a physio if you use one) can decide if it's best to rest up or to keep plugging away. I know this goes against most of the advice on this thread, but it's important to remember that (as one of the signs said on Sat) if this was easy everyone would be doing it!
For me, I've got a few niggles at the moment including a slight hamstring strain, but I know that I can keep going on it while watching out for it getting any worse.
If you are injured though, make sure you get the proper recovery.
As usual, just my 2c, take from it what you will
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Oh no, poor Michelle, if it's any consolation i'm laid up too and MrSlow. Injuries galore. At least yours will fix itself, ours God knows. Rest up and myabe we can all meet up later this weekend or into early next week for long run. Might make us all feel better if we're in the same boat. Otherwise i'll go mad...:mad:
Oh I know I have been very lucky not to get any serious injuries. I hope you guys aren't in too much pain and will be able to do the last few long runs ok. Meeting up early next week sounds good, but I have to see how I feel. As for CV work, I was tired after a 20 min walk yesterday!
Thanks Nachoqueen. Enjoy the wedding with Nachoking and the Nachokiddiesnachoqueen wrote: »mr slow,michellemuncher,jemily get well/notinjured soon 0 -
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Hey I am sorry I took so long to post on this but I have been flat out in work....working from 0900 till 11pm or midnight each day this week.
But at the person who is saying that the person who has just run 15 miles this week. My training has been very stop startish over the past few months and I missed a whole month where I got no more than half a dozen runs of 10km or less. I hadn run a long distance in 5 weeks and 2 weeks ago on sunday I ran 16 miles in 2hr 15 and felt a little sore but nothing too bad.... I then ran last sat the half in 1Hr 43: 27...again was tired but relatively comfortable.
I don't think the person is necessarily going to blow up or injure themselves. So long as they have a good base of fitness and get a couple more decent runs at the 16 - 20 miles mark over the next 2/3 weeks I can't see why they couldn't finish the marathon comfortably under 4.5 hours.
Also at the ppl organising the training run this weekend! First question is it sat or sun? Second question, what time? Would love to do it but have an exam sat and refereeing in the morning sunday but I am sat afternoon at lesat if not sunday too...
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While I agree that it's a good idea to rest up when you're injured, also take into account the fact that a certain amount of aches and pains (and even niggles) will be felt at this stage of the marathon program - this is when mileage is at it's highest. Only you (in combination with a physio if you use one) can decide if it's best to rest up or to keep plugging away. I know this goes against most of the advice on this thread, but it's important to remember that (as one of the signs said on Sat) if this was easy everyone would be doing it!
For me, I've got a few niggles at the moment including a slight hamstring strain, but I know that I can keep going on it while watching out for it getting any worse.
If you are injured though, make sure you get the proper recovery.
As usual, just my 2c, take from it what you will
To be honest anyone that is up to this weeks training and is on schedule for the DCM, most will know if they have a slight niggle or a genuine injury.
In fairness we've put in so much at this stage that 500 niggles would not stop my training but i'm sensible enough to know when to rest up if i'm feeling pain! I'm hoping this will stand to me on DCM day;)0 -
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I really want to enjoy this experience so may even head out with the 4:30 group - or may be interested in the 4:15 group thats developing here... ok that means I'm still in two minds... bu**er!
While a group of like minded people getting together to run at 4:15 pace is a good idea, it is important to distinguish this from a pace group.
The pacers for say the 4:00 & 4:30 group are people who would run a marathon at 30-45 mins faster than the group they are pacing.
What the pacers are doing is to deliver a pace that is very consistent across each mile.
An ad hoc group may well all finish in 4:15, but will tend to have very different splits on the day.0
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