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Don't sugar coat it now ya hear
lol How many have you done? Sure dont HIM and IM athletes love to suffer 
Well you asked a question....just giving you the answer.
I've raced two full maras w/ my best a 2:50 last Oct.- am currently training for Frankfurt and hoping to go sub 2:42 or so. If you love suffering by all means go out and run it. Hell, if you really love pain go out at your HM pace and blow up. The problem is its pretty inevitable- if you have no history of doing any sort of long run (and 17km is not long) you will not be able to build up a) the leg strength b) the ability to store glycogen efficiently and c) the ability to work off fat reserves when your glycogen is used up.
Why not start building a base now and properly run one of the Spring marathons like Limerick or CorK?0 -
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I hear you, I ran the Rock n Roll half marathon in August in 1:42 and had a whole lot left in the tank. Just took it steady as it was the first outing and wanted to have it done pre HIM. I am registered for DCM so will go ahead and do it anyway I just wanted to gauge the thoughts of those in the running know on what I can do in 6 weeks. When I said 17km that was what I was running in one sitting pre half mara on a weekly basis.
As I said, the main thing is finishing, and your biggest problem is the lack of miles in your legs, particularly in terms of individual runs. Try to run 18 miles at any pace at all, and your legs will be telling you you're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. On my very first marathon as a callow 20 year-old, I made the mistake of A) not training enough,
not doing enough long runs, and C) assuming that a half-marathon race would suffice instead of running even a single 20 miler. Bad move. I sailed along merrily for almost exactly 13.1 miles, at 3.30 pace, then BOOM. Gone baby gone. And in those days the race went through my hometown of Raheny at 20 miles. It wasn't a pretty sight. I probably did well to finish in 3.48 0 -
As I said, the main thing is finishing, and your biggest problem is the lack of miles in your legs, particularly in terms of individual runs. Try to run 18 miles at any pace at all, and your legs will be telling you you're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. On my very first marathon as a callow 20 year-old, I made the mistake of A) not training enough, not doing enough long runs, and C) assuming that a half-marathon race would suffice instead of running even a single 20 miler. Bad move. I sailed along merrily for almost exactly 13.1 miles, at 3.30 pace, then BOOM. Gone baby gone. And in those days the race went through my hometown of Raheny at 20 miles. It wasn't a pretty sight. I probably did well to finish in 3.48
Thanks for the insight mate. Will just have to dig deep and get it done.0 -
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If you've been out running the route lately, the mile markers are down.
Mile Marker #22 - top of Fosters Avenue - down hill all the way from here!
Good news is that, it is a much more direct route back into town for the finish - no faffing around Pearse St., etc...
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But the faffing around Pearse street was the best bitIf you've been out running the route lately, the mile markers are down.
Mile Marker #22 - top of Fosters Avenue - down hill all the way from here!
Good news is that, it is a much more direct route back into town for the finish - no faffing around Pearse St., etc...
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ezra_pound wrote: »Look up beginner marathon plan on map my run and start on week 7. You're pretty much on target. I'm a novice by the way but a plan is a plan.
*Breathes a sigh of relief. For the next 6 weeks I will be covering almost 100km per week. I know myself that I am very good at getting through things no matter what but just wanted to hear it from some of the more experienced runners. Thanks for your input, how are you set for it? He btw 0 -
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ezra_pound wrote: »Well the training plan I'm on has only hit 19 km with recommended weekly distances of 40km so he/she is not that far behind.
... So long as they get into a training programme properly. They're pretty much at week 6 of my 12 week beginners map my run programme.
that sounds like a seriously light plan for a marathon
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that sounds like a seriously light plan for a marathon
Well I only started running in June so my plan is to run the marathon, not race the marathon. It's a beginner plan.
The next few weeks increase from 54 km per week with 21km long run to 87km two weeks before marathon with 32km long run.0 -
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ezra_pound wrote: »I wasn't eligible for the novices thread when the programme started. I couldn't run more than 2km when I started in June but I've been building up steadily. My aim is 0 to marathon in 5 months. I'm now 6 weeks away from that goal.
If you're definitely doing dcm you should join us on the novices thread. We are a friendly welcoming bunch over there 0 -
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You're ignoring the fact that they haven't run for a month but sure whatever. If people wanna hurt themselves/ have unpleasant experiences by ignoring sensible advise from runners (of all levels) of vastly more experience. I echo other posters here- head over to the novices thread. Excellent plan/ advise given there
Not ignoring any advice, just taking it all on board and very appreciative of it too btw. Will post back here with time when the day is done 0 -
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