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mini marathon

  • 06-04-2006 7:25pm
    #1
    katiegordon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭


    hey!
    i know a threads been started on tis already but i couldnt really find what i was looking for.I decided to do the mini marathon, i would LOVE to run it but id say at this stage id be out of breath after 1k!I wouldnt say im drastically unfit, i go to the gym, run a bit and play some basketball......the problem is im extremely lazy about it all!if i feel like sitting on my ass all daywhen ishould be training, i just do it! I lack any motivation, like right now i feel motivated but tomorrow i wont be bothered!how can i keep myself motivated!
    id love to use the marathon as an opportunity to get and stay fit!!Any tips onsomesort of a training schedule,that i could maybe persuade my equally lazy friends to join in with would be GREATLY appreciated!
    Also my diet is crap, i know its a huge problem butive no willpower as you might have guessed!
    anyy replies orcomments you have would be great, thabks!


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  • #2
    Odysseus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    The only advice I can give you is to get out there and start running! Motivation can only come from within at the end of the day. Yes of course, others can help to motivate you, and a bit of competion is great for that, but the core of your motivation must be within you.

    You go the gym, run a bit and and play some basketball, so you must have some level of motivation and fitness. The mind is a strange thing for playing tricks on you, i.e. I can't train today because of... I'll make up for it later. In my experience the only way to over come this is go out and train. I run three time a week, and do martial arts twice a week. Many a time I would like to skip it, but I know I feel worse after. The main advice I would give you is run for 15 mins, 7 1/2 each way, so you have to make it back, or whatever you can to start with. Then go to 10 mins each way etc. Just build it up from there, but don't give up.

    Why not give yourself a target time and promise yourself a nice reward when you do the mini marathon. I will not go into diet as there are plenty of others here who know much more than me. Hope this was of some help, best of luck with it.


  • #3
    smackers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭smackers


    Hi Katie, I started running around two years ago for the first time in my life, and I'll never forget the first 15 mins on the threadmill at 0 incline (totally flat) - I almost died. I was gone tomato red and puffing and panting and had such a stitch in my side.

    Since then I've been working on improving - not seriously training, but taking it at my own pace - and now I can run 10k without too much hassle.

    Advice - don't kill yourself on your first try, because then just the thought of it will put you off going back. Good advice in previous post about 15 minutes in total to start.
    Also, run slowly. Make a conscious effort when you're outside to slow down your jogging pace, because it's really easy to set off at a brisk jog and tire yourself out quickly. When I say slowly, I'm talking about 8.8kph on a treadmill. This is just to start. You'll quicken up as you go along, but if you go at an easy pace at the beginning you'll be able to run for longer and it will build up your confidence.
    Finally, if you really want to do this, get your head around it. Push yourself. Even if you're feeling really tired, set yourself a goal - like the next lamp post - and then turn around and go back. Soon enough you'll get your second wind, and then I swear to god you'll feel like you can run forever!

    Best of luck with it. I'm running the marathon too for the first time, so see you there.


  • #4
    sillysocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭sillysocks


    I started running for first time in January with tomorrows Bupa 10k run as my goal (which is same distance as the mini-marathon in June). I was like you in that I always found motivation and actually getting out to do it difficult.

    Myself and a friend started out the first week in January and the first day coudln't even run half the 1.5miles we were meant to run on our programme!

    The programmes we used were on www.halhigdon.com. Not sure how many weeks til mini-marathon but we started with the 8week 5k programme for Novices and when that was finished moved onto the 8 week 10k programme for Novices.

    http://www.halhigdon.com/5K%20Training/5-Knovice.htm
    http://www.halhigdon.com/10ktraining/10knovice.htm

    The best thing I found about having a programme was that there were certain days that you 'had' to go, and then other days that were 'rest' days so on those days you didn't feel guilty sitting at home doing nothing, and didn't think "god I really should go out". They give you set distances so you run that and then you're done for that evening.

    The best advice is prob to try find a programme or set yourself a definite training plan, and also to try find someone else who'll do it with you!


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