BUPA run - Phoenix Park

flossie

Is anybody doing this on 15th April? I'm thinking of doing it. Am currently running 5-6km a couple of times a week, in about 40mins. Do you think that this will be OK to run a 10km race? Was thinking of adding a bit on every week in the hope that i'll make it.

What are peoples experiences on doing this race, and do may people walk/run VERY slowly around the course?

sillysocks

flossie wrote:

Is anybody doing this on 15th April? I'm thinking of doing it. Am currently running 5-6km a couple of times a week, in about 40mins. Do you think that this will be OK to run a 10km race? Was thinking of adding a bit on every week in the hope that i'll make it.

What are peoples experiences on doing this race, and do may people walk/run VERY slowly around the course?

I did the Bupa run last year and am signed up again for this year. You will be fine doing it. Last year I started in January not even being able to run a mile, and did the run in 1 hour 9 mins (which I think is quite slow! Had a lot of walking breaks), and I was by no means the slowest (thank god). Passed out lots of people, esp at the start so if you're able to run 5-6k I would think you'll be fine esp with 5 weeks still to go. And even if you have to have walking breaks during it... what harm... its better than not doing it at all!

After the run last year we (myself and a friend) had arranged nothing else to aim for so the running fell by the wayside, and we started again in Jan with the bupa run in mind - we've worked back up to, hopefully, doing 7k tomorrow and have the last few weeks all planned out for how we are going to make it to 10k.

And most importantly have planned to do either womens mini-marathon in June or a relay team with other friends for the Cork Marathon on same day - so hopefully that'll be enough to keep us motivated after the day this year!

Odysseus

flossie wrote:

Is anybody doing this on 15th April? I'm thinking of doing it. Am currently running 5-6km a couple of times a week, in about 40mins. Do you think that this will be OK to run a 10km race? Was thinking of adding a bit on every week in the hope that i'll make it.

What are peoples experiences on doing this race, and do may people walk/run VERY slowly around the course?

You will be fine, if you can run 6k at the moment you will do it no problem. A lot of people take over an hour to do this run, some even longer. It sounds like this is your first organised run, I remember mine I was full of fear than I wouldn't finish it. If you add 1k a week between now and the race you will cross the line a happy person! Best of luck with it.

Roddy23

Flossie, myself and two mates are singed up for it. I have only really started running in the last 3-4 months, and would prob be in a similar situation timewise as yourself. I can run about 10km in about 60mins on a treadmill, but the last few weeks I've tried to replicate that up in the Phoenix Park, and its a lot tougher. I'm hoping the atmosphere on the day will enable me to get under 60mins.

Going to try and keep up the running over the summer, and hopefully be in a postion to complete a half marathon, and then for the Marathon in October.

rovers_runner

Going to enter it myself.
Jogging 10k in 1hr with a few breaks along the way on a hilly course in south Dublin at the moment.
Going to concentrate more on the stamina and getting the full distance in before the times come down.

Lockster

I'm also signed up for this run and it is my first organised run. I am also at the 6k mark and hoping to do the 10k in about 1 hour. I've been told by people who know that it should be no problem as I'm starting to build up the distance now.

raido9

I'm going to do a 10K run in limerick the day before on 14 April. Only just started running two weeks ago. At the moment I'm running 3-4K about three times a week. Is a month too soon to build up to 10K.

copacetic

raido9 wrote:

I'm going to do a 10K run in limerick the day before on 14 April. Only just started running two weeks ago. At the moment I'm running 3-4K about three times a week. Is a month too soon to build up to 10K.

you have plenty of time if running 4k at the moment. increase one run a week by 1k up until the race. The extra couple of k on race day will be grand with the excitement of the day.

worksucks

I am doing the bupa run 2morrow my last exericse was the mini marathon last summer and now I am ****ting it anyone else in the same boat it would give me a lot of comfort to hear from some other lazy/hate excercise person such as myself!!

Diamondmaker

worksucks wrote:

I am doing the bupa run 2morrow my last exericse was the mini marathon last summer and now I am ****ting it anyone else in the same boat it would give me a lot of comfort to hear from some other lazy/hate excercise person such as myself!!

This is the fitness fourm not the " lazy/hate excercise " forum but you may get someone passing thro'!:D

Seriosuly though there will be ks 00s of people walking it in 1-2 hours and the rest dont worry just bring sunblock if your gonna be out there for 2 hours!:cool:

Kingp35

I had never run long distance race in my life and I still went and ran the Dublin Marathon last year which I think is roughly 42km. I play soccer and GAA which keeps me fit but I didnt put any training what so ever into running the marathon.

Maybe its just me but I think all this talk of you having to train for weeks before a long distance race is rubbish. If your level of fitness is good then you can run the 10km race no problem.

Personally I think a long distance run is more about your mental state than your physical state (provided you have a decent level of fitness of course). Determination to finish gets you over that line.

Transform

Eh what time did you run the dublin marathon in? Kingp35

quozl

I'd agree that anyone who plays GAA or soccer regularly should be able to jog 10k. I wouldn't think running a marathon without training is the best idea though

Mental strength is all well and good but it won't stop you getting a stress fracture. In fact, it might make you daft enough to finish the run on the stress fracture and be in a cast for weeks after, ala a slightly daft friend of mine.

As an example. the great northern run in the uk has a couple of fatalities every year, a dispropotionate precentage of it's runners compared to big marathons. I believe it's because it's 'just' a half-marathon and people think they can safely do it without proper training.