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Good idea to take part in 5 mile, 10 mile and half Marathon?

  • 15-04-2009 11:14am
    #1
    niamh4626
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    Hi all,


    I set myself a challagne for this year and it is to complete the Dublin marathon on October.

    I am wondering, would it be a good idea to take part in the 5 mile runner in July 18th, 10 mile runner in 15th August and half marathon on 26th September to set myself smaller challanges which would also help me get used to running in crowds?

    Love to hear your opinions!!
    Niamh:D


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  • #2
    rainbow kirby
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    It's a very good idea. The shorter races along the way will give you a good idea of your progress along the way, and they can help to keep the motivation up.

    Plus I think it's cheaper to register for all 3 of them at once, €45 if I remember correctly.


  • #3
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,144 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Yes.

    You also get some good "free" tshirts from the race series as well.


  • #4
    gaagaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭gaagaa


    Going in the three races is a great idea. They were well organised last year.
    If in enter all together price reduced and get additional gift.
    Check out the dublinmarathon website


  • #5
    lecheile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭lecheile


    niamh4626 wrote: »
    Hi all,


    I set myself a challagne for this year and it is to complete the Dublin marathon on October.

    I am wondering, would it be a good idea to take part in the 5 mile runner in July 18th, 10 mile runner in 15th August and half marathon on 26th September to set myself smaller challanges which would also help me get used to running in crowds?

    Love to hear your opinions!!
    Niamh:D
    Registering for all three is a fantastic plan - go for it! The other reason is that there are usually many training plans available that incorporate these races into them and by following you will be ready and improving for them all.

    Good luck!


  • #6
    Killerz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭Killerz


    Hi Niamh,

    I think it is a great idea. I did the same thing last year. Great practice - you get used to the race environment.

    I pretty much started running around this time last year. 4 of us entered a relay team for the Cork City Marathon on June Bank Holiday weekend (I would recommend this) - then the seed was sown. I did the 5 miler, 10 miler and 13 miler that summer.

    The only thing I will say about the 13 miler on 26th September is that it is very close to the Dublin Marathon - 4 weeks or so, with 2 weeks of this likely to be a "tapering" period. So, you'd need to be able to do more than the 13 miles (probably around 18 miles anyhow) at that stage of your training.

    I did the Longford Half Marathon last year:
    http://www.longfordmarathon.com/
    Its on the 30th August this year. Course is relatively flat. I found that this put me in a better position to be comfortable in the full marathon last year. Yes, it is just 2 weeks after the 10 miler, but moving from 10 to 13 miles in 2 weeks is a hell of a lot easier than from 13 to 26 miles in 4 weeks.

    Another alternative is the Dingle Half Marathon (think its the first year of this):
    http://www.dinglemarathon.ie/
    on 12th September. Dont really know too much about this, but again, there is more time before the Dublin Marathon.

    You could do the Dublin Half Marathon aswell on 26th Sept as practice.

    best of luck with it. I'll be doing the 5 miler anyhow, and hoping to do the Dublin Marathon aswell.


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