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running Dublin Marathon with little training

  • 10-10-2010 8:29pm
    #1
    saltrock2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of advice about the DCM in 2 weeks. I decided a few days ago to give it a go. Now, I am a fit enough individual, I have been training in 10k runs once or twice a week for the past 2 months, and the last race I ran was an Olympic triathlon in Belmullet (I train regularly for triathlons). I find that the 10k runs are pretty ok. Last week I ran my first 20k, half of which is uphill, and did it in 1hr50mins. I was wasn't over-tired after it, but my legs are not 100% 3 days after. My question is, with 2 weeks to go, is it bad for my body to be attempting the Marathon. I reckon I could finish it, but i don't want to do any long term damage.

    thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    saltrock2007 wrote: »
    Hi Guys,

    I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of advice about the DCM in 2 weeks. I decided a few days ago to give it a go. Now, I am a fit enough individual, I have been training in 10k runs once or twice a week for the past 2 months, and the last race I ran was an Olympic triathlon in Belmullet (I train regularly for triathlons). I find that the 10k runs are pretty ok. Last week I ran my first 20k, half of which is uphill, and did it in 1hr50mins. I was wasn't over-tired after it, but my legs are not 100% 3 days after. My question is, with 2 weeks to go, is it bad for my body to be attempting the Marathon. I reckon I could finish it, but i don't want to do any long term damage.

    thanks in advance.

    Afraid the decision has been taking out of your hands on this one as the deadline to enter this was Monday @ 5pm:

    http://dublinmarathon.ie/


  • #3
    sarsfieldsrock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 576 ✭✭✭sarsfieldsrock


    Talk to RQ on this. I think she is in the same boat.:eek:


  • #4
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Where did that stickied thread go?


  • #5
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Where did that stickied thread go?

    Not stickied anymore, but here.


  • #6
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    rainbow kirby wrote: »
    Not stickied anymore, but here.

    Was unstickied when entries closed as thought it had served its purpose


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  • #7
    saltrock2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭saltrock2007


    Yeah sorry I didn't mention that I've got a place in the marathon through a drop-out. So, any thoughts


  • #8
    chinguetti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭chinguetti


    What do you mean by a 'drop-out'? Would it be an entry that someone else isn't going to use and you are just going to use it up for them?


  • #9
    saltrock2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭saltrock2007


    yes, that's pretty much the situation! Which is why im wondering if its a)bad for my legs to do it and b)just plain stupid with little training and i should give it to someone who's put some real work into it.


  • #10
    chinguetti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭chinguetti


    Plain stupid as the number is in someone else's name. If that person don't run the event, burn the number. And they shouldn't be giving away their number. The DCM people wouldn't like that at all.

    If you run it and collapse, they will ring that person's next of kin to deliver the bad news of their death.

    And it does happen. I ran an event where someone sadly died.

    Entry it next year and train properly.


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