am i normal??

Nedkelly24

dont get time for much training (family stuff) get out every sunday ..knock out half marathon in 95 mins feel grand after...been told this is not normal...natural ability?? what u guys think ??

RacoonQueen

No, you are not normal.

gerard_65

Nedkelly24 wrote: »

dont get time for much training (family stuff) get out every sunday ..knock out half marathon in 95 mins feel grand after...been told this is not normal...natural ability?? what u guys think ??

Fairly fast walk, 70mins would be average for a half, running. Try get a bit more training in.

plumber77

Maybe you'd feel a bit worse after a fast one.

Nedkelly24

gotta get some midweek training in!"
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blockic

newby runner? Is that you?

Any bit of background/idea to how you got this natural ability?

average_runner

gerard_65 wrote: »

Fairly fast walk, 70mins would be average for a half, running. Try get a bit more training in.

I think you find thats not true. Just look at previous half results and not many hit 70 mins

Nedkelly24

blockic wrote: »

newby runner? Is that you?

Any bit of background/idea to how you got this natural ability?

not sure!!! couch potatoe most of my life...suddenly found out i can run without much effort..ran DCM2013 in 3hrs 24 not much training done...going to give a bit more time to training me thinks..

zAbbo

Nedkelly24 wrote: »

ran DCM2013 in 3hrs 24

Thats impressive

thirstywork2

Runners aren't ''normal''

You aren't a runner if you don't train so id say you are normal

walshb

70 mins for a half marathon off average training is very very impressive. More impressive if done by a "non committed club runner."

Letyourselfgo

I don't know if you're taking the piss or not, hopefully the latter and if so get down to a club.
It took me 4/5 months of 5/6 days a week to get to 1'38.
I had a friend who ran twice a week and never raced before. I brought him to a 10 miler. I finished the race in an ok time and was waiting for him at the line to finish. My wait was in vain though as he came from the other direction. He was in 10 minutes before me and had ran 60 flat
So get down to a club

rom

Nedkelly24 wrote: »

dont get time for much training (family stuff) get out every sunday ..knock out half marathon in 95 mins feel grand after...been told this is not normal...natural ability?? what u guys think ??

Sure most people feel grand after. Its how you feel during that counts.

ThePiedPiper

I don't think you necessarily have any amazing ability or anything. If your Sunday run consists of 3 or 4 miles at 10 minutes a mile, and you can knock out a 1:35 half marathon, then that'd be fairly impressive. However, if your Sunday run is 10-15 miles long run at 7:00-7:30 per mile, and you do a bit of other sports on top of that, then 1:35 half marathon would be about what you'd expect. Especially given that you ran a marathon last year, and presumably did some half decent training?

One way or the other, 1:35 is a reasonably decent time, not special by any stretch of the imagination, but it really all depends on your circumstances as to whether you have some more potential or a huge amount more potential.

What sort of training did you do to run the 3:20 marathon? Surely more than one session a week?

Nedkelly24

Letyourselfgo wrote: »

I don't know if you're taking the piss or not, hopefully the latter and if so get down to a club.
It took me 4/5 months of 5/6 days a week to get to 1'38.
I had a friend who ran twice a week and never raced before. I brought him to a 10 miler. I finished the race in an ok time and was waiting for him at the line to finish. My wait was in vain though as he came from the other direction. He was in 10 minutes before me and had ran 60 flat
So get down to a club

no time for running club atm. but am going to try train a bit more often now..

Econoline Van

Nedkelly24 wrote: »

not sure!!! couch potatoe most of my life...suddenly found out i can run without much effort..ran DCM2013 in 3hrs 24 not much training done...going to give a bit more time to training me thinks..

I ran DCM 2010 in 3:26 and 3:28 the year previous on just my usual 5-mile run done 3/4 times per week and then literally two or three longer runs (10 miles) a couple of weeks before the marathons. I would've been slightly (or "very" if you're a serious athlete) overweight for both of them too.
Don't think it's abnormal though. I think it's just a marathon suits me (and you maybe) due to a good engine. i.e. run 1 mile at an ok pace and just get into the rhythm.

DCM 2013 is in October, btw....? :-)

slowsteady

Nedkelly24 wrote: »

not sure!!! couch potatoe most of my life...suddenly found out i can run without much effort..ran DCM2013 in 3hrs 24 not much training done...going to give a bit more time to training me thinks..

Could you look up my time for DCM2013 and I'll see whether its worth training this year

Nedkelly24

Econoline Van wrote: »

I ran DCM 2010 in 3:26 and 3:28 the year previous on just my usual 5-mile run done 3/4 times per week and then literally two or three longer runs (10 miles) a couple of weeks before the marathons. I would've been slightly (or "very" if you're a serious athlete) overweight for both of them too.
Don't think it's abnormal though. I think it's just a marathon suits me (and you maybe) due to a good engine. i.e. run 1 mile at an ok pace and just get into the rhythm.

DCM 2013 is in October, btw....? :-)

sorry i meant 2012..