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Pacing advice please

  • 25-10-2013 9:54am
    #1
    foralongtime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭


    Hello, long time lurker, first time poster.

    I've been running for about 3 years and am slow and steady, so no breaking records here. Monday will be my 3rd marathon in about a year. My first was very mountainous and I finished around 4:50. My second was on the seafront and the excitement of the day got the better of me. Ran too hard into into the wind first half, leaving me wrecked. Came in about 4:45.

    I ran two HM the last couple of months during training and came in at 2:01 on both. I can run pretty much to about 26km with no problem and then I get pains in my hip/upper thigh bone and it's a mix of run/walk. So my question for Monday is this, (if my natural pace is with the 4/4:10 group) should I;

    A) Try to run slower and go with the 4:40 group and then if I get to around 35k with no problem, pick it up? (my worry would be that I'd get to 26 and have the same pains), or

    B) Run at my natural speed and instead do a run/walk (say, 12 min/1 min) deal from the very start, hoping the breaks make it easier.

    Advice much appreciated... Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    RoyMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭RoyMcC


    Hello and welcome. I don't think you can second-guess any pain issues, but you might think about carrying a couple of pain killers to use should it become necessary.

    Have you tried run/walk in training? If you're comfortable with that then I'd say it's the way to go.


  • #3
    Rogue Runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭Rogue Runner


    RoyMcC wrote: »
    Hello and welcome. I don't think you can second-guess any pain issues, but you might think about carrying a couple of pain killers to use should it become necessary.






    Couldnt disagree more here and to give someone that information is dangerous and irresponsible.

    BMJ OPEN

    Marathon and half-marathon participants who consumed over-the-counter analgestics—diclofenac, ibuprofren, and aspirin—before the 2010 Bonn Marathon in Germany were five times more likely to experience adverse side effects like gastrointestinal issues, haematuria (blood in urine), stomach cramps, and heart palpitations during their run than those who stuck to a pill-free pre-race ritual.

    ....................

    Have you been to a physio?


  • #4
    RoyMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭RoyMcC


    Rogue Runner wrote: »
    Couldnt disagree more here and to give someone that information is dangerous and irresponsible.

    BMJ OPEN

    Marathon and half-marathon participants who consumed over-the-counter analgestics—diclofenac, ibuprofren, and aspirin—before the 2010 Bonn Marathon in Germany were five times more likely to experience adverse side effects like gastrointestinal issues, haematuria (blood in urine), stomach cramps, and heart palpitations during their run than those who stuck to a pill-free pre-race ritual.

    ....................

    Have you been to a physio?

    Disagree away, I'm perfectly comfortable to advise anyone to pop the odd painkiller as required - if you read all the scare stories no one would ever medicate.


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