Lazy B to Quarter Marathan

OldBoro

Hi lads looking for a bit of advice. 38 year old male weights close to 19 stone. Played sport when I was younger but been inactive for the last 16 years or so. I want to challenge myself and do something that scares me so I looking at doing a quarte marathon in June anyone who could point me in the direction of a training log and nutrition guide that could help I would really appreciate it. Thanks

silverharp

some advice I just read recently, loose weight first and then do the running. You will be putting a lot of stress on your body by hoofing all that extra weight around.

Alf Veedersane

The most important change you need to make is to your diet. Don't be scared by that. Eating healthily and enjoying your food aren't mutually exclusive. That's something that people seem to think, for some strange reason. The nutrition stickies in the Nutrition & Diet are a brilliant starting point. There's so much in there from people in the know! You can start a program like the Couch to 5k programmes that are ten a penny and build on that. Best of luck with it and I hope you enjoy the changes

WhyTheFace

You won't lose alot (if any) of weight by running. The only way to lose weight is by eating healthily although running has plenty of benefits from a fitness and health perspective.

There's no such thing as a quarter marathon. It's called 10km. So start off doing a couch to 5km plan and increase on that. But as has been said above, focus on weight loss first as the more you weigh the harder it will be to carry yourself around the circuit.

Six down...

You are correct there is a quarter marathon as part of the waterford Viking marathon. This is very achieveable with the amount of time you have. I know someone that when 18 and 1/2 stone decided to do the full Dublin Marathon with 5 months training starting with walking and working up to jogging 1 mile and so on and achieved it in under 4 and 1/2 hours. He now does marathons in under 3 hours. There is plenty places on the Internet for suitable plans. Maybe get a doctors advise before you start any plan and eat sensibly. Good Luck.

OldBoro

Hi folks thanks for all the comments Waterford is the goal alright and the plan as I see it is gradually building up starting with walks during my lunch no shower facilities at work and dont want to gross out my work collegues. Evening to begin walk and jog mix gradually building up the distance and take it from there. Fingers crossed will make the target will keep Ye updated

Woofstuff

OldBoro wrote: »

Evening to begin walk and jog mix gradually building up the distance and take it from there.

Get an exercise bike if you can afford it, and an exercise mat to go with it, so you have no excuse but to do something no matter how bad the weather is.

OldBoro

Cross trainer to cover that thanks time for excuses well and truel gone.

Alf Veedersane

Don't avoid going out running in bad weather. It'll stand you in good stead, mentally. Well, I found that making myself go for a run when it was easier to stay in; keep on going when the wind, rain or both are in your face and you could give yourself an excuse...it stood to me when I was pushed during a race.

silverharp

OldBoro wrote: »

Cross trainer to cover that thanks time for excuses well and truel gone.

cross trainer is good as its low impact. watch your knees I don't know what height you are but you have 40kg on me . Throw in some Tabata style training as it will accelerate your overall "systems" improvements and as said above you will drop most of your weight with your diet so watch the carbs, stay of beer n'stuff if you can and have fun!

OldBoro

I'm 6 2 just googled tabata looks mad maybe just what's needed but need to get a certain level of fitness up before that I reckon but thanks for the suggestion.

Eircom_Sucks

OldBoro wrote: »

I'm 6 2 just googled tabata looks mad maybe just what's needed but need to get a certain level of fitness up before that I reckon but thanks for the suggestion.

Dude im guessing by the username u might be in swords area ? Im looking to train aswell , im heavier but reasonably fit for my size , but im hitting the nac gym om the threadmill and exercise bikes etc , pm me if ur looking for a motivational buddy

Best of luck regardless

MaceFace

Hal Higdon (http://www.halhigdon.com) has plenty of plans and I used his to put together a plan for myself that enabled me to go from couch to marathon in about 7 months. I done it in under 4 1/2 hours.
Lost no weight as drank most weekends and ate whatever I liked.

Be very careful about the additional weight you're carrying though - it will put a tremendous effort on the knees and if you push too hard you will most likely get injured (which happened to me).

Forget anyone who says you won't lose weight running - a man may use over 120 calories per mile running, you will most likely use more due to you carrying the additional weight, so think about it - 2 miles a day, 4 times a week, that's 960 calories burned a week that you would not otherwise have done. That's equal to a stone of fat over the course of a year!

Anyways, Hal Higdon is a great start.
Good Luck!