The Half Marathon support Thread

yungwan wrote: »

haha so true! I nearly gave a woman a heart attack one day too. But ya know what I find? When Im passing by someone I all of a sudden get all show offy and pull some pace out of the bag!! Hilarious! I sprint past!! haha

Hee hee, I do this too, especially if Im running out at my parents place where I grew up, hold myself much stronger than i do when Im out at my place int the middle of nowhere! Couldnt let anyone think I was struggling in any way, ever - stupid pride!

shazkea wrote: »

yungwan I do that as well, could be dead on the feet but it's a pride thing so I look like I'm doing fine.

BTW what's the etiquette in passing people out. On the routes I use now, there's always people taking up the path and I find it hard to try and get around them. How do you politely warn people that you are running up behind them without having to scream at them.

To be honest it's always bunches of women I find it harder with (i'm female so I can say that!!). Blokes always seem to get out the way easier and quicker.

I dont need to warn them at all, they hear my heavy breathing and the thump thump thump of my exhausted feet and make way out of fear!

On the music thing - I always listen to music during training runs, helps keep me moving (I lip sync along when things get tough - the locals out here think Im mental), but didnt use it all during the Dublin WMM because the atmosphere was so good. I started the Galway WMM without it but turned it on after about a mile, I just wasnt feeling the same buzz as in Dublin. I may not have made it up Threadneedle without Robbie Williams singing 'let me entertain you' to me... come on, come on, come on, come on.... kept me going!

As for the training, I had a 3.5 miler this morning - Im thrilled with myself because I did the first mile in 9:54 - its the first time I did a mile in under 10 minutes - yay me! whole run took 36.21, which is a little 10:20 per mile pace - probably may best pace so far too. Theres hope for me yet!:D

shazkea wrote: »

BTW what's the etiquette in passing people out. On the routes I use now, there's always people taking up the path and I find it hard to try and get around them. How do you politely warn people that you are running up behind them without having to scream at them.
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Did you ever see Spanglish? lol

fungirl1 wrote: »

Hi all...if i ever log on here and say I was too tired /wrecked / lazy to run can ye kick my bum for me please?? I came home this evening...tired cranky and feeling like a run like a hole in the head:mad:...anyway the guilt you collectively create got me out the door..HONEST..and I really enjoyed it - and I feel so good now...energised not cranky anymore..ran 6km in 37minutes..not bad as there were some small hills included..thanks all for the guilt!

fantastic!! Well done. I know its not hard but the above in bold is soo true!! lol has helped me into the trainers a good few times!!

I was really struggling with running last week and I put it down to my diet. I am trying to lose a bit of weight and I think my diet was really affecting my running. I've decided to just cut down on the bad stuff and eat healthy and get some carbs in, I was trying to cut out / reduce carbs.
I am getting carbs in and I feel alot better.
I did an hour of football last night and 3.5miles today and I felt alot better. The route I take is extremely hilly with really tough climbs but I did the 3.5 in 40mins, not breaking any records but its a tough route.
After 2 weeks feeling like I was going backwards it feels great making progress!!! Gonna try an 8miler at the weekend on a flat course.
Onwards and upwards,,,
Cest - if I manage the 8miles on Sunday is it a big step up to the 13.1 ??

elvis jones wrote: »

I have a Polar RS400 but will upgrade to the Garmin in Sept. The Polar uses a footpad and means i can only use one pair of runners. I want the Garmin so i can have 2 pairs of runners and change between them.

Anyways was out last night to recalibrate my Polar with my new Kayanos and only did 1.5 miles in total.

Back out at lunch today and did a new 5.5 mile route with a killer hill to biuld stamina and did it in 50 min so was well pleased with that 3 days after my 1st half.

Planning 4 on friday evening and 10ish on sunday morning !

Elvis if you run 50 mins at lunch time, when do you eat?

I'm finding it tough at the moment. I'm up at 7am, working til 1 and then again from about 4-8.30 but 1-4 is spent driving to the other jobs. They are kind of like grinds so I'm driving around a lot and I don't really get a chance to eat. I get really stressed out too as I usually end up sitting in traffic for about 2 of those hours.

I'm fitting my runs in alright, but I am feeling sooooo tired!

I should be in a private lesson now but I cancelled it as I'm wrecked.

Supposed to be doing 2m tonight but I don't think it will happen to be honest. Might take this as my rest day and do my 2m on friday.