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@den1mhead Nice work! That's a pretty solid pace over that distance. Do you have a usual running route?
Cheers @Engineer. Where I live is very hilly so I try to mix up the route.
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More training (for me) today for the upcoming Bath half marathon, March 2017, where me and Jules ( @Black Orchid ) have pledged to raise a minimum of £300 each for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity .
Huge thanks to those IH forum members that have already sponsored us.
To read the backstory click; https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3976.msg474036#msg474036Todays training route and data;
To donate to this amazing charity, whilst supporting me and Jules, simply click on links below;
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/barcleyroberts
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More training today for the upcoming Bath half marathon, March 2017, where me and Jules ( @Black Orchid ) have pledged to raise a minimum of £300 each for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity. See how much we have raised so far in the images below . .
Huge thanks to those IH forum members that have already sponsored us.To read the backstory click; https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3976.msg474036#msg474036
Today I trained with Alex, Jules' son, and we ran the Trionium Bath Hilly Half, see; http://www.trionium.com/bathhillyhalf/
Today's route, data and pics below;
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More running training today for the upcoming Bath half marathon, March 2017, where me and Jules ( @Black Orchid ) have pledged to raise a minimum of £300 each for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity .
See below for how much has been raised so far;
Huge thanks to those IH forum members that have already sponsored us.
To read the backstory click; https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3976.msg474036#msg474036Todays training route and data;
To donate to this amazing charity, whilst supporting me and Jules, simply click on links below;
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/barcleyroberts
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/julesroberts -
Ran the Seattle half marathon on Sunday with my brother in law.
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^awesome @Brock, looks like you guys had a great day and posted a decent time as well^
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Thanks it was awesome! And good luck on your training! [emoji1436]
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@Brock you had some great weather on Sunday for the race. I was out on the course cheering for an old teammate of mine. Definitely wished I could have raced but my achilles bogged me down.
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More running training today for the upcoming Bath half marathon, March 2017, where me and Jules ( @Black Orchid ) have pledged to raise a minimum of £300 each for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity. Huge thanks to those IH forum members that have already sponsored us.
To read the backstory click; https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3976.msg474036#msg474036
Today's training was about increasing Jules' strength and endurance and we both completed 10 miles which was a great result and the longest distance she has run to date
To donate to this amazing charity, whilst supporting me and Jules, simply click on links below;
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/barcleyroberts
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/julesroberts -
@Brock you had some great weather on Sunday for the race. I was out on the course cheering for an old teammate of mine. Definitely wished I could have raced but my achilles bogged me down.
Absolutely, it was perfect weather! Even better than last year. That's cool you were there, and sorry to hear about your injury! I'll see you there next year then [emoji6]
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Planning on it. I did the marathon in 2012/2013 so I'm due to take another swing at it. Nice course, but very unforgiving.
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I need your support guys . . . . . . please . . . . I'm running the Bath Half Marathon in a little over two weeks, on Sunday 12th March 2017, which I am running to raise money for The Teenage Cancer Trust Charity. I have pledged to raise £300 and I am over half way to my target. Huge thanks to those IH forum members that have already sponsored us.
To read the backstory click; https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3976.msg474036#msg474036
To donate to this amazing charity, whilst supporting me, simply click on link below;
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/barcleyroberts -
What a great cause. Best of luck with the race and fundraising.
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What a great cause. Best of luck with the race and fundraising.
Thanks so much @summ3rhays for you kind donation; from me and from the Teenage Cancer Trust Charity. [emoji4]
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Huge thanks to you all for the support offered to me and The Teenage Cancer Trust Charity, both financial and in spirit, for the up coming Bath Half Marathon on Sunday 12th March 2017. I am running the half marathon to raise money for the charity where I pledged to raise £300 and thanks to you guys I have gone over my target of £300
To read the backstory click; https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3976.msg474036#msg474036
Jules ( @Black Orchid ) still has just over £50 to raise to achieve her £300 pledge so please support her and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
To donate to this amazing charity, whilst supporting Jules ( @Black Orchid ), simply click on link below;
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/julesroberts
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A MASSIVE thanks to all of you for the support offered to me, Jules ( @Black Orchid ) and The Teenage Cancer Trust Charity, both financial and in spirit, for the Bath Half Marathon that we both successfully completed on Sunday 12th March 2017 . We ran the Bath half marathon to raise money for The Teenage Cancer Trust Charity and our totals including gift aid were; £352.50 and £308.75. Thanks to you guys we both hit our pledge targets of £300
To read the backstory click; https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3976.msg474036#msg474036
I ran alongside Jules all the way as it was her first half marathon and she found it tough but completed it without breaking her stride. Here are a few pictures;
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Ok so I've just put my name down for my first full marathon in York on Sunday 8th October 2017 and was wondering if anyone with experience of running full marathons has any useful tips ? @BloodnThunder, @Chris, @llvlaglne, @summ3rhays, anyone else?
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No full marathon experience here, I run 5 km every year once in a corporate run, for which I just at present keep procrastinating the commencement of training. Thus sorry I have no hints, but a big thumbs up for your stamina and readiness to do this. Plus the personalised shirt looks, well, like you're a big name and real star at this sort of thing. Which you'll likely become soon….
Best of luck, and do keep us posted!
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@den1mhead this could be a giant list but I'll try and stick to what is most important.
1. You will most likely be running higher weekly mileage than you have in the past, maybe ever, so it is very important to pay attention to how you are feeling (you're heart rate if you use a monitor) rather than worrying about what pace you typically do easy runs at. The easiest way to overtrain is to run too hard on easy days.
2. Fluids on race day and long runs. The best way to get to know what your body needs as far as hydration and electrolytes is via race pace long runs of around 20 miles. In that time you should be experimenting with hydration volume and energy replacement (Gels, etc.). On race day, especially if you sweat a lot and/or are running the race at a moderate to hard effort, keeping your glucose and electrolyte levels replenished is vital over the last 10 to 15k. And the only way to keep them at proper levels is to pay attention to consumption from the first hydration station on.
3. Pacing: In training you should have developed a strong sense for what pace you are capable of sustaining over the entire race. Early on don't hesitate to be a little short of that. The pace early on will feel effortless so it is very easy to get sucked into running a little faster. Especially if you are in a big group. Better to be conservative early and make up that ground over the second half than vice versa. Going out hard and holding on does not work in the marathon.
Those are my three primary items but I'm more than happy to go into as much detail as you'd like on anything training or racing related. I've done 4 marathons with the first actually being my best due to the fact I started very conservatively. My worst came in the form of running very hard and not properly replenishing which resulted in the most miserable running experience of my life.
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Cheers @BloodnThunder for your helpful response.
I've been wearing a Garmin Forerunner 10 that doesn't have a HRM function but today I purchased the Garmin Forerunner 35 with a wrist based HRM. Can you expand on "it is very important to pay attention to how you are feeling (you're heart rate if you use a monitor)" and maybe suggest target heart rates that are contingent with different work rates and suited for full marathons? Thanks in advance
