Runners
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^ This looks like a really fun and brutal race. Enjoy!
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It’s defo both from what I remember of last years event.
Carb loading for tomorrow race [emoji125][emoji4]
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Completed the Bath Hilly Half
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awesome sauce @den1mhead
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For those of you that may be interested in the Bath Hilly Half here's a short film of the 2017 event . . . . . .
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Haven't posted in this thread before, but I run fairly seriously. Glad to have gotten through a marathon in under 2:40 for the first time this past weekend. I went out slightly aggressively at 2:36 flat pace at the half and hung on for the ride as best as I could to finish in 2:39:39. Finished up in 10th overall and 2nd in 30-34 (lost by 29 seconds lol)
I'm probably a bit more suited to the half right now, so I'm looking forward to building back up to attack a fast half in 3 months and then I'll focus the summer on getting more marathon fit for the Berlin Marathon.
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Awesome effort @cander49 on your sub 2hr 40min marathon time. The picture of you hurting brings back memories for me of the Yorkshire marathon that I took part in last year. I will be doing the marathon again this year and will be hoping for a sub 4 hour time.
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Seconded. Congratulations! [emoji4]
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Thirded, if that’s a word. Impressive effort! I was happy to recently log one sub 8 minute mile!
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Thanks! The pain picture was right before the finish. I wasn't sure that I could hang on to 2:39 pace at mile 23, and I really had to work hard in the last 1.2 after struggling pretty badly from 23 to 25. I've had a couple races where I just narrowly missed a goal (including a 2:50:00.1 when I was trying to break 2:50 for the first time
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Awesome! Finished my first half-marathon last month, now training to run a full till the end of the year
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Peaceful journey, Sir Roger.
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@BloodnThunder @cander49 @summ3rhays and anyone else who can contribute - guys I am after some advice . . .
As you may have read in this thread between September and November last year I completed 3 races; 2 half marathons and a full marathon. In December I got Aussie Flu and didn't run. This Jan & early Feb I was in India and didn't run. Upon my return to UK I got cough / cold so didn't run. At the time of writing this I've been out 8 times for 8 separate runs of distance 1 mile upto 4 miles.
Today, my 8th run, after an effective three month break, I completed 4 miles, the furthest of the 8 runs. My garmin figures are below. My concerns are that I am knackered after only 4 miles, my heart rate is sky high compared to last year. Is this normal after a three month break? Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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Sounds a lot like me in November! I am dumb and overreach sometimes, so I had a stress fracture in my foot that knocked me out for 9 weeks from September to November. When I came back in November, it would have been really challenging for the first week or two to do even a 5k at marathon pace. You lose a lot in a few months off, but you also get it back quickly. The most important thing is to be patient. No idea how your weight fluctuates, but if you put on weight, that'll hurt, and taking it off slowly will help. Your effort levels at any pace will come around!
One other thought - how was your heart rate measured? Wrist or chest? The wrist-based measurements seem to work for some people, but they're all over the place for me. If it's wrist, I wouldn't put much stock in it.
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@den1mhead I wouldn't worry about it at all. 3 months is a serious break. If you are paying attention to your Garmin while you run I would focus entirely on what you're heart rate is rather than pace. If you know you are around 135-140 BPM while running easy then try and hover in that range for the next 3-4 weeks. Assuming you've been able to consistently run over that first month you will probably be feeling much more like your old self by the end of it. You will also probably notice you are running faster while holding the same BPM range. After 4-6 weeks of easy to very moderate effort running I would then reassess where you are relative to where you were prior to the break. Assuming you're feeling more like your old self you can then begin incorporating more of the workout and distance structure you had built prior to the break. This buildup could take another 4-6 weeks.
My college coach always used to say that if you take a week off it will take you two weeks to get back to your pre-break self. Granted we were a bunch of division one athletes in ridiculously good shape, but the real point he was making is that it's always important to take your time coming back to avoid any sort of injury.
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@cander49 I use a Garmin 235 which is a wrist based HRM however I also have a chest strap that works, instead of the wrist, with my 235. TBH they both give very similar results
@BloodnThunder thanks for the advice, and you too cander49. What I'm hearing is be patient over the next month to six weeks and train on my heart rate whilst running at an easy to very moderate effort (135-140 bpm). Sound advice fellas that I will stick too. Thanks for taking the time
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@den1mhead exactly. I would look back to what your heart rate was on easy days when you were running consistently before the break. That will give you a good idea of where you should try to be during this first 4-6 weeks. Ultimately your pace should be a good amount slower than it was but the effort will be very similar. As your body starts responding to the training you will begin running faster without any additional effort.
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@den1mhead , yeah, patience is key. I would also focus mostly on how the effort feels to you. Personally, I don't pay any attention to heart rate in training, even though I have a chest strap that seems accurate. For me, it's all about the feel, which is something more about intuition than one specific number. Heart rate is certainly a piece of that, but other important keys are how my legs feel, how easily I could surge the pace if I wanted to, overall level of fatigue, etc, and all of these pieces fluctuate. Sometimes my easy pace is 8:30/mile, while sometimes it's 6:30/mile, and I'm sure my HR fluctuates quite a lot over what I consider to be easy. Just make sure easy feels easy and be patient, and you'll be faster than ever in no time.
