Runners
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Amazing work guys, incredible times. Should both be proud.
My more humble Marathon time was 4:04. If I’m honest, miles 18-24 were horrendous. My pace up to that point was between 8:15 and 8:30 per mile and I felt pretty good. At mile 18 something happened, my legs felt strong but I just had no “juice”. Pace went down to like 10 minutes per mild, sometimes slower.
Fucking knackered now though.
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Well done @Dmart and @jerkules for struggling through the challenges to finish.
I’ve had to quit a race before due to hypothermia and that shit is no joke. If you kept going and finished @Dmart thats a job really well done. There will always be another race to get better conditions and wear different kit to be able to have a good time. And @jerkules I agree it sounds like you might have needed more carbs and salt, but again if you had no juice and despite that still ran for four hours that is a huge achievement. With the injury and training issues to still finish is massive.
I am moving very slowly today and developed a runny nose yesterday so now time to see how recovery goes. We’re in Paris for the week so there may or not be multiple baguette traditions consumed daily. Might also check out Distance Running Shop, looks like it might be cool.
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Yeah I’m pretty sure I messed up my fuelling. I just took what I’d take on a “normal” long run, and extrapolated it out over 26 miles. I want to do another, and will put a bit more focus on this side of things.
I’m still pretty pleased though. I was aiming for 4 hours, and would’ve been very happy with anything sub-4. Those extra 4 minutes haven’t messed with my feelings of accomplishment, cause as a first timer you never really know if you’ll even complete the race.Hope your recoveries go well. How long do you guys leave it before getting our for another easy run?
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I go off feel and run whenever I feel ready. I've done runs the day after races, but no way that was happening today. Still stiff. I did a lot of walking today and might check out the local piscine tomorrow.
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@jerkules in a rare crossover between the forum and real life, I found out earlier that one of my colleagues was playing in his steel band somewhere along the Brighton course yesterday. I haven’t heard them, so I don’t know if they were encouraging as intended or just made you want to run away!
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@ARNC cool I saw them! I was in a weird place mentally by that point, but IIRC they were around mile 24-25ish. Right towards the end. Any and all support like that is encouraging, it’s a little mood boost to think all these guys have come out to keep spirits up. Even if it ain’t your thing, it’s still super nice and takes your mind off the pain
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Music along the route is a big plus. Lots of bands, do's, and drum groups along the tour in Paris. As someone who usually scoffs at a drum group, while running on Sunday I totally fell for the physical power of the beat, especially at one point where a group of about 30 drummers played at the entrance to a dark tunnel along the Seine. Being underground intensified the beat and helped me pick up the pace. At another point in the Bois de Vincennes a band was playing a not horrible cover of Little Richard, and that too got a lot of us going. A guy behind me kept singing the song for the next few minutes after we couldn't hear the band anymore. So yeah, music along the way is really great. Maybe the best bit in Paris was the techno with laser lighting in one of the tunnels.
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@jerkules I felt the exact same way! I ran my first marathon a couple months ago and it was going great until mile 19-20ish. I think I may have messed up my calorie intake but not sure. Congrats on the accomplishment man!
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@mumonkey72 congrats on your first as well! My calorie intake was pretty consistent with training, I’m starting to think it might’ve been insufficient sodium intake. Only drank one electrolyte drink over the entire race. Other than that I just drank water. The weather was hotter than I’d been training in, and I am a pretty heavy sweater when I exercise. By the time I finished I was covered in gross salt deposits lol. If I ever do another, I’d be much more sensible about nutrition and hydration.
Do you think you’d do another?
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@jerkules So I am signed up to run the San Fransisco marathon in late July so I will do that for sure. Lately I have been getting into trail races and completed an ultra a couple weeks ago and I think I will focus on those from here on out. Even though ultras seem scary, I think the 40 miler I did was easier then the marathon. In the marathon everyone is killing themselves to get to 26.2 as fast as they possibly can. In the ultra I ran and the couple that I have crewed for its a much more relaxed atmosphere. You run slower and no one bats an eye if take an hour to eat some food at an aid station. The atmosphere is super friendly and everyone just wants to see you finish!
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@mumonkey72 If you're on the west coast-- I highly suggest doing Born to Run in Los Olivos. It's sold out this year but it's so much fun. Multi-day camping event with lots of fun events planned throughout the week.
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Really pleased with myself this morning!
Ran religiously during the first year of the COVID lockdowns and got myself to a level of fitness I was genuinely proud of, but fell out of the habit for the past few years...
Postponed getting started again through fear of having to go through those awful first few months again, but finally threw myself back into it two weeks ago.
Today I got my 5k PB @ 22:18, feels good to be back in the game.
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Great work
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@jerkules just out on the streets, I've never actually ran a proper race. Ran for my sanity's sake during COVID, and got myself back into it 5/6 weeks ago...
Body seems to have taken to it well, and I'm breaking previous PBs with minimal effort. Kinda makes me want to take it seriously and follow a marathon training plan over the summer, my friends who's a serious runner reckons I can do one in 3:30 with commitment to the cause...
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Good for you man, sounds like it’s going well. A 3:30 marathon would be a serious achievement, only thing to do now is sign up for one and give it a shot.
I’m looking to sign up for another marathon soon, if my wife’ll let me
. Now I know I can finish one, I want to try to beat my time and get the sub- 4hour I wanted. Funnily my PB half-marathon occurred at miles 3 to 16 in my actual marathon, with 1 hour 42 minutes. Goes to show how shit the tail end of the marathon went that I exceeded the 4 hour point
