My Turn ... Running Down A Dream
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I once did a very hilly trail half marathon, and thought never again, and I haven't...you guys are all wired wrong 😄
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@Mr-Fish said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Just to throw my lot in here...
I ran the London Marathon last weekend - it was a pretty incredible experience. Never run a marathon before but you can tell London is something special, the crowds are insane (to the point where you almost start to appreciate the quiet moments more).
Started running relatively late last year without any intention of doing a marathon but the chance came up to run London and it felt like too good an opportunity to turn down. Was about 98kg in July and I'm now floating around 90 (the fitness may have increased but the diet unfortunately isn't any better).
Went out with a goal of 3.5 hours but realised about 60% of the way through that wasn't likely to be possible (so much weaving throughout you almost end up running a full extra kilometre due to all the lateral movement). Readjusted my goal and ended up walking for about 500 metres until some jellybabes from a crowd member gave me the impetus needed to run the final 5k (I fast on long run days because my stomach is unreliable at the best of times so I was tanking energy-wise). Finished up just under 3:45 which I was reasonably happy with.
While the run was tough, it's the prolonged training that's tougher - if you can get through that then you can definitely get through the marathon on the day! Good luck to everyone running one in the coming months - it's an awesome achievement.
Awesome mate! We were over there too and wow what an event. Shame I didnt bring the running shoes hah
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@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Since this has become the defacto marathon thread….
I just went back to look at my marathon time after reading the recent posts - and was playing around looking at Strava stats. And I came across this run in my profile from 7 years ago:
Pretty impressive effort by me!
Except, there’s one thing - I did not do this fucking run. It just didn’t happen.
I’ve done one standalone marathon in 2015 and then the Ironman one in 2023 - and neither of those were 3:37 efforts believe me!
I’m so confused right now - did I steal someone’s marathon effort???
haha wow so how did this even happen! Its your local area though! Maybe a few too many beers the night before...
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@taniwharugby said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
I once did a very hilly trail half marathon, and thought never again, and I haven't...you guys are all wired wrong 😄
Trail is king though! Im sure you'd handle a roadie easy!
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@JK ha, I hate road running, but do enjoy trail stuff.
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@taniwharugby said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@JK ha, I hate road running, but do enjoy trail stuff.
Same as me mate!
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@JK said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Since this has become the defacto marathon thread….
I just went back to look at my marathon time after reading the recent posts - and was playing around looking at Strava stats. And I came across this run in my profile from 7 years ago:
Pretty impressive effort by me!
Except, there’s one thing - I did not do this fucking run. It just didn’t happen.
I’ve done one standalone marathon in 2015 and then the Ironman one in 2023 - and neither of those were 3:37 efforts believe me!
I’m so confused right now - did I steal someone’s marathon effort???
haha wow so how did this even happen! Its your local area though! Maybe a few too many beers the night before...
OK, I have solved the mystery.
I remembered last night that I lent my watch to a mate from work for a race around then, though I always thought he had done a half. Just did a search for him in the 2017 results, and he finished with a 3:38.54 (he was 32 at the time) - which is an appropriate margin of error I think for this to be the answer!
Despite knowing it in my heart all along, I have to say that I'm now slightly disappointed that it wasn't me...
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@taniwharugby said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
I once did a very hilly trail half marathon, and thought never again, and I haven't...you guys are all wired wrong 😄
If you ever have a change of heart, there's a good one in the Blue Mountains called the six foot track.
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@antipodean said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@taniwharugby said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
I once did a very hilly trail half marathon, and thought never again, and I haven't...you guys are all wired wrong 😄
If you ever have a change of heart, there's a good one in the Blue Mountains called the six foot track.
and another there called the UTA100...
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@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@antipodean said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@taniwharugby said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
I once did a very hilly trail half marathon, and thought never again, and I haven't...you guys are all wired wrong 😄
If you ever have a change of heart, there's a good one in the Blue Mountains called the six foot track.
and another there called the UTA100...
This looks awesome eh!
A mate of mine did this last week. Crazy mofo
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@JK said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@antipodean said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@taniwharugby said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
I once did a very hilly trail half marathon, and thought never again, and I haven't...you guys are all wired wrong 😄
If you ever have a change of heart, there's a good one in the Blue Mountains called the six foot track.
and another there called the UTA100...
This looks awesome eh!
A mate of mine did this last week. Crazy mofo
Yeah it looks awesome - you can also do a 50/22/11km version which is probably slightly more realistic
Also - your mate is a fucking lunatic
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@antipodean sounds fun...a colleague tried to get me to do the HIlary 80km run...I ignored him.
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Pay up @African-Monkey
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@MajorRage When's your next run?
Just finished Rotorua yesterday. 3 hours 47 mins. A bit slower than the Chch marathon I did less than 2 weeks prior where I did that in 3 hours 29 mins, but that was always gonna be the case as you're still in recovery mode from the previous run. Seeing myself getting gassed by the 3 hours 30 pace setters early on was quite funny, as that's usually my normal pace these days. Overall, happy I got to cross the finish line for a 40th time.
Next stop, Selwyn Marathon on King's birthday weekend.
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@African-Monkey only a 10k on Monday ….
Have a 20k next weekend but that’s pretty easy now ….
