Edinburgh Marathon

i'm here!!

but feeling a bit sorry for myself with the lurgy cold type thing and havent run since last friday... deciding whether to go tonight

DD...Hello.

Dont feel guilty about not running, if your ill, then your ill. If you feel up to it, then why not try a couple of miles tonight but dont push too hard. 
How do think us blokes get on with man flu, thats a killer and we still get out of our sick beds and run. 

Think yourself very lucky.

What time are you expecting to do edinburgh in?

did london in 5 hrs this year, i was hoping for 4.30 but the heat / crowds / first mara etc all cam into play. i have times, 'amazing', 'good' and 'happy with that', so that would be 4.15, 4.30 and beat 5 hours!! what about you? is it your first one?

Did paris earlier this year as my first and took me over 5 hours due to foot problem, one to forget. Entered last months Berlin marathon but again injury came into play and i withdrew. So i am doing Paris again next spring followed by this one, hoping to make amends, and if all goes t**ts up then i shall take up playing darts.

Shall start a time list for edinburgh.

2.30hrs

3.00hrs

3.30hrs
Gold Pig - 3.59

4.00hrs
DeeDee24 - 4.15

4.30hrs

5.00hrs

DD...Is that time right for you

im hoping for 4.30 - 5.00

as long as i beat my powerwalking marathon time lol of 6.35 i'll be happy

Put me down for a 2.50 please Gold Pig. I had a 3.02 in Edinburgh last year and trained really hard for Berlin but a knee injury a few weeks out meant that I wasn't quite ready for it. Did the first half in 1.27 but then it got messy and the back half was 1.49.

Will actually be happy to beat my lifetime goal of 3 hours and everything else is a bonus.

2.30hrs
R-Dave - 2.50

3.00hrs

3.30hrs
Gold Pig - 3.59

4.00hrs
DeeDee24 - 4.15

4.30hrs
Angela Gill2 - 4.31

5.00hrs

Angela, thats a nice figure to go for.

Rdave...am i your secretary?

2.30hrs
R-Dave - 2.50

3.00hrs

3.30hrs
Gold Pig - 3.59

Beavis - 3.45

4.00hrs
DeeDee24 - 4.15

4.30hrs
Angela Gill2 - 4.31

5.00hrs

4.03 in London earlier this year, gutted to miss the 4 hour mark but the heat got the better of me, intend to do more hot weather training, or wearing extra layers if it's cool to simulate the heat, as i'm guessing this will be a warm one being in May.

2.30hrs
R-Dave - 2.50

3.00hrs

3.30hrs
Gold Pig - 3.59

Beavis - 3.45

4.00hrs
DeeDee24 - 4.15

4.30hrs
Angela Gill2 - 4.31

Bburn Plodder - 4.31 

5.00hrs

I'm snap with Angela . I think from what you said, our half times are very similar.

2.30hrs
R-Dave - 2.50

3.00hrs

3.30hrs
Gold Pig - 3.59
Beavis - 3.45

4.00hrs
DeeDee24 - 4.15

4.30hrs
Angela Gill2 - 4.31
Bburn Plodder - 4.31 

5.00hrs
CazSoul

I dont mind being at the back, someone has to be.

Morning all

Caz....I suppose once we are half way through our training, we will have a good idea if we are on track to meet our goals. You never know, come february you might be in the 4.30 group and I'll be at the back.
Which plan are you following.

Morning Goldie, I emailed Shades for hers...  3 runs a week sounded do-able without impacting on my home life too much.  I dont know if you've seen/heard about it, but its basically 2 shorter runs (1 easy, 1 tempo/hills etc) and 1 LSR with the option of another easy run.  I'm sticking with the 3 as I go to the gym twice a week as well and I dont want to be out EVERY night.   Its a 16 week plan but I extended it so I started last weekend, that way I can increase the LSR mileage very slowly and if the weather turns particularly bad or I fall ill then it wont have too big an impact.  Thats the theory anyhoo.

How about you???

Hi Caz

I remember e-mailing shades last year so i may still have copies of her plans. Up to now i am doing the RW 16 week plan but i have time to change that. At the moment i am just trying to build up the base and roughly running about 22m with 4 runs a week, so when the proper training comes in it wont be shock to the system. My LSR needs to improve as i am only up to 7m but may try for 9m this sunday.
Your theory seems about right and is very similar to mine. Have you entered any races leading up to Edinburgh?  

I've done a quick search on here for road races in Yorkshire and I cant say I was grabbed...  Will sign up for the Bradford 10k (March) as thats my local and the Sheffield Half (April)... I did that one last year and it actually falls on a 12mile LSR training week so I can just treat it as a sort of training run.

I've got a 10mile LSR scheduled for this week, am taking it slow and steady as I stupidly left it too late to train for the Great Scottish Run in September so ended up overtraining and the niggle in my foot turned into a killer pain at 11miles.