Hello!
Forum newb here, but think this looks like my kind of time bracket.
I'm training for the Manchester Marathon on 29th April. It's my first marathon, previously I've run 2 10ks, and they were the furthest I'd ever run. I'm pretty slow, 10k best is 1.02.
I'm running on my own, and have been following begginners/get you round plans, I definitely want to run the whole way and would like to hit somewhere with a 5 in it.
Training has been going ok, I'm gradually upping the distance, but everywhere I look people seem to be doing longer long runs than me already. I'm worried that I'm a bit behind, but also don't want to ramp up my miles too fast and end up injured.
Pacing is also a bit confusing, as I run so slowly, that doing long runs at slower than marathon pace puts me 12+ mins per mile, which seems very slow. Do the same rules for pacing apply at the slow end of the spectrum? If I'm honest, most days I seem to run as I feel... Somettimes fast and sometimes slow!
I'm managing 3 runs per week, sometimes 4, and cross train on one day too. I have a toddler and a job, so between them that's about as much as I can manage!
Managed 12 miles today and felt pretty good for my furthest run ever
), kept the pace quite even throughout, and managed 11.18 average/mile, which for me is something to be pound of!
Apologies, rambly post, but looking forward to meeting you all and hopefully some people as slow as me!
Beck x
Edited: 28/01/2012 at 20:29
