sub or about 4h30 hopefully - Page 670 - Spring Marathon

EmmaC

31/03/2012 at 12:12

RH and mcs all the best for your races tomorrow!

RH you should see a fair amount of Horsham Joggers tomorrow in their white vest with burgandy sections down the side - that's my club. Not sure who's running though.

Still snotty but not gone to my chest luckily so have carried on training!

Wish the sun would come back out!

Iccle Jim

01/04/2012 at 13:47

Did a lovely countryside / along the river run Friday - very warm and I'm not carrying water at the moment but it was a good steady 12.3 miles.

Today's was just as scenic, 17.3 round the villages and tracks west of Lincoln, finishing with 3 pacey miles as I tried to catch my running buddy again!

The taper begins << H E R E > > !!!

All training is now complete or not happening. Nothing more now will make us any quicker on race day, we have set our max pace, just need to tone and taper and be sensible so that pace can happen on race day!

Edited: 01/04/2012 at 13:52

Redhead

01/04/2012 at 13:52

OMG, I did it! I smashed my pb after all these years!

Unofficial time from my Garmin is 2:01:02 and I now feel that sub 2 is within my grasp with a bit more training.

I'm so happy I could cry

Iccle Jim

01/04/2012 at 16:41

Redhead, that's f a n t a s t i c ! ! ! well done xxx

go eat ice cream, drink whatever, and cry as loud as you can with joy!

Iccle Jim

01/04/2012 at 16:42

[this is a post I've just put onto JustOneMoreMile's facebook thread:

It's taper time! with less than 3 weeks to go to London (and Boston, Brighton, Hull, Manchester, I think...) no runs or training you do now will make you go faster on the day. In-fact, anything you do will effectively make you slower! Think of your best possible time as set in stone; now you just have to tweak your energy levels, nutrition, rest, recovery and mental attitude to chip away to reveal the perfectly formed scuplture that is your PB...!

EmmaC

01/04/2012 at 21:21

RH - Zoweee - that's a huge amount off!

FAB - U - LOUS! Enjoy - you can def doa sub 2 just pick your target! Great stuff - so pleased for you. x

relaxed!

02/04/2012 at 12:29

RH that is brilliant well done you

IJ - wise words. Taper - what a lovely word

Redhead

02/04/2012 at 21:57

Evening all,

Went out for a meal to celebrate last night but was a good girl and only had 1 glass of wine

Official chip time is 2:00:59. Hoorah! Rest day today.

Thanks Emma, IJ and Relaxed xxx

EmmaC

02/04/2012 at 22:19

Bloody marvellous - you just need to find 5 seconds per mile - you can do it!

But I would be content with a 5+ minute improvement for the time being. What a breakthrough!

mcs

03/04/2012 at 14:20

Congrats redhead enjoy.
Pb for me 1.55.32 for Coniston 14 with 1.48 for the half time so a great weekend up in the lakes ate a lovely meal in the sun hotel afterwards. Recommend that race to all it's boooootiful!
Great running jim et al enjoy your tapers still got seven weeks to Edinburgh...........

Redhead

03/04/2012 at 20:05

Wow mcs, that's a cracking pb, very well done

Just 3 miles xc nice and steady for me today. Legs felt fine.

Edited: 03/04/2012 at 20:06

Iccle Jim

04/04/2012 at 08:46

excellent, well done Mark

mcs

04/04/2012 at 13:23

Snow here today so not running , running the office solo instead!! Crazy weather here...... had to walk in in the wellies in driving snow and wind and its not stopped all morning. Behind on the schedule but hey not much I can do dont want to risk slipping over......Happy Wednesday all soon be weekend again!!

Redhead

04/04/2012 at 14:03

I can't believe the news - we're sitting here with a hosepipe ban and sunshine and there's snow chaos up North! Ridiculous weather.

Another gentle 3 miles for me today.

mcs

05/04/2012 at 21:59

Eight today in snow and ice at six am, now it's nearly all gone crazy weather!

Iccle Jim

05/04/2012 at 22:00

cor blimey! 4 days without a run and when I did go out this evening, it hurt! sore ankles, legs, hips, back, everything! hopefully it's just a reaction to the taper, so still looking forward to a speedy half on Sunday!

Great 4 day bank holiday weekend, Happy Easter all xx

Redhead

06/04/2012 at 09:49

Tempo run for me soon. I'm making hot cross buns at the moment

Jim, tapering is really awful isn't it. I'm getting grumpy and nervous in equal measures. Are you racing this weekend then?

Have a lovely Easter everyone

Iccle Jim

06/04/2012 at 13:19

yes RH, Friskney Half (near Boston). It's flat and fast though can be windy as it's only a couple of miles from the North Sea. Should be a good 1:52 or so if I can...!

Redhead

07/04/2012 at 11:00

Oooh, good luck then Jim. Sub 1:50 please

Iccle Jim

08/04/2012 at 00:05

btw last time I ran sub 1:50 was... err.... 1995 ish (aged, oh, err... not 20 yet...!) and my first ever in 1992. Got an age-prize in that one though!