Shades Marathon Training

Er Leicester is a good course and in October

hadn't realised abo had even opened yet lol, bang goes that one for a autumn speedy run then.....

Come on decent bonus and a scottish trip instead then Loch Ness should be fun and perhaps faster than leicester too.

I have entered the VLM ballot 4 times and only got in once... there are 150 000 ballot places and they are snapped up in 17 hrs or so..next year i hope to get a good for age entry but that meant taking 15 min off my PB so its going to be really tough...i was hoping to do my first sub 3 in london as it is my home marathon but i am hoping to achieve that in edinburgh....anyone else running edinburgh this year?

as for compression kit i dont have any trouble with my lower legs, its my thighs that suffer after 17 miles or so they start to ache, might be due to lack of prep so not sure what to try!!

One of the key factors to getting in London through the ballot is your predicted finishing time, as they have restrictions on the number of runners they can handle at any one time at the finish.   Most runners put a finishing time of 3.30 to 4.30 so that lessens your chances if you put that time too.

Iain - is it your quads or hamstrings that start to hurt in the latter stages of the marathon?

Wild and windy here today

Khanivore - probably up to 5.30, I can't remember.   It doesn't matter as you're chipped over the start line anyway.

I love all the hype about getting into London, but there are a lot of better marathons to do.  But London is a good marathon to do as your first.

I don't think it matters too much. I put 5 hrs and it still took me 5 times of being rejected!

monring all.. its got very cold here! No running since sunday as knee is still a bit sore so will try the treadmill again this evening and see how I go!

two 6 milers, yesterday evening and again this morning, to and from my friends' in Lewisham. 8:47 pace there and 8:46 back. consistent if not particularly fast. although i did have a pretty hefty pack on my back.

they don't really fit into my schedule, but hey ho, got to get what you can. i'd say it's better to do a run of some kind rather than not run at all because you can't fit in exacly what's on your plan for that day.

Having done the 20 miler on Sunday, my legs have felt it for the last couple of days and I have a pain on the top of my left foot. I had that all day Monday and for part of yesterday, I've read that this might be that the laces could be too tight, didn't think they were particularly, but will try them a little looser for the weekends LSR.

But no pain now, so will do a tempo run today after not running for 2 days and feel really up for it.

"listen to your body" someone said - makes a lot of sense.

Tim

me too shades.. TBH feeling rubbish.. ears and throat are very sore etc.. so just generally very run down so not sure the rest isn't a good thing at the moment.. gentle exercise tonight and see how it goes

well done Shades on a good run this morning

Easy 5 for me this morning, Have footy tonight & then will do the 8mile MWLR either tomorrow eve or Friday morning.

Rattler - Have a look here , I use the last one a fair bit, esp for muddy runs but now use most of the time on the road shoes as well. Think it's the one Slowkoala means as well.

http://www.runnersworld.com/running-tips/custom-tie-your-running-shoes

Khanivore - Hope the Twins are better, hard to stay out of the way really!. Eat well & wash hands often, fingers crossed you don't get it. Quite a few at work have nasty coughs at the moment which is making me paranoid.

Every year for London I put 4hr predicted down & changed it last year to 3:30 and got in! make of that what you will. Does mean I may be in a fast pen so will head to the back of it if that's the case will see what pen I get.

I wonder if they have limits on the numbers in each pen?

I'm sticking 2:15 down for next year. At least I can get the Kenyan runners autographs

Is that Nike on your phone you are comparing with Garmin?

Will you carry your phone during the marathon, wear your 210, or take both?