Shades Marathon Training

marathon molly wrote (see)

Big G - wow! that's really kind of him!

Emmy - well done on finishing, it sounded a bit of a shambles. The main thing is that that you're okay. You look good in the photo anyway! If you don't manage 4.30 in Paris, you'll do it in Berlin . They'd run out of medals? that's shocking really, they should always have some spares.

I agree. They needed to plan better. I'm hoping that it'll improve in future years. I'm hoping that the break will do me good and i'll come back stronger.

How did you get on at the weekend, Molly? Did you feel OK on your run?

Emmy - I'll try and put something together for you when I get home from work tonight.   OK for you to do your 10 miler on Sunday and if you want to enter the 12k go ahead, I can work round both of them.

Ice your foot, if you can.   It should ease in a day or so.

Back to work now

Thanks Shades :0) It's much appreciated. I'll ice my foot later tonight and see if that helps.

Good luck at work... I have 4 hours of meetings and i'm going to hate every hour of it.

Hi Shades, he said it was just a build up.  Bascially even though the orthotics help realign my foot they dont cure it completely and my feet are badly structured.  so the half marathon on sunday started it and then the two runs mid week just compounded the bruising on the bone

Hi Slowkoala,

I've had asthma since I was a wee one so I know how to 'control' it and since i've been running it's not affected me as much. I do get wheezy around my allergies and I know that around certain triggers (e.g. cats, dust) - i'll struggle with breathing. This breathing was something like i've only felt once or twice. It felt like no matter how much air I was breathing - it was not enough for me. I tried controlled breathing techniques but I walked for around a mile by myself to put myself back in check - take my inhalers and keep moving. It's funny - but today - I don't feel any chest tightness like I sometimes do.

I dont want to appear negative about the race because there were a lot of positives but for me - that race was another hard one.... who knew marathons were so hard?

Emmy - my 18 miler wasn't too bad, it's given me a mental boost that I can finish a marathon in 3 weeks' time.

Running home from work this evening and then 2 days of rest as I'm doing a course in Milan (and I've just checked the hotel website and they don't have a "dreadmill", I can't work out if I'm relieved or not ) 

bootsie - do you use different shoes?   Speak to your physio and in the future it might help that you don't run in the same shoes on consecutive runs, then if there's a spot that's getting a bit more pressure than it should, a diferent pair of shoes can alleviate that.

Slowkoala wrote (see)

Big G, impressed with your signed book. What a lovely man he sounds. I can imagine Shades writing a book in years to come on running - you must have enough experience of different races and must have a lot of stories to tell

Noooooo, not you as well.   Everyone wants me to write a book

Emmy - maybe the different atmosphere/air quality triggered your asthma, especially after the cold weather you've had back home.

Off to ponder on your training schedule

Emmy - I've emailed you to your gmail address.

evening all hope you are all well...cant someone invent a pill that reddies you for a marathon withouy all this training malarky. Really finding it hard to get out and train..I have a 10miler planned for tonight but i might only do 6 cause i cant be bothered..I know not the right attitude but thats where my head is at the moment. Grrr curse you bad attitude lol

I'm looking for some guidance, I have a dull pain on my leftside, on the ribcage (about the point that the bicep would touch with arms down straight) and I'm unsure if running has caused it.

I've looked online and it may be some kind of intercostal muscle tear or pull, I've had the pain for 4-5 days and wasn't sure what caused it, Its not inflammed, but is tender to touch and is a constant dull ache. I'll give it a day or so before I get it checked properly as it might just sort itself out (and too busy to get to the Docs).

I had this before my 21 mile run on Sunday and this run didn't make it feel any worse, and I didn't feel it when I ran, so I guess its OK to continue training, but its beginning to annoy me - any advice?

Thanks

Tim 

Iain - LOL, but then there would be no achievement in completing a marathon

Rattler - sounds like you've pulled a muscle.   You're not recovering from a cold or chest infection are you?

Slightly less cold today but I'm so happy to get off the main roads now and at least do the last part of my run on the country roads

Thanks Shades! Much appreciated.

I'm off to Frankfurt for the day *yawn*.

Emmy - you're welcome

I'm off to work soon, my 4 minute commute ..LOL

Its good to be reading all these posts and talking with other runners and seeing how they are getting on, went on a 6 mile run last night after to 10 mile runs at the weekend and felt like my legs were going to fall off ) it sure is good to get out though and put the miles in.

@Shades  - not recovering from a Chest Infection or cold (to speak of) - had a few coughs and splutters, but generaly I'm in decent health. I did read that even a hard cough could have caused this, but maybe its down to landing awkwardly on a run?

It's just a pain !!!  - did you see what I did there???? 

@Fastkoala - I'm not even sure where my Doctors is  - I'll give it a few days and see. Off for a run at lunchtime too