Follow the progress of Kim (aka The Evil Pixie) live in the forums as she prepares to run a sub-5:00 marathon under the guidance of mentor Steve Smythe
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Age: 36
Running for: 7 years
No. of marathons: 3
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| PB for 10K: 1:06 Half-Marathon: 2:28 Marathon 5:49 |
| Strengths: Determination; not afraid to ask for support from friends; listening and taking in everything I'm told; passionate about encouraging new people to start. |
| Weaknesses: Lack of self-belief; not training to a plan. |
| Did you know? I love my Enell sports bra and have to buy every new colour they bring out - I now have purple, red, white, champagne, pink, black, kiwi... |
| Kim's Schedule | Kim's Training Thread | Kim's profile |
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About Kim
Kim says: I took up running in 2002, after spending three weeks researching before I even bought a pair of trainers! I entered a 5K - and that was all I was planning to do - but when I crossed the line, I was itching to do another race. I then ran the Reading Half-Marathon and finished desperate to do a marathon!
My runnersworld.co.uk forum friends ran my first marathon with me – after that, I was addicted.
I'm looking forward to everything about this project – I love talking about running, and I want to tell everybody what I'm up to and throw training ideas around. Having Steve as my coach will be great – I've never followed a schedule, I've only ever tried to run further than before and usually, I avoid speedwork and hills like the plague.
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I'm determined to finish the challenge I've set myself, and it'll really help me being accountable to Steve and everybody on my thread.
Steve says: Kim does have quite a task ahead of her - last week, she took an hour to run 5 miles. She wasn't at her best after a few weeks layoff but only managed to maintain her marathon goal pace for the first two miles before slowing, so she needs to build the fitness to maintain this pace for another 24 miles over the next few months. She is very keen though and has some marathon experience - a 49-minute-plus PB is only going to happen with a lot of hard work.
That said, Kim's never really followed a schedule with conviction before and being part of the Lucozade Sport Super Six means she will get fantastic support from everyone involved.
Kim has been getting to grips with her Garmin Forerunner 405 over the past few weeks and is now starting to prepare herself for the schedule in the New Year.
Hopefully, in addition to working towards her sub-5:00 marathon target, she can also do serious damage on her 5K, 10K and half-marathon PBs which are in need of major revision too.
