Shades Marathon Training

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Shades 13 Nov 3:36pm, 13 Nov 2024 4,841 posts	0 Shades Big G - good to hear you're putting together a list of events for next year. With your long suffering time with PF and my catalogue of injuries and mishaps, the list is only a shadow of its former self. As I too didn't run this morning I had a bit of time on my hands and entered a marathon and booked a hotel room...just like the old days 🙃 Entered the Great Welsh, just hoping it won't be too cold for me, but as we have so few road marathons now I can't be too fussy.
Ian5 13 Nov 4:22pm, 13 Nov 2024 422 posts	0 Ian5 Shades-I looked at Great Welsh,but after Fleetwood half I'm a little scarred for seafront races.I am still trying to figure out my spring plans,off for best part of a week from Friday so will tie them down then hopefully.
Shades 13 Nov 4:34pm, 13 Nov 2024 4,844 posts	0 Shades Ian - it's not that sort of seafront race. It's a huge area of tarmac cycle paths that twists and turns but it's on a peninsula with a long stretch of sand to the sea. So it's exposed in a different sort of way than a town promenade. But when it's wet and windy it's a tough course in places.
Shades 13 Nov 4:37pm, 13 Nov 2024 4,845 posts	0 Shades Ian - if you scroll down there's a couple of photos, good example of the course. greatwelshmarathon.co.uk
kstuart 13 Nov 4:46pm, 13 Nov 2024 5,224 posts	0 kstuart I would first need to run a bit faster for a marathon before i considered entering Comrades it seems.
Big_G 13 Nov 4:56pm, 13 Nov 2024 4,203 posts	0 Big_G Shades, seems crazy that my 2 fastest times this year has been up and down that blasted path in Exmouth! I hadn’t realised until I checked the list, but how times have changed! Looking through that list, I really struggled in Madeira and NYC. Tokyo my foot was playing up a fair bit in general, Riga was hot and the foot not great either. But I am really hoping I’m on for better things, with the foot, next year. We shall see. I was talking with my mate the other day and I still have hopes of getting back down under 3:30 and 3:15. And who knows maybe qualifying for Boston again. I’ve not given up hope just yet!
Shades 13 Nov 5:11pm, 13 Nov 2024 4,846 posts	0 Shades Keith - I'm sure you have the qualifying time for Comrades but it's having the confidence and conviction that you could finish within the strict time limit. Big G - I think you can certainly PB again and get your Boston qualifying time. You need a good long spell of consistent training. You have good reasons why your non Exmouth events weren't your season's best times. Mostly very limited training due to your PF.
Ian5 13 Nov 8:01pm, 13 Nov 2024 423 posts	0 Ian5 Shades-Ok that looks a bit better,will add it back to the possibles to discuss next week. Big G-I still hold hopes of getting faster again.I forgot I got 3:19 at Manchester and was feeling really confident then had the fall and that knocked a lot out of me,even in my head,I was really nervous again this week when I ran in the dark,so slow as I was being extra careful.
Shades 7:46am 7:46am, 14 Nov 2024 4,847 posts	0 Shades Ian - I think Steve is doing Great Welsh. In good conditions it is a fast course, I've run it 5 times and 3 of those at good times for me including my 10th fastest marathon 7 years after my last marathon PB. The other two, one was in bad weather and in 2023 when I had knee problems for the last 10 miles. It doesn't take much to give us a what can become a major setback for quite a long time, a fall, injury etc. 5 miles this morning, RHR back to normal so thankfully yesterday was just a blip. Gym later
Welshpoppy 10:31am 10:31am, 14 Nov 2024 4,880 posts	0 Welshpoppy My first run since Sunday as spent two days back and for the vets,emergency vets etc. I needed to get out and away for me so a nice 3 miles.RHR back down to normal range.Yesterday due to stress +14.

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Back in December 2005 I started a thread on Runner's World offering a marathon training plan on 3 runs a week. I had my own running club at the time (Womens Running Network) and I had successfully trialled the training plan when I took a group of girls to Dublin to run their first marathon.

Over the years the thread has evolved into a chat thread, with a bit of training advice, race reports, for predominantly marathon runners.

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