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The dreaded WALL!

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plodding hippo Mar 2011 12:53pm, 2 Mar 2011 31,831 posts	0 plodding hippo there is NO WAY I could speed up when I hit a bad patch
Nellers Mar 2011 12:56pm, 2 Mar 2011 16,133 posts	0 Nellers I thought it was odd advice, Plod, given that the Wall is generally the point at which people have no choice but to slow down.
plodding hippo Mar 2011 12:58pm, 2 Mar 2011 31,833 posts	0 plodding hippo I suppose its a pseudo scientific was of saying HTFU Now what about this film of pabseys?
John66 Mar 2011 1:06pm, 2 Mar 2011 19,128 posts	0 John66 Interesting but scary thread
plodding hippo Mar 2011 1:11pm, 2 Mar 2011 31,835 posts	0 plodding hippo well, obviously you havent done a proper marathon unless you arwe weaving all over the road, tears streaming down your face, , on bloodied hands and knees.Topped off with a dramatic collapse across the finish line and a spell in the medical tent (that sound like my run this morning apart form the medical tent bit)
Gymfreak Mar 2011 1:14pm, 2 Mar 2011 4,734 posts	0 Gymfreak This isn't something I suffer with, but I have had one shocker of a marathon at FLM 09. I still to this day do not know what went wrong, my target was slightly conservative. But anyway, go wrong it did, and when I hit what I expect was a few bricks of the wall, I smacked into it multiple times, I told St Johns Ambulance people I was having a stroke!!!! I really thought I was, my right hand side was completely paralysed. That day was a nightmare lol. I think I must have just been ill that day and when it started to go wrong, just drop the pace rather than half kill myself. I think that with proper training and fuelling this said wall can be avoided. I've not hit it since, and done another 70 odd marathons since then, a few of which I've pushed to my absolute limit, so it can't just be about effort.
Gymfreak Mar 2011 1:15pm, 2 Mar 2011 4,735 posts	0 Gymfreak I have however, lol, had the experiences PH suggests without hitting the wall. i'm not sure that even makes sense!! I seem to just have the odd collapse and medical assistance now and again!
Hills of Death (HOD) Mar 2011 9:33am, 3 Mar 2011 23,129 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) That was you just being stubborn GF !!!!!
The Penketh Runner Mar 2011 9:35am, 3 Mar 2011 1,020 posts	0 The Penketh Runner I always seem to slow down around mile 20 and then go to a walk / run strategy. I've never had the weaving across the road thing or needed any type of medical assistance. I've never seemed to suffer from the classic wall symptoms.
plodding hippo Mar 2011 9:38am, 3 Mar 2011 31,847 posts	0 plodding hippo good for you PR