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The dreaded WALL!

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Mick n Phil Mar 2011 9:56am, 3 Mar 2011 12,803 posts	0 Mick n Phil there are good session and bad sessions some go along at their set pace, keep thier mind right, get the fluid, and keep going, when a little fatigue stes in anywhere ( 16 - 22 miles ) there's always good chance to quietly work through it sometimes - depending on the physcological strength onbe can make themselves were hard and give it hell but if one hits the WALL in real terms, the larthargic, exhusted, nothing left , - no amount of crowds will help but a lot is as oggee says, total preparation there was a runner on Fetch a few days ago who said theres no amount of talk online that can prepare one for it
Mick n Phil Mar 2011 10:01am, 3 Mar 2011 12,804 posts	0 Mick n Phil if one becomes injured at any point on route that could also exhaust one our 5:27 Draycote marathon - 5 lapper some years ago my hip gave out at 11 miles - i suffered and limped for 15 miles, had it have been my first marathon- i'd have been finished i can tell you all talk is easy- it's dealing with it at the time - more so, knowing how to deal with it
The Penketh Runner Mar 2011 10:07am, 3 Mar 2011 1,022 posts	0 The Penketh Runner Thanks PH. I'd like to think i always prepare relatively well. I always do at least an 18 miler 4 - 6 weeks before the big day and drop 2 miles a week off that long run. No running for 5 days before and lots of pasta dishes. A full english the morning of the race and plenty of "sports" drinks and jelly babies on the way round.
Mick n Phil Mar 2011 10:08am, 3 Mar 2011 12,805 posts	0 Mick n Phil talking to peeps like onlne can make peps feel good, and almose like i 've got it it can cause compleacancy, - confidence is good, cause nerves are no good with some things in running long distance theres a fine line to draw get a weekend hM wrong, so what, put the next one right in two weeks time if Taunton Marathon goes wrong ,- put it right in Stratford in may if The big one goes wrong you've ruined ure day
Mick n Phil Mar 2011 10:10am, 3 Mar 2011 12,806 posts	0 Mick n Phil Penketh runner No running for 5 days before and lots of pasta dishes. yes that makes pefect sence
Jock Itch Mar 2011 10:22am, 3 Mar 2011 9,044 posts	0 Jock Itch I remember my first marathon in 2002, got to 19 miles and Addidas had a billboard advert papered as a wall with the words “THE WALL…HAVE YOU HIT IT YET?” And I thought to myself…that is really c*ntish. Half a mile later and I was tottering down the road like Lily Savage in high heels ! Never worn addidas shoes ever since !
Hills of Death (HOD) Mar 2011 10:25am, 3 Mar 2011 23,130 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Power of negative suggestion !!!! You might of seen a 'twitching' Derren Brown as well saying you've lost it son too
plodding hippo Mar 2011 10:31am, 3 Mar 2011 31,849 posts	0 plodding hippo Hahahahaha Thats going to haunt me in my next marathon, that image, HOD
Mick n Phil Mar 2011 10:34am, 3 Mar 2011 12,807 posts	0 Mick n Phil HOD haunts me all the time
Nellers Mar 2011 7:44am, 5 Mar 2011 16,161 posts	0 Nellers Does this help anyone? fullpotential.co.uk