Running

@tika - The weather is meant to stay nice for the next few days so you could maybe do an evening long run without it being totally grim? Or are you not running because you're injured?

I only managed 10 miles yesterday as my plan to keep hydrated by running with rucksack + bladder left my collarbone a big bloody mess. I've now got scabs on my back, chest, collarbone and feet. My toe has gone a weird colour and hurts all the time. This running business sucks.

that sucks hats, but the hydration bladder was definitely a good idea (albeit poorly executed perhaps). I had 1.25l in mine and still managed to down a bottle of powerade and half a 2l bottle of water in one go the second I finished my run, I was so thirsty!

as for the rest of that stuff are you sure you don't have leprosy?

How did you feel after that?

For both of you, I'd say it should be doable - although you might need to re-asses your pace.
Main advice if you are doing it would be to take the first half easy and then speed up if you feel like it.

It felt rad, that was about 6 weeks ago though. It was the week after sprinting at the end of a 13miler that did the damage.
Will go out tomorrow for a super slow 5 miles and see what happens. Either way I'm gonna turn up to Paris, tough it out and hope for the best...

Can't wait to get this running shizzle out the way so I can get back to my climbing training and maybe even riding a bike now and again!

Don't underestimate the "swept along" factor at mass participation events. If you both arrive at Paris uninjured but a little under prepared you'll still make it round, perhaps not as quickly or comfortably as you'd have liked though.

Was it a smaller race, e.g. White Peak Marathon, it'd be tougher as you'd be going it alone at times.

@smallfurry, did you climb a mountain at mile 12?

Yeah.
Not the best plan TBH.
I was planning on climbing it twice, at a shallower point, as part of the two laps. In an effort to achive 1000m assent over 21km. But the storm kicked the shit out of me, and I headed off the trial, and into town instead to shake the legs off.

Exciting news - vegan ultra races hit the UK this summer:

http://www.vegan-welsh-3000s.co.uk/#

I've entered the 90k, with 7000m of climbing. Sounds ridiculous enough to be fun.

Paris guys: my long runs have only reached 15 miles so far - although I have done about four or five of them. I'd like to do a 16, 18 and 20 before I get there but this seems unlikely now. I'm not too worried as I'm not particularly fast/serious at the best of times.

But if anyone gets there and pulls out then they can keep Mrs Sparky company in a Parisian boozer.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/health/bored-humans-running-to-the-point-of-exhaustion-2014031084448

I've decided to cheer myself up by getting a running top designed for London. Something with my name on it so all the people can shout at me ("you're last, hats, LAST! start moving!").

Does anyone have any recommendations for companies to use? I've found www.personaliseyourvest.co.uk, which lets you add text and a design, and has a range of colours. Are they all much of a muchness?

I'm thinking of having a picture of a unicorn shitting a rainbow on the back.

you can order one from the organisers which you collect at the expo before the race.

I was thinking at the end of my run yesterday I could use the paint that triathletes use to put their number on their arms to put my name on my arm maybe but then i imagined spectators trying to pronounce my name as i run along "come on cheeekuaalaa" "come on seekalaaaa" not sure it'll pump me up that much being mildly miffed at people getting my name wrong and it'd be weird if i spelled it phonetically.

also as I needed something to absorb the sweat from my baldy noggin the lfgss cap has made it into my running wardrobe for the day and made it through the 16 mile dress rehearal, (as did the rapha slevless baselayer and under armour vest combo) so I think I'll just rely on the random DAS'ing I will get from watchengers.

Forum name?

Might be a bit long as you go past people!

Cisco was racing on the last two weekends so last weekend I only run 10 miles instead of 20 and this weekend he was racing too. I was planning to run before the race but the race organisers screw the start time up so I was left with no time. My aquilles tendon is giving me a bit of grief too so Saturday I did 10 at recovery pace which was really slow. I am loosing confidence. I thought that now it was too late to do a 20 mile run. I am a bit stressed and working a lot as well as doing a course 2 nights a week. :(

Maybe I am overtrained but I haven't trained that much to be fair. maybe I am just plain old :(

To be fair, how many runners actually go in to a marathon without any physical niggles or lack of confidence. Not many I bet.

To be fair, how many runners actually go in to a marathon without any physical niggles or lack of confidence. Not many I bet.

er the sort of runners I know that have been doing 20 milers on sunday
'for fun' for a month in prep already.................#nutjobs

I've decided to cheer myself up by getting a running top designed for London. Something with my name on it so all the people can shout at me ("you're last, hats, LAST! start moving!").

Does anyone have any recommendations for companies to use? I've found www.personaliseyourvest.co.uk, which lets you add text and a design, and has a range of colours. Are they all much of a muchness?

I'm thinking of having a picture of a unicorn shitting a rainbow on the back.

I used clothes2order with mixed success to get my GF's name printed on a T-shirt for Reading Half. I thought the price was reasonable for a one off item and the T-shirt and printing are both pretty good quality. However, they delivered through interlink who failed to deliver the parcel by the required date (and lied about it as well) so the T-shirt eventually arrived the Tuesday after the race.

^^ I'd say most people who run sub 4 hours will be feeling nervous but as though their training has gone relatively well by this stage, as the time it will take increases the confidence levels will drop...

Running a marathon well takes hard work and dedication to training in my opinion, it's a shame so many people get VLM spots whose training plan gets chucked in the bin after a couple of weeks.

vlm?

very last minute?

Virgin london marathon

ah beardy marathon,
of course

did 18 mile nav. plus 10 k ride either side 8 days ago, get me.

I havent prepared for something successfully since my first child was born. Worse case being the local marathon, after the second was born. Had probably done a few bi-weekly 10kms, and a half, a few weeks previous. Only made around because I was exstatic at having a few hours to myself, regardless how painful they were.

Only one thing worries me. Will I be able to tell the difference between being hurt and being injured? Not simple when your going through waves of adrenilin, and fatigue.

This was always drummed into us in rugby. You get smashed to the floor. The team needs you up, or off.

ah beardy marathon,
of course
Beardy is doing a marathon? Who knew!

Running a marathon well takes hard work and dedication to training in my opinion, it's a shame so many people get VLM spots whose training plan gets chucked in the bin after a couple of weeks.

Oh hai.