Did five miles last night and my legs felt really heavy! It is taking longer than I hoped to get back to my pre injury fitness level. So with that in mind another five miles tonight and hopefully the same again Thursday. Oh and last night I ran without my ankle support not on purpose as I forgot to put it on, but my ankle survived.
As I did not get into the London marathon I am thinking about what biggy to enter next year! I don't fancy a marathon not because of the distance or the training but I have done Edinburgh and wanted to do London, I don't want to run a low profile one!
So I am thinking about entering the first ever Kilomathon that's 26.2km and as the race is from Nottingham to Derby it is pretty local. Will keep you informed!
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Showing posts with label Edinburgh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edinburgh. Show all posts
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Steady 90 minutes tonight
Last long run before the race on Sunday I am planning on doing my 7.9 mile route plus the 3 mile one so should take me just under 90 minutes if I take it easy.
Not sure how I will do Sunday? I feel quite fresh but it will be interesting to see how I feel only two weeks after Edinburgh. I don’t think a pb is in the offing as the course is supposed to have a few hills and the weather might be a bit wet. Though that would be a nice change from Edinburgh. I think I will just see how it goes if I feel good on the day then great if not it is only two weeks till Mansfield!
cheers
Not sure how I will do Sunday? I feel quite fresh but it will be interesting to see how I feel only two weeks after Edinburgh. I don’t think a pb is in the offing as the course is supposed to have a few hills and the weather might be a bit wet. Though that would be a nice change from Edinburgh. I think I will just see how it goes if I feel good on the day then great if not it is only two weeks till Mansfield!
cheers
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
31/05/09 Edinburgh Marathon Report
My first marathon! 26.2 miles! Yes really!
Well I entered this on a whim I had run three halfs and thought ‘why not, it can’t be that much of a jump from 13.1 miles to 26.2!” Ha Ha Ha, yeah right.
Well, training had gone ok including five long runs ranging from 17 to 20 miles. Having decided to run it for charity I was running for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (nice t-shirt!). It was on Saturday the 30th of May my Mother took me to East Midlands Airport to catch my flight to Edinburgh, oh did I mention I don’t like flying? The plane was full of runners which was good as the conversation took my mind off plunging 23,000ft to my death! The main topic of conversation was the heat and that it was going to be completely the wrong kind of weather for a decent marathon time. My hoped for time was just under four hours but getting round would be great as it was my first marathon and Edinburgh was having a heat wave.
Arriving in Edinburgh I caught a bus to the city centre and had a walk round it is a very beautiful city and will be even more so when they finish the tram! After an XL bacon double cheeseburger & fries from Burger King, I needed the carbs! I jumped on a bus to take me to Heriot Watt University where I was spending the night. On arrival and finding my room I felt like Norman Stanley Fletcher! (‘Porridge’ a prison reference). Basic but adequate and then I started on the most important task of the day hydrating myself ready for the race. After a good night’s sleep and receiving lots of good luck text messages I ventured down to breakfast, hmmmm porridge but staring up at me was a full Scottish (English) breakfast oh what the hell it is three hours until the start! Catching the shuttle bus it dawned on me what I was about to do, run a marathon in 23 degree heat with no shade and hardly any breeze but I was equipped with a cap, a bottle of water and covered from head to toe in sun cream and Vaseline.
Handing my bag in at the start going for a last wee and I was ready, I was pretty sure I would be ok till about mile 21 but after that was a journey into the unknown. The race started at 9am for the elite runners I got underway at 9.15am and I felt great and did so for 19 miles then it started to hurt, it was red hot and after about 17 miles the supporters ran out until we circled back and reached approx mile 23! At mile 22 I walked a bit and realised that a sub 4 hour was not going to happen. I was in Edinburgh on my own and had a flight to catch at 6.30pm I could not afford to collapse as people around me were doing. I kept drinking water & lucozade, running a bit then walking a bit. My legs were really hurting when at the 25 mile marker I decided to go for it and ran, even sprinted the last mile and a bit crossing the finish in 4:18.29 I had done it! A Marathon!
On autopilot I managed to make my way back to the city centre then to the airport where I bartered for a Cornish pasty! The flight (I was too knackered to be worried) was on time and I was relaxing in a hot bath on terra firma at 9.00pm, job done!
Edinburgh Marathon 31/05/09 stats;
Time:(26.2m) 04:18.29(pb)
10k 00:54.22
Half 01:58.22
30k 02:49.10
Position 3,789 (out of 13,104 of which 8,257 finished)
Condition: Knackered
Would I do another one? You just watch me!
Well I entered this on a whim I had run three halfs and thought ‘why not, it can’t be that much of a jump from 13.1 miles to 26.2!” Ha Ha Ha, yeah right.
Well, training had gone ok including five long runs ranging from 17 to 20 miles. Having decided to run it for charity I was running for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (nice t-shirt!). It was on Saturday the 30th of May my Mother took me to East Midlands Airport to catch my flight to Edinburgh, oh did I mention I don’t like flying? The plane was full of runners which was good as the conversation took my mind off plunging 23,000ft to my death! The main topic of conversation was the heat and that it was going to be completely the wrong kind of weather for a decent marathon time. My hoped for time was just under four hours but getting round would be great as it was my first marathon and Edinburgh was having a heat wave.
Arriving in Edinburgh I caught a bus to the city centre and had a walk round it is a very beautiful city and will be even more so when they finish the tram! After an XL bacon double cheeseburger & fries from Burger King, I needed the carbs! I jumped on a bus to take me to Heriot Watt University where I was spending the night. On arrival and finding my room I felt like Norman Stanley Fletcher! (‘Porridge’ a prison reference). Basic but adequate and then I started on the most important task of the day hydrating myself ready for the race. After a good night’s sleep and receiving lots of good luck text messages I ventured down to breakfast, hmmmm porridge but staring up at me was a full Scottish (English) breakfast oh what the hell it is three hours until the start! Catching the shuttle bus it dawned on me what I was about to do, run a marathon in 23 degree heat with no shade and hardly any breeze but I was equipped with a cap, a bottle of water and covered from head to toe in sun cream and Vaseline.
Handing my bag in at the start going for a last wee and I was ready, I was pretty sure I would be ok till about mile 21 but after that was a journey into the unknown. The race started at 9am for the elite runners I got underway at 9.15am and I felt great and did so for 19 miles then it started to hurt, it was red hot and after about 17 miles the supporters ran out until we circled back and reached approx mile 23! At mile 22 I walked a bit and realised that a sub 4 hour was not going to happen. I was in Edinburgh on my own and had a flight to catch at 6.30pm I could not afford to collapse as people around me were doing. I kept drinking water & lucozade, running a bit then walking a bit. My legs were really hurting when at the 25 mile marker I decided to go for it and ran, even sprinted the last mile and a bit crossing the finish in 4:18.29 I had done it! A Marathon!
On autopilot I managed to make my way back to the city centre then to the airport where I bartered for a Cornish pasty! The flight (I was too knackered to be worried) was on time and I was relaxing in a hot bath on terra firma at 9.00pm, job done!
Edinburgh Marathon 31/05/09 stats;
Time:(26.2m) 04:18.29(pb)
10k 00:54.22
Half 01:58.22
30k 02:49.10
Position 3,789 (out of 13,104 of which 8,257 finished)
Condition: Knackered
Would I do another one? You just watch me!
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