I'M DOING THE AUCKLAND MARATHON!!!!
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You remind me of an old mate of mine I went to university with, he was always to lazy to study but to arrogant to fail.. so he always told anyone who would listen how easy the course was and how he was gonna pass easy. It was all a shell and he was bricking it, and this forced him to knuckle down and study.. or face the unbearable humiliation of failing a course he had told everyone was easy and he was going to ace with no effort.<br />
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It always worked, he was always motivated to study.<br />
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The corelation with you is simply that by going public you are using the same motivational tool. It will work I think. -
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You remind me of an old mate of mine I went to university with, he was always to lazy to study but to arrogant to fail.. so he always told anyone who would listen how easy the course was and how he was gonna pass easy. It was all a shell and he was bricking it, and this forced him to knuckle down and study.. or face the unbearable humiliation of failing a course he had told everyone was easy and he was going to ace with no effort.<br />
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It always worked, he was always motivated to study.<br />
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The corelation with you is simply that by going public you are using the same motivational tool. It will work I think.<br />
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The difference is, I certainly don't think it is going to be easy and I will really struggle. Certainly not arrogant about it, just finding the shorter runs very comfortable at the moment. I definitely know that will change -
You have missed the point... he didnt think it was going to be easy either. But by telling everyone that he was going to pass, he motivated himself not to be proven as full of shite.<br />
Its actually a proven motivation technique, nothing wrong with it, and you ahve probably done it without even realising. Mohammed Ali also said he used it times. -
You should make your point clearer.<br />
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Actually my motivator is that I lost a bet ages ago and I just want to get it out of the way, also sick of being overweight. Would have done so even if i wasn't on the fern to journal and say I was going to do it. -
Good on ya , its a big effort just to hit the road. I have no intention of ever hitting the road again. Even in my fit days i did just enough preseason to get through and never ran after the 1st game. I despise running and admire anyone who does it.
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Ah, oops - helps if I add the extra e in Enderley Near Ruakura for me! <br />
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The games are at 4pm on Sundays at Dominion Park - corner of Breckons ave and Aintree street. Just a "who turns up" game with a range of ages, usually about 8 on 8 numbers wise. -
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Ah, oops - helps if I add the extra e in Enderley Near Ruakura for me! <br />
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The games are at 4pm on Sundays at Dominion Park - corner of Breckons ave and Aintree street. Just a "who turns up" game with a range of ages, usually about 8 on 8 numbers wise. <br />
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Still can't picture that area, but if it's near Ruakura that is one hell of a bike ride for a game of touch. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> -
Nice work Hooroo I know the exact feeling you've got with every fucker you've got doubting that you can do it - my first 'thon I did I was 112kgs when I started training. My biggest mistake there was not following a proper training programme, I just wrote my own one. Unfortunately my training just involved long slow running - no speed work etc, so did a long slow run! (I'll come back the speed work).<br />
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My advice for you is as follows...<br />
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Get sorted out by a specialist shop for the correct shoes. Get a new pair every 500k's... probably less if since you're a heavy bugger. Good to have two pairs to alternate as well, they actually need some time to decompress.<br />
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Run on grass as often as you can, the impact on the body of doing a marathon is pretty ugly, and will defo reduce the chances of getting an injury (which by the way you most likely will do at some stage). Bummer training on grass in winter in nz tho, you need to find somewhere not boggy.<br />
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Try and get some coaching or at least a dvd on running technique, this makes a huge difference, and is overlooked by most people. I’ll rip you a copy of this and get it to you<br />
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Sort out your nutrition… when you start running longer, you need to take on some carb replacement Gels etc.. defo recommend caffeine impregnated ones when you’re doing the race. Think about buying a fuel belt to carry some drinks.. actually I’ll just loan you mine I ain’t using it, they’re a bit of a rip. Most people struggle to eat solids when running so stick to the gels.<br />
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With the gels and energy drink you need to find one that doesn’t upset your guts.<br />
For Gels I use these:Â [url="http://torpedo7.co.nz/products/CBGESSN6P"]http://torpedo7.co.nz/products/CBGESSN6P[/url]<br />
They’re great, I was getting them in from the states before these guys started stocking them and at a great price.<br />
For drink I actually get a drink in from the UK, still works out cheaper than buying off the shelf stuff here. This stuff is miles better than anything else I’ve tried, never cramped on it, and never had an upset stomach (and is farking dynamite for hangovers, the missus has notorius hangovers and shes right into this stuff now!) [url="http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=E1011"]http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=E1011[/url]<br />
The Leppin etc is pretty average, and whatever it is you get on race day is pretty average as well, it’s like anything, you get what you pay for, so think about carrying on race day what you used in training.<br />
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Dunno if your plan has heart rate stuff in it, but defo worth getting a monitor and learning a bit about how to use it, good for breaking up your runs as gives you something else to think about.<br />
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Speed work – sounds dumb if you’re doing long distance, but it really makes a massive difference to your running.. hopefully is also in your programme. I had one day a week track sessions, and in the end they were what I looked forward to the most. Frikkin hard work, but brings the fitness and speed right up… this will also tie in with your heart rate training as most of the speed work is done at heart rate thresholds, not at times around the track etc.. so might be a session of 10 x 800’s at a certain thresholds with 400m rest in between for example.<br />
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Ice baths – can’t recommend these enough after longer runs, chuck some ice in the bath and get in – just cover the legs.. huge difference for recovery.<br />
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And finally, during your training just envisage how great it’s going to be when you finally cross that line.. thinking about how you proved every fuker wrong and completed a massive accomplishment, something that not many other people have done! You just need to have something in your mind that spurs you on when you’re out there on a shitty night on the road by yourself!<br />
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You’re bound to have a really really bad run in training – one time before ironman I was down to do a 2.5 hr run, and farked around all day and didn’t go out til like 9 at night, it was frikkin awful, but at the finish I thought well if I can get thru that run I can get through a marathon!<br />
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Top advice Willie.<br />
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I've read some stuff that says you only really need three running sessions a week to get ready for a marathon, depending on your base fitness of course.<br />
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I'll try and find out more but from memory the three sessions are based around:<br />
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Speed or hill reps (you can alternate these each week)<br />
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Tempo run - 10ks at 80 per cent max.<br />
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Long runs - once a week at low heartrate (more efficient at burning fat too)<br />
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I think the idea is to avoid 'junk' miles, which add nothing to your overall fitness and can cause more harm than good. Rest and recovery is vitally important as well.<br />
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Ice baths is one way to go but you can also try compression leggings and socks to help your legs recover after tough sessions.<br />
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Here's the science:<br />
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[url="http://www.2xu.com/compression/index-comp-about.html"]http://www.2xu.com/compression/index-comp-about.html[/url]<br />
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My mate Chris trained for the NY marathon using compression calfguards. he ran 12 times and finished in 3.49. he is an ex-Marine reserve though and is a pain addict. But wearing the calf guards for 6+ hours after each run dramatically cut down on the recovery time required. You wear them under your jeans or work trousers or even overnight in bed. Really can make a difference.<br />
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Agree wholeheartedly with Willie on nutrition. You must find something that agrees with you so you need to experiment in advance, not on the day.<br />
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WTW, that's classic, so much good advice perfectly finished by suggesting chatting about it in the pub! Awesome. I've run many a marathon from my comfy seat by the fire in the local.<br />
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Hooroo, since you're not taking sponsorship, I'll bet you £100 you don't do it - if you do, I'll happily give it to a Charity of your choice. If you don't manage it, you can buy me a pint sometime. I really hope I have to cough up the cash mate, all the best. -
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WTW, that's classic, so much good advice perfectly finished by suggesting chatting about it in the pub! Awesome. I've run many a marathon from my comfy seat by the fire in the local.<br />
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Hooroo, since you're not taking sponsorship, I'll bet you £100 you don't do it - if you do, I'll happily give it to a Charity of your choice. If you don't manage it, you can buy me a pint sometime. I really hope I have to cough up the cash mate, all the best.<br />
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Fantastic mate!!! Thanks for that. <br />
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Charity will be the "Hooroo Beer Fund" <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> Heh heh! I'll think of one mate -
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WTW, that's classic, so much good advice perfectly finished by suggesting chatting about it in the pub! Awesome. I've run many a marathon from my comfy seat by the fire in the local.<br />
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Hooroo, since you're not taking sponsorship, I'll bet you £100 you don't do it - if you do, I'll happily give it to a Charity of your choice. If you don't manage it, you can buy me a pint sometime. I really hope I have to cough up the cash mate, all the best.<br />
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yes well you know me and hooroo.. we don't like beer much <br />
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speaking of which - it's that time!<br />
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hooroo the only other thing i forgot to mention was gym training.. doing legs weights defo helps, i was pretty against the whole idea of strength training once i was out on the road, but really made a different once my physio made me do it.