My Turn ... Running Down A Dream
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@MajorRage When's your next run?
Just finished Rotorua yesterday. 3 hours 47 mins. A bit slower than the Chch marathon I did less than 2 weeks prior where I did that in 3 hours 29 mins, but that was always gonna be the case as you're still in recovery mode from the previous run. Seeing myself getting gassed by the 3 hours 30 pace setters early on was quite funny, as that's usually my normal pace these days. Overall, happy I got to cross the finish line for a 40th time.
Next stop, Selwyn Marathon on King's birthday weekend.
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@African-Monkey only a 10k on Monday ….
Have a 20k next weekend but that’s pretty easy now ….
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@MajorRage Clearly at peak fitness haha. And next race?
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@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@MajorRage When's your next run?
Just finished Rotorua yesterday. 3 hours 47 mins. A bit slower than the Chch marathon I did less than 2 weeks prior where I did that in 3 hours 29 mins, but that was always gonna be the case as you're still in recovery mode from the previous run. Seeing myself getting gassed by the 3 hours 30 pace setters early on was quite funny, as that's usually my normal pace these days. Overall, happy I got to cross the finish line for a 40th time.
Next stop, Selwyn Marathon on King's birthday weekend.
You are a marathon machine!
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@JK Haha thanks mate. I try to do 5 a year, probably not ideal if you're trying to achieve PBs, but I kinda just enjoy the buzz of running marathons tbh, and after trying hard to get under 3 hrs a few years ago, I've given up on that (for now haha) as it just seemed a step too far.
@MajorRage all the best for that mate, from what I've read it's quite a flat course? Hope you can break that 4 hour barrier!
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I need to start thinking about doing a marathon before I'm too old.
I did a half when I was 16 and it was a walk in the park (from memory), despite never having run further than 10km at once. I doubt I'd ever beat my time (would need to do 1hr30hr or below to do so) so not that keen to try bust a gut to do so and just not enjoy the run. A full marathon would be totally a different beast, more like a fight for survival, so wouldnt be too worried re time.
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@JK Gee that's a good time haha, that would be very difficult to beat on a good day.
Regarding a marathon, just go for it mate, there's no failure in running once you cross the finish line. Just don't let it become an addiction like I have haha, save your knees!
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@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Fuck.
Hope it goes well, got a couple of friends running too and they've all said the same thing this morning...
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@MajorRage Good luck!
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@MajorRage Congrats mate, hard work pays off! The sky is the limit now haha.
Any Idea wherethe next one is for you?
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@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Didn’t get my 4 hours.
Had a nasty cough and the course was soaked. Feet are in pieces.
Had a whole bunch of targets and I didn’t get any of them.
Hang on. I missed out a word originally.
Didn’t just get my 4 hours.
Obliterated it.
3:50:09.
Smashed it, what an effort! Obviously wanted to get it over and done with quickly with that rain!
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@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Didn’t get my 4 hours.
Had a nasty cough and the course was soaked. Feet are in pieces.
Had a whole bunch of targets and I didn’t get any of them.
Hang on. I missed out a word originally.
Didn’t just get my 4 hours.
Obliterated it.
3:50:09.
Ha ha, nice one mate!
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It's fair to say that I discovered the secrets to running marathons with this one.
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Music. There are many tedious parts to running for 4 hours and the uplift of a good song was really powerful. Also noted that for the last few kms, it was nice to measure it in songs too. I.e I'd skip to a good song, focus on that and by the time it's finished another km was scrubbed off. Had really good moments with Jambi, Let There Be Rock and also a couple of cracking pop songs, Chandelier by Sia & Diamonds by Rihanna.
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Water. I basically needed a piss the entire run. There was 9 water stations, each with a 300ml bottle and I took and consumed from all but one. Thus, i'd estimate I took in around 2.5 litres.
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Fuel. I used a combination of gels/chews and took half at 4k intervals. Thus, took in fuel at 10 different times. The constant fueling means I didn't have any super highs, but also didn't have any super lows.
A real learning experience for me & the thing I'm most proud of is that I never once stopped for a walk at any point. My fastest km was 5:11 and slowest was 5:35. Unbelievable consistency. There is a 90m downhill in Edinburgh overall, which is all in the first 5 miles. This was when it was completely bucketing down, so hard to go pretty slow to avoid slipping over. The first 2 km is the most downhill and these were done at 5:28 and 5:31 so some of the slowest times.
Two days on and I'm still incredibly stiff. Most of it is good pain, but the right foot feels like it may have a proper injury. Can't walk with it straight, it's naturally walking on about 10 degree external angle. I look like a duck. The stairs in the house continue to be an absolute killer.
Right, time to start thinking about what's next. Well, from an exercise point of view anyway. Next is a quick week in NZ to smash my Dad at golf. Luckily he's cart golf only now, so the injury shouldn't cause too many issues .... it's a ready made excuse, regardless.
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@MajorRage all triathlon distances (here at least) ban personal music - no headphones even on the marathon on an Ironman
Cos safety you know 🤷🏻‍♂️
