My Turn ... Running Down A Dream
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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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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
️@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@MajorRage all triathlon distances (here at least) ban personal music - no headphones even on the marathon on an Ironman
Cos safety you know
️I knew there was a reason I’d never done an Ironman
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Completed the Selwyn Marathon today, my 41st marathon, in 3 hours 39 mins. Nothing amazing about my time and the course is quite a dreary one doing 2 laps around farmland in Lincoln, but it's still a marathon, and beats the usual training session on a Sunday haha.
Next stop, Helsingborg, Sweden. Will be at the end of my 7 week European holiday, so my time there won't be pretty, but it's always exciting doing an overseas marathon so I'm not complaining.
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Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
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Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
@African-Monkey here's something to aspire to....
https://www.rova.nz/articles/46yo-kiwi-woman-ultra-marathon-512-consecutive-days
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@African-Monkey here's something to aspire to....
https://www.rova.nz/articles/46yo-kiwi-woman-ultra-marathon-512-consecutive-days
@taniwharugby said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@African-Monkey here's something to aspire to....
https://www.rova.nz/articles/46yo-kiwi-woman-ultra-marathon-512-consecutive-days
Haha I've read that, and trust me, there are some people in their 70s and 80s who still run marathons all year round that I see at most events who have done about 300+ haha. I've got a long way to go to get anywhere near them!
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Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
My other half did the half.
Which is half more than I would ever do.
Hats off to all you crazy buggers.
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@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
My other half did the half.
Which is half more than I would ever do.
Hats off to all you crazy buggers.
@MN5 said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
My other half did the half.
Which is half more than I would ever do.
Hats off to all you crazy buggers.
Well done to her! Awesome stuff!
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Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
Brilliant. Well done.
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@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
Brilliant. Well done.
@JK said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
Brilliant. Well done.
Cheers mate
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Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
Not a bad effort at all. Only 48 more than me.
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@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
Not a bad effort at all. Only 48 more than me.
@antipodean said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@African-Monkey said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Haven't updated this thread in a while (forgot about it haha), but I completed my 47th marathon yesterday in Wellington. 3 hours 38 mins. About my standard time these days. Hope to get to 50 by the end of the year.
Not a bad effort at all. Only 48 more than me.
You should start a thread. I'd certainly contribute, if there's one thing I'm good at its not doing marathons.
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I was going to get pissy and say start your on thread, but every notification gives me a reason to re read this thread and bring back the good times.
I injured my ankle so had 6 month out. Back in now, Althoigh I’ve got an extremely tight hammy so currently just on the rower. Joys of being old.
Awesome work @African-Monkey. You should be very proud of yourself.
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I was going to get pissy and say start your on thread, but every notification gives me a reason to re read this thread and bring back the good times.
I injured my ankle so had 6 month out. Back in now, Althoigh I’ve got an extremely tight hammy so currently just on the rower. Joys of being old.
Awesome work @African-Monkey. You should be very proud of yourself.
@MajorRage gotta say. I was a bit confused when I saw this thread at the top of the Unread topic list, then I saw @African-Monkey ’s post 🤪
May as well make it a communal thread now!
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I was going to get pissy and say start your on thread, but every notification gives me a reason to re read this thread and bring back the good times.
I injured my ankle so had 6 month out. Back in now, Althoigh I’ve got an extremely tight hammy so currently just on the rower. Joys of being old.
Awesome work @African-Monkey. You should be very proud of yourself.
@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
I was going to get pissy and say start your on thread, but every notification gives me a reason to re read this thread and bring back the good times.
I injured my ankle so had 6 month out. Back in now, Althoigh I’ve got an extremely tight hammy so currently just on the rower. Joys of being old.
Awesome work @African-Monkey. You should be very proud of yourself.
Yeah I do apologize as you did start the thread. I was going to start a while back, but saw you had the same interest and thought I'll come in and be a dick and blend in and join you.
I do hope you make a full recovery and hope you can make it back on the roads again. You were making some really good progress with your times.
