The thing with trail running / off road running too, is that depending on the state of the surfaces your running on, your times can vary massively.
Muddy and wet - slow
Bone hard - fast.
I only use times now to gauge my fitness levels.
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The thing with trail running / off road running too, is that depending on the state of the surfaces your running on, your times can vary massively.
Muddy and wet - slow
Bone hard - fast.
I only use times now to gauge my fitness levels.
Marius57
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Trying to get back into it. Pre covid was marathon training and doing 70/80 miles a week and beating all my PBs.
Lost all motivation after the first lockdown, then had covid and struggled, and been struggling ever since to find motivation.
Doing about 10-15miles a week at the moment. Track session on a Monday, then a few runs with my pup on the trails. Enjoying it. Maybe a marathon next year.
Lost all motivation after the first lockdown, then had covid and struggled, and been struggling ever since to find motivation.
Doing about 10-15miles a week at the moment. Track session on a Monday, then a few runs with my pup on the trails. Enjoying it. Maybe a marathon next year.
Maybe enter a few shorter races, just to get back into things ?
There‘s loads of 10k road races and the likes of Lakeland Trails do around half a dozen 18/ 20 k competitive and non competitive events at some glorious locations in the Lakes.
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i forgot how nice it is running in spring mornings. did 15k easy on Saturday morning, perfect conditions - i always say i like the mud but its quite annoying months on end really.
Could have went one for an extra 5-10k easily but annoyingly i started late and i had to help finish our roof on our extension, so i needed some legs lol
Marathon Training Long run was 15 mile run there on Friday. Completed without much reaction from my Metatarsalgia. I was trailing out a toe pad that you guys recommended and also gel toe protectors. Both worked very well. Ran slightly slower at 6:10m/km because of the much warmer day and needed to stop 3 times for fuel and water. Found it easy enough to start each time I stopped so I'm confident going into my final two long runs before the main event.
Can't wait to show my feet to the local podiatrist after the Marathon. They'll have their work cut out for them.
Can't wait to show my feet to the local podiatrist after the Marathon. They'll have their work cut out for them.
Stopping is a weird one, as in some running circles it’s almost seen as an admission of training badly, when the reality is, in the likes off road running, you’re stopping for short periods all the time, to climb over stiles, open gates, cross roads etc.
Plus, if you‘re really thirsty and starting to get a bit leggy, a short break for a drink and a gel, gives you that boost to get going again.
Walking is almost seen in the the same way, yet some training plans factor in walking breaks on long runs and again in trail running, you’re frequently walking up the really steep stuff.
On my long runs, I plan a couple of short stops in the same places, for a drink and a gel and if the weathers really hot, I’ll walk up a few hills too.
At the end of the day, training isn‘t supposed to be an endurance test !
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I don't like to stop but I had to stop for a toilet stop and to refill my drinks bottle. Obviously on the day there are water stations which will help but you can't put off the call of nature. Ask Paula Ratcliffe.
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My physio always advised me to stop and stretch early on in a training run,calfs and hamstrings etc. She said a training run is exactly that, does it matter if you stop? Certainly reduced niggling injuries.
Whatever you are happy with that works for you. This week I’m aiming at an 18 miler steady pace, may stop for a drink/gel/ photo somewhere. If it goes ok next week it’ll be more focused . e,g 2miles Easy +15 ml at Marathon pace + 1 ml Easy and the aim will be to avoid stopping , eat and drink on the go .
When I started running again in my late 20s (RIP) I switched from running for distance (always timed) to running for time (sometimes measured, sometimes not) and that was a big switch for me. I've never run (seriously) with a Garmin, it was always a Timex then, but getting my head out of calculating the splits was a big, helpful shift. I only ever measured splits for workouts (even if did track them regularly, and I'm pretty sure I knew where the mile markers were). Anyway, it was a good shift that felt impossible just years before.
TLDR; running for fun is fun, you don't have to race yourself every day.
Pick a destination race, middle distances (10k to half?) and make a fun trip out of it. Don't set a time goal, just do it for fun. See if that gets you back into feeling it, then you can "train properly" again after that.
Never understood the fixation with stretching, but it can definitely help and that's not bad advice. Never stretch before you run and only after your muscles are warm.
No shame in stopping to eat/drink at an aid station, unless you're in the hunt to win the race, but in any case you should probably race what you practice (and practice what you race). Race day is no time to figure out how to drink and run for the first time.
You’ve just described virtually every race I take part in now.
Stay at a country pub the night before, a nice meal, a decent kip, a good breakfast and then a day out on the hills / woods, with zero chance of being placed, but maximum enjoyment regardless.
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