Any Runners On Here??

[azir]

Thanks @smutchin - I hope you're right. I do find running with other people easier so it might be that I barely notice the distance (ha ha - wishful thinking). I'm running with a mate who has actually done the training so might try to hang on to her trainers for at least the first 10k.

 

[smutchin]

Hell's teeth, that was tough. 5hrs 48mins. Pretty pleased with that - glad to get round inside 6hrs. Don't mind admitting I walked quite large chunks of it. About halfway round the 4th lap, I was on the verge of quitting, but by the end of the fourth lap, I thought what the hell, only two laps to go... I found the 5th lap much easier, after each hill seeking solace that I only had to do it one more time. And on the 6th (final) lap I even managed to run up one of the hills, totally relieved that I was doing it for the last time.

Annoyingly, my Garmin died about halfway round the final lap - I'll have to be quicker next time! - but there's enough data to get the general idea...
http://www.strava.com/activities/197145862

 

[Ian A]

My 305 is getting picky in its old age though I am using Strava exclusively at present until I get back to regular 10k runs at which point the 'coaching' and interval features come into their own. So far as I can see nothing affordable (imo by me) in the current Garmin line-up comes close to the 305 package of functionality.

Shame no one has built a virtual 305 as an app imo.

I liked my 305 and only to a 310xt at the start of the year for the longer battery life and something approaching swim functionality. Not cheap (around £145 with HRM) and works with the same pedal crank cadence meter I had for the 305. Might be worth trying your 305 with the recently updated Garmin connect site which is pretty good and a good improvement on the old site.

 

[Ian A]

Sooo.... I may have gone on a fairly last minute holiday and failed to do any training whatsoever for the last 3 weeks for my half marathon on Sunday..... Any last minute advice for a seriously underprepared half-marathoner?!

You'll be good. Just take it easy in the first half and no heroics too far from the finish. From experience if you feel good and pick up the pace too much and for too long the last couple of miles can be unpleasant when the wheels fall off . Good luck and enjoy it!

 

[Ian A]

Hell's teeth, that was tough. 5hrs 48mins. Pretty pleased with that - glad to get round inside 6hrs. Don't mind admitting I walked quite large chunks of it. About halfway round the 4th lap, I was on the verge of quitting, but by the end of the fourth lap, I thought what the hell, only two laps to go... I found the 5th lap much easier, after each hill seeking solace that I only had to do it one more time. And on the 6th (final) lap I even managed to run up one of the hills, totally relieved that I was doing it for the last time.

Annoyingly, my Garmin died about halfway round the final lap - I'll have to be quicker next time! - but there's enough data to get the general idea...
http://www.strava.com/activities/197145862

I shouldn't laugh but did when I saw the route was nearly 1200m of elevation gain and that's not a record of the full distance . Superb effort! There's smaller mountains in the Alps.

 

[doouk]

Sooo.... I may have gone on a fairly last minute holiday and failed to do any training whatsoever for the last 3 weeks for my half marathon on Sunday..... Any last minute advice for a seriously underprepared half-marathoner?!

You will be fine. Went through similar for the great north run a few weeks back. I just ran it like another long training run. Remember if your body says slow, then go at walking pace. Saw so many drop during my run. I rather get a slow time than end up in hospital. Goodluck.

 

[smutchin]

I shouldn't laugh but did when I saw the route was nearly 1200m of elevation gain and that's not a record of the full distance . Superb effort! There's smaller mountains in the Alps.

Ha! It claims to be over 1500m of climbing overall but I don't know how accurate that is. The Garmin conked out just before my final ascent of the biggest climb on the circuit - about half a km at an average of 10%, according to Strava, but definitely steeper in places.

Lovely event but tbh, I don't think I'll do it again. Unless a) I've done some proper training, and b) I've shed at least 5kg off my current weight.

Not sure doing another marathon two weeks before was ideal prep either but I'm glad I had done a relatively easy one first - at least I knew what a tough mental challenge it would be, as well as physical.

 

[User169]

This is my aim for next season..

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...14/sep/17/marathon-du-medoc-race-wine-oysters

"Glancing at the pack of Smurfs already finishing off a bottle of vino (it’s 9.30am), and the oversized baby having a fag in the starting zone, I’m not entirely convinced regulations are quite as stringent as they would be back in the UK "

 

[SimonJKH]

This is my aim for next season..

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...14/sep/17/marathon-du-medoc-race-wine-oysters

"Glancing at the pack of Smurfs already finishing off a bottle of vino (it’s 9.30am), and the oversized baby having a fag in the starting zone, I’m not entirely convinced regulations are quite as stringent as they would be back in the UK "

Bucket listed!

 

[smutchin]

Mmmm, that looks fun!

 

[rich p]

This is my aim for next season..

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...14/sep/17/marathon-du-medoc-race-wine-oysters

"Glancing at the pack of Smurfs already finishing off a bottle of vino (it’s 9.30am), and the oversized baby having a fag in the starting zone, I’m not entirely convinced regulations are quite as stringent as they would be back in the UK "

I don't run any more but it's tempting - could I fast walk it and do justice to the epicurean pleasures?

 

[rich p]

Ha! It claims to be over 1500m of climbing overall but I don't know how accurate that is. The Garmin conked out just before my final ascent of the biggest climb on the circuit - about half a km at an average of 10%, according to Strava, but definitely steeper in places.

Lovely event but tbh, I don't think I'll do it again. Unless a) I've done some proper training, and b) I've shed at least 5kg off my current weight.

Not sure doing another marathon two weeks before was ideal prep either but I'm glad I had done a relatively easy one first - at least I knew what a tough mental challenge it would be, as well as physical.

I did a 4 lap marathon once, it wasn't going well and the urge to drop out at the 'finish' was almost overwhelming. Congrats on having the willpower to complete it.

 

[User169]

I don't run any more but it's tempting - could I fast walk it and do justice to the epicurean pleasures?

4 miles per h - that's a brisk walk!

There's a bike version in May - think its called Medocaine.

 

[azir]

Well I ran my half marathon! I didn't quite manage to run all of it - took a short walk at about 16k in and then again right near the end. Overall it went pretty well - was very slow but didn't expect otherwise (2hrs40ish) - recurrent knee problem made itself known in the final 3rd and I felt I could have picked the pace up (a teensy bit at least!) if it weren't for that. Feel like a broken woman today though!

 

[Ian A]

Ha! It claims to be over 1500m of climbing overall but I don't know how accurate that is. The Garmin conked out just before my final ascent of the biggest climb on the circuit - about half a km at an average of 10%, according to Strava, but definitely steeper in places.

Lovely event but tbh, I don't think I'll do it again. Unless a) I've done some proper training, and b) I've shed at least 5kg off my current weight.

Not sure doing another marathon two weeks before was ideal prep either but I'm glad I had done a relatively easy one first - at least I knew what a tough mental challenge it would be, as well as physical.

The two Garmins I've had generally under estimate the ascent compared to event information. I'd be inclined to believe the latter as the organisers/accrediting organisation have a formal way of measuring at least distance ( I think!). Doing another one two weeks before can't have helped much especially if you're not a regular for that kind of mileage. Much respect for getting round.