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More Tea Vicar?

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Ive had an awful chest bug last week and have been off work. However Sunday was a scheduled long run so I knew I had to dig deep. I am a great believer that fresh air and exercise is the panacea for all ills...

So I just wanted to share with you some of my strategies that I employed to get me through...

1. I took a flask of tea- strong green as a treat for halfway- it really buoyed me up. The pic of Viktor my Garmin shows my halfway stats

2. I take a breakdown of breaks and treats. This gives structure to the run, I rip off each stage and munch on the assigned treat. I really look forward to these 'breaks' and at each one I allow myself to walk for 1 minute. I look forward to that!!

3. After 14 miles I allowed myself a 30 second walk at the end of each mile. That really helped my legs as they were starting to really hurt!!

4. I found the sign 2 miles from home but it was pointing the wrong way!!!!

I did 17 miles in 3 hours 18 minutes and I am very happy with that. The next long run will be 19 miles... but i really feel I am getting there, that marathon is in my grasp.

I am heading up a new community and wanted to invite you to join. It is focussed on support for marathon training and if you are training for a race ( any length)... anyone is welcome :)

healthunlocked.com/marathon...

Happy panthering

Juicyju

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Anaverageman profile image
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*bless you my child* Makes a sign and says something incomprehensible in Latin...

but then again, since his accent strong... probably everything he says is incomprehensible

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to Anaverageman

You running ??

Anaverageman profile image
AnaveragemanGraduate in reply to ju-ju-

No I'm at work... they dont allow me to run with my pc.. say its ' unsafe ' or some such malarkey...

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to Anaverageman

Ah yes the #anyexcuseratherthanrun scenario?

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givman

brilliant jooles brilliant wot a strategy and the idea of treats is great..bit like your own diy feed station you get at marathons!!

Gra

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to givman

That's the plan, to get acclimatised to what it will be like for the marathon.... And Thankyou!!

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misswobbleGraduate

I think I'm delerious! I read "egg nog bar" ! Oops Sounds jolly nice though!

That sounds wonderful Ju! You did that really well. So well planned and executed! You set your stall out to do a good job and it worked. More power to your running legs. I think the walking break is a good idea. It will keep you going in the long run (you know what I mean)

Glad you feel so much better after your lurgy bout.

Bows low on both knees in respect at your awesome distance. Yep I will join your community. I am missing long runs. Not done one in an age. I was feeling a bit like I fancied entering a half marathon and then chucking the 10 k race in (in March) as a bit of a training thing. However, I then felt a bit of a mug for being so easily drawn in. I don't want to over-run again. Well I do but ....

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the_tea_fairyGraduate

Wow, JJ! You legend, you!

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to the_tea_fairy

A www Thankyou!!

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dagsharGraduate

Well done. Did you have the flask in the back pack? Did it not bounce around a lot? I like the plan! I was planning on having a nutrition and walking break every 5km on my HM, but wasn't up to my long run yesterday.

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to dagshar

I had it in my camelbak wedged up against my foil blanket so it didn't bounce!!

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Sandraj39Graduate

Wowee jj, you are doing so well! Loving that cream egg after 17miles! Seriously, very impressed - what a fantastic effort☺.

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to Sandraj39

The cream egg was amazing!!!

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Zev1963Graduate

Some great ideas there JJ. A great run too :)

I agree with you totally about the exercise in the great outdoors being a good medicine. I found that from starting C25K in Sept 2014, until my ankle problem in Apr 2015, I had no real colds or flu, I ran at least 3 times every week during that period. Between April 2015 and Sept 2015 my running was very limited and I seemed to get one bug after another. I've now been back to running 2 6km runs and one long run each week since Sept 2015, and again I have not has any colds or bugs during that time. During 2005 and 2007 I used to do indoor rowing for an hour every day, and again, during that period, no significant colds or bugs. When I'm not exercising regularly I seem to get colds one after another.

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to Zev1963

I'm the same, I got ill in the summer when I was injured... Although this time I think it was because I got v v cold and was in wet clothes after running 15 miles for more than 3 hours 😨

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ElsieWGraduate

Absolutely in awe of you! Brilliant! :-) xxx

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to ElsieW

Awww Thankyou xx

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goonkeepgoingGraduate

Fantastic. You are running some epic distances. Love the idea about the eating plan. If I ever get to big enough distances im going to use that idea. Good luck - hope the training keeps going to plan :)

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to goonkeepgoing

Thankyou, and I'm a sucker for structure!!!

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boptillyoudrop49Graduate

I'm impressed. You're so much further than I am. Can't see myself running for 3 hours. Pretty sure I'd need a toilet break too..... bit worrying that thought actually.

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to boptillyoudrop49

It's funny, I drank 1.5 litres of fluid and my tea but I didn't need the loo. You will find you may not as it all gets sweated out while you run x

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aliboo70

that amazing juicyju, such a long way! i love your notes of treat etc, a great tip to follow! and brilliant what with you felling a bit rubbish all week, so impressed! :) will take a look at your link, going to book in for Southampton HM in April! :)

PS Boz's mum is a vicar, for her bday last year he bought her a mug with "more F*****G tea Vicar?", she loved it!! :)

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no-excuseGraduate in reply to aliboo70

Hahaha Ali that's just really made me laugh! X 😀😀😀

ju-ju- profile image
ju-ju-Graduate in reply to aliboo70

Oh I love it!!!!! And how exciting!!!

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poppypugGraduate

Well done Ju ! Absolutely brilliant , that is some trek !!!

Hope youre feeling better after your illness, they can really drag you down , but youve bounced back with a vengeance !

Love your notes , must admit though I have really gone off Creme Eggs. They taste so different to me since Cadburys was taken over :-( but I bet it went down a treat after that ! :-) xxx

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to poppypug

Thankyou, and I know.... I'm so cross about the whole cream egg thing... I've always loved them so much 😍

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Wow. Loving "Viktor" the Garmin :-) Looks like you plumped for the 225 in the end, yes? You enjoying it?

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to John_W

I love it.... Best investment ever, Viktor makes me v happy 😎

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GoogleMeGraduate

Ooh, waves of nostalgia seeing that road sign (no, not nostalgic for having motivation!) - that used to mean 'nearly home' for me too.

I am mostly a 'get to the end then treat' sort of a person but I have found that getting my teenagers out in the fresh air and keeping them pleasant to be with is much improved using a strategy like yours. In some danger of developing a serious veggie Colin Caterpillar problem.

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to GoogleMe

Ha ha!!!you must have lived so close to me???!!

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no-excuseGraduate

Lovely post Ju and pleased you were feeling well enough to do your long run. I love the idea of tea en route. But, how do you transport that and a cream egg without any leaking and melting! When I take a fiver with me it comes back all soggy and limp! I think I'd have to have the egg at mile 0.5! X 😊

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ju-ju-Graduate in reply to no-excuse

I put tea in the back and cream egg in the side zip away from my body 😎

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KTMACNESSGraduate

Oh wow, this is a brilliant idea! X

MarkyD profile image
MarkyDGraduate

Hi Julia, OMG you are so organised and structured. No wonder you are meeting your running targets. 17 miles! Outrageous this early before the Marathon. My older brother is a Vicar and one parkrun in the summer, he and I got exactly the same time and both achieved a PB, he running Abingdon and me Newbury.

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