Here we go!

[UnfitNoMore]

Congratulations to all that have completed events this weekend. I’ve been inspired and tomorrow I’m switching my running plan to HM for November 3rd... I’m currently up to 5.5miles and there’s a few 10k races around here that I can do along the way. Thanks to everyone who has run events since my arrival here, I’ll be thinking of you guys for the next 23 weeks and 6 days!!

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Good luck for your forthcoming 10K runs and especially that Half Marathon on 3rd November, did you see the post from a lady who started with C25K only in January and today ran a half marathon, that certainly comes under the wow factor.

By the way I have now done 1,900 push ups since the first of May as part of your "100 push ups a day for a month challenge,". I took it easy today, I had a 3 minute break instead of the usual 2 minutes one as I did the push ups BEFORE breakfast, not the usual hour after. 😊

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Wow. I’m thinking I’ll do the push up thing in June, but I know one thing for certain... I’m going to take a lot longer than 18-20 minutes to complete them... you’re awesome my friend.

Not seen that post yet... I must dig deeper... HM in 4 months is more than wow!

[AceitGirl in reply to AlMorr]

Wow that’s inspiring and well done. Are you posting a training plan as I wouldn’t mind following it too. That may push me into seriously going for the HM as it has been playing on my mind a lot lately. If not any advise or just sign up for one and use that group’s?

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to AceitGirl]

The training plan is from UnfitNoMore not AlMorr, I am following one of UnfitNoMore's training plans, one of which is "100 push ups a day for a month challenge"

[Madge50 Marathon]

Great stuff! Don’t forget your skort, we’ll expect pictures......😉😱🙀🏃‍♂️😂

Mx

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to Madge50]

It’s a pretty local HM... but maybe next year I can shave the legs and don a skort for my marathon in the south of France!

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Yeyayayayya and you're on the way !! You are so going to love it As Madge says.. skort will be essential skin tight pink Lycra

Plenty of 10K s too.. getting you into the mood

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Pink Lycra? Where did that come in? 🤣🤣

Yeah, first training 10k is this week... and I’m gonna run it on my birthday, so I’m going to look to take in a couple of them on my way to get used to running in a bigger crowd than parkrun.

[Oldfloss Administrator in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Going to be good... I love 10K best of all...just enough to get going but not so far you get tired

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

I’m looking forward to replacing the calories... that’s gonna be a whole days worth of food or more 😋

[Katnap Marathon]

Not that you're counting or anything. .

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to Katnap]

I forgot the 15 hours and 6 minutes 🤣

[Katnap Marathon]

What time does NRC reckon you can achieve?

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to Katnap]

Just had to look... 2:39. My average pace maybe slightly skewed by having a few parkrun tailwalks/runs in there. To be honest, if I finish before it goes too dark I’m gonna be happy... starting at 11 I should be ok 🤣

[Katnap Marathon in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Less pressure, more fun! 😁

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to Katnap]

Yeah... if I set NRC to one mile it says 12 minutes... not sure how far back it goes, but I haven’t run above 11:30 even on my long run for weeks, short ones are in the 9s. Maybe it just wants me to feel great smashing the estimate?

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Excellent! That's your summer sorted then 😀 plenty of time to train to HM. Enjoy 🙂

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to linda9389]

That’s somehow more shocking than 23 weeks... summer sorted! Thanks

[Lordi Marathon]

Well done! It seems we have some contagion setting in! You've got plenty of time to follow the HM plan between now and then. No worries.

Talking of contagion, I ran the Helsinki City Run HM yesterday and my daughter promptly decided to sign-up for it for next year (2020 early bird super cheap offer 32€). She's still on week 3 of C25K but at 19 years of age she is probably going to leave old Dad for dust next May 16th!

helsinkicityrunningday.fi/e...

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to Lordi]

Great job this weekend, and wow next year is going to be amazing! Yeah, she will probably kick your butt, but you’ll be such a proud dad!

[BaddieThePirate]

Go for it!

[UnfitNoMore Metric Marathon in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Shall do... can’t wait

[Whatsapp Half Marathon]

Well done. Hang around these forums long enough and it will get you in the end!