I’m training for my very first marathon (Paris) on April 13th. I started my training before Christmas using the Nike Run Club app and got to week 4 but then got a viral infection which halted any training for over 2 weeks . Panic set in as this impacted on my confidence. I enlisted the help of an online coach who I knew. She set me a plan which I am on week 7 covering around 50 plus Km a week at the moment. This weeks long run is 30km .
I’m learning to use gels and better hydration along the way .my long run was 28km yesterday but by the end my legs were suffering!
My goal race before tapering is a 33km road race called Ashby 20 a hilly race a lot of people enter before spring marathons. I did this last year in a time of 3.40 mins . Paris has a 6 hr cut off which makes me a bit nervous. I’m hoping I will be within it without having to panic.
Any tips on how to approach the marathon would be greatly appreciated!!
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It sounds like you are well on track again now! If you did a hilly 33k in 3 hours 40 mins, surely that leaves you lots of time for the remaining 10k? I'm sure you won't need to panic. I have only done one marathon and I jeffed it, having not jad time to properly train for a marathon. Even with a lot of walking intervals I was comfortably within a 6 hour cut off. I'm sure you will be very much OK and hopefully will even have time to enjoy it 😊
I knew I couldn't get feom 21k running to 42k in the 5 weeks I had, so I built the walks in right from the start. Despite about 25% walking, I still finished under 5h 30m, so I'm sure you'll have no problem whatsoever 😊
We walked the first couple of kilometres as a warm up, then did strict intervals of 1.2km run, 0.4km walk. The aim was to finish with some walking if necessary and a final 'sprint', but we kept the intervals up til the end. 5h 23m in all.Honestly, you've got this!
Linda's absolutely right, there's no reason to panic. Your Ashby 20 miler time leaves you with 2 hours 20 minutes to do less than 10k on a course that's as flat as a pancake.
Have you uploaded your (ridiculously named) Health Prevention Course (HPC) certificate?
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that’s what I’m hoping I can just wing the last 10k 😩😂 yes I have downloaded the stuff, but of a game doing it mind you !
That's plenty of time. Slow your long runs down and enjoy them. It will also help your recovery time. Also, it's all about the miles in the legs, and the cumulative effect of all the training runs. Paris is the victory lap. You have loads of time, and the crowd will pull you through as well. Best of legs 🦵, you've got this!
I've only done one marathon but it sounds to me like you have this under control. As well as practising gels and hydration make sure your system us used to eating breakfast before a long run at the same time you will have to on race day. I didn't do this and was greatly thankful for the presence of many portaloos on the route.
thank you, new to gels so early days with those . Usually I just have Haribo/ Soreen and Kendal mint cake . Always a worry regarding wanting the loo !!
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