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Longest distance (for now) of 15 miles run

14 Saturday Jul 2012

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15m, cbus pacers, Dublin, runcap, SaturdayRun, training

[wprunkeeper activity=”101923704″]Yep – thats not a misprint! Had a great time this morning. Got up early and joined the 7am group for the first run this morning and we did a 9min pace, 5.5mile run and got to the store about 10 minutes before round 2. Looked around the shop to see if there were any shoes to buy, got excited when there was a pair for $8.88 that were allegedly my size but too small once I tried them on ๐Ÿ™
New Balance were at the store this morning with loaner shoes to try, so I swapped out the Glycerin’s for 890’s (I think) and then we headed out with the large group for the second part of the run.ย  Stupidly I forgot to check the distance for the first run but was told around 5.5 so my next goal was to beat the 13.2 mile run from the half marathon. To round it up to the next mile and have a decent milestone, I figured I’d run 10 miles to hit that 15.ย  The first 3 miles or so were running in the rain – really nice as it cooled you down and it wasn’t really raining hard enough that you could feel the rain coming down. Continued on a good run out to the half way point with someone from the group at a decent pace and I kept going until the garmin bleeped 10 miles – slightly more than the distance marked on the ground but I wanted to make sure I hit the 10 on the watch. At this point I was questioning the wisdom of wearing new shoes for a 10 mile run – they were hurting the top and sides of my toes so it was a bit painful to run back – I think part of the problem was that I was wearing cotton socks and they were soaking wet from the sweat and rain.ย  Also the way back was a solo effort and a lot harder. At this point I had run 10 miles already so there were a few walking breaks including up Emerald Parkway – there was just no way I was ready to run up that one.ย  Somewhere towards the top of Emerald Parkway I hit 13.2 miles – the rest of the run from here on was just a bonus. It was good to stop for a minute at the last/first water stop to refill the bottles, dump some water on my head and then continue back towards the store.ย  These last two miles were tough – but that is the point of running long distances. I kept going wishing I had brought more swedish fish to eat but I had eaten the last one about 3 miles previous. Soon I rounded the corner and finished at the store 2:42:20 less the 11:25 between the two runs meant I had run 15.45 miles in 2:31 – an awesome feeling….for about 10 minutes and then the back of the legs started to hurt.
I hung around the store stretching, got a free towel and a well earned doughnut with thanks to New Balance and then headed to Kroger for some food and a large bag of ice for an ice bath. I wasn’t sure how long to sit in the bath so did a quick search and found anything from 15-30 minutes but also found out that it was going to hurt. I didn’t find it hurt that much but my toes were complaining about the cold at the end and I found it hard to pour the ice into the bath (after I had got in) as it was in one big chunk in the bag AND then sit back to relax, drink some coffee, eat some chocolate cake and read a book. At which point I realised I had left the phone/timer the other side of the bathroom so had no idea how long I was in the bath so I read “until the end of the chapter” a couple of times and then got out and enjoyed a hot shower before a nap ๐Ÿ˜‰

A couple of hours later (and not *entirely* due to the nap) my legs dont feel sore – they do feel stiff and I won’t be climbing many flights of stairs today and I’m super hungry and a bit tired but on the whole feeling great for achieving a new distance record and knowing that a full marathon is not that much further (Think positive right?)
Funny thing is, this is actually the end of week 2 of my Marathon rookie training plan. Somehow I don’t think I stuck to the planย  ๐Ÿ˜‰

PS: Did the half marathon distance 10 seconds faster than my actual half marathon in May, over 10 minutes faster if you don’t count the 10 mins waiting between the runs.

I am now registered for my first marathon – the 2012 Columbus Marathon in October.

26 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by Andy in Runcap

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Today, 11 months after starting running in July 2011, I registered for another race – this time I’ve registered for the 2012 Columbus Marathon. Although I didn’t complete a marathon by the time I was 40 (which was a very, very optimistic idea), hopefully this means I will complete a marathon while I am still 40.

Throughout June I’ve been training hard with the goal of running 4 times a week to get the base mileage up to about 25 miles a week – Getting to that number has been quite interesting considering I’ve only been running 3 times a week in the past. I remember running 3 days a week last year and my legs would ache all the time. Eventually I got used to running 3 days and my legs stopped aching. I didn’t really realise that was the case until I started to run 4 days a week and now my legs ache nearly all the time! The higher temperatures we’ve been having this month has been my biggest concern due to overheating and sunburn but the heat has not been as hard to cope with as I thought it would be – as long as I have my water belt with me – even on the short runs.

Last Saturday I ran 11 miles for my long run and only started to find it hard around mile 8 – and that was mainly due to the heat – the legs and lungs didn’t feel too bad. Considering 11 miles is actually week 6 in the Marathon Rookie training program, I feel I’m doing pretty well and have a good base ready for the next few months.

Chatting with other running friends this weekend was really encouraging and recapping my progress over the year was an reminder that I now find things easy that used to be hard, so the prospect of running 26.2 miles is not that daunting (yet)

Keep an eye on the blog as I continue to run, come join me in my training runs and good luck on your own training plans.

I’m looking forward to the RunFest2012 on July 7th, a kick off event for training and hopefully I’ll win a door prize and get some running gear.

Who is with me in running the 2012 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon (to give it it’s full name)?

Another run booked and thinking about the Nationwide Childrens Hospital Columbus Marathon

27 Sunday May 2012

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5k, AmICrazy?, full, half, marathon, run, training

This time it’s another fun run – Groupon are/were having a discount entry of $20 for the Color Me Rad run in Dublin, about 1 mile away from my house. I wasn’t going to do this race originally as I’d already signed up for the Color Run in July but at $20 it’s a bargain.

I’m also considering doing the full Nationwide Childrens Hospital Columbus Marathon *gulp* in October. The Capcity Half Marathon was easier than I expected (but not easy) and the fact that I ran the whole way means I’m pretty positive about my chances but it is still double my furthest distance yet and training would involve running throughout the summer! I know I’ll sign up to do the half at least, but I am considering the full. Running it would complete another thing off my bucket list and better doing it now before I get *too* old ๐Ÿ˜‰ especially as I’ve missed the “doing a marathon by the time I’m 40”. October 2013 would probably be a better time to do it but it seems such a long time away. Jamie from the Turtles group posted about running the full yesterday, and I asked for more information on the training plan which she kindly sent and I’ve posted below. Looking at the length of the runs they don’t seem *too* bad – both of the novice ones top out at 20miles – which at my 11 min pace for that distance would *only* take 3hrs to run which would be doable on a Saturday. Now if I got up early (5am) and started running, I’d be done by 8-30-9am and then I’d have 24 hours to sleep and recover for church the next day!

Hal Higdon’s Novice 1 plan –for new runners, this will get you to the finish line, if your goal is to finish–regardless of time.

Hal Higdon’s Novice 2 –if you have a time goal in mind:
From everything I’ve read, your mileage during the week, should equal or be greater than your weekend long run. In this plan, the 20 mile weekend run only has 15 miles during the week for support. I’m not sure I’d go with this one, but with a little tweaking, this could be a good plan.

Marathon Rookie’s training program — Another one.

Hal Higdon’s Intermediate 1 – This might be good for you if you’ve run marathons before and aren’t new to the game.

As we’re about 5 months away from the Marathon there is still plenty of time to make my mind up and the registration fee doesn’t increase until the end of June so I have a month to decide which one I am going to do. The training plans call for four runs a week which is more than I have done in the past but they don’t seem to be that far off the runs that I normally do (at least for the midweek runs in the first half of the plan). Therefore for June I’m going to try running the scheduled distances on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday – the only real extra is switching my Tuesday run to Monday, the Wednesday run and the back to back days of running which I’ve not really done yet. If I make it through June ok then I think the full might be the one. I’m not sure whether to schedule the Monday and Wednesday runs for first thing in the morning or after work – first thing sounds a lot better but I’d have to make it back in time for work but at 2hrs max for the midweek runs (towards the end) I think this is doable…

What do you think – when did you register for your first Marathon and how many halves had you done beforehand – any advice on squeezing those extra runs in?

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