How to run half marathon by smileylolo

"Better than anticipated!"

How I did it: I started running between 5-10km throughout the week from January 2011... In the weeks leading up to the marathon I was doing a lot of cycling training for 'around the bay' on weekends which helped significantly. I'd never run more than 10km but had no difficulty on race day... I kept a slow but steady pace and didn't really tire out until the last 2km... Apart from slightly sore knees I'm feeling great!! :-) Finished up in 2 hours which was good considering I was just hoping for less than 3!

Lessons & tips: Eating a banana before the race really helped... Make sure you stop at every single water stop for a glass of water too!!

Resources: Chatting to other nervous runners at the start line!


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Oct 09, 02:00AM PDT | 7 comments | 6 cheers


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john_swale is...sigh

Well done, and a good time. Are you moving onto the full distance now then?

Oct 09, 02:24AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

smileylolo

He he… it has crossed my mind! But I don’t think I’ll get away with the odd 10k training run for that… I’ll see how my knees fare tomorrow before committing :-) How about you? Training for a half or full?

Oct 09, 02:34AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

john_swale is...sigh

lol

Well neither :P
Although I keep trying to do some 10k training and just general running stuff. Maybe in the long run but seeing that I couldn’t even do a good 5k time it’s the very long lol

Oct 09, 11:45AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

smileylolo

he he… don’t give up! My 5k time is slow too… I’m the tortoise of the running world… slow and steady :-)

Oct 09, 03:16PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

john_swale is...sigh

The tortoise and the even slower tortoise :P

Maybe when I can run – even if it’s slow for the whole distance then I’ll have a go.
I think I did 8k in like 55mins. Shameful.

Oct 10, 01:42PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 3 cheers

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