Quote from: charlatan on February 18, 2023, 06:48:15 PMDid a 21 miler with a couple of big hills on Christmas Day. Took a few weeks to get that out of my legs, but it made me think I ought to be capable of a three hour marathon. So rather than going through the hassle of signing up for one I thought I'd measure one myself (in amateur fashion) and wait for a day when it wasn't windy, my wife wasn't busy, etc. That turned out to be today. My time was 2:56:56, but let's face it my measurement was nowhere near accurate enough to be dealing in seconds. I ran slightly over 0.4 miles extra before my watch reached three hours, so I'm satisfied I can claim a sub three hour marathon. Don't particularly fancy doing another one.I had my kid pass me a cup of water just beyond halfway. Once I had consumed about a quarter of the water and inadvertently poured the rest on myself I tried to put it into a bin as I was passing, but it fell out. I felt sufficiently socially conscious to go back, pick it up and put it in the bin which cost me a few seconds. Repeating that move would take me about a minute at my current stiffness level though!You bastard. <winky thing> just when i feel I’m making progress with a nice 14k very hilly trail run yesterday you throw that into the chat. I’m putting this down to charlatan weighing less than Kipchoge and utilising the latest in carbon shoe technology…..
Did a 21 miler with a couple of big hills on Christmas Day. Took a few weeks to get that out of my legs, but it made me think I ought to be capable of a three hour marathon. So rather than going through the hassle of signing up for one I thought I'd measure one myself (in amateur fashion) and wait for a day when it wasn't windy, my wife wasn't busy, etc. That turned out to be today. My time was 2:56:56, but let's face it my measurement was nowhere near accurate enough to be dealing in seconds. I ran slightly over 0.4 miles extra before my watch reached three hours, so I'm satisfied I can claim a sub three hour marathon. Don't particularly fancy doing another one.I had my kid pass me a cup of water just beyond halfway. Once I had consumed about a quarter of the water and inadvertently poured the rest on myself I tried to put it into a bin as I was passing, but it fell out. I felt sufficiently socially conscious to go back, pick it up and put it in the bin which cost me a few seconds. Repeating that move would take me about a minute at my current stiffness level though!
Thanks Jon. Got round in 3:57:23 so I achieved my sub 4 hour target and it was an absolutely out of this world experience.
Great effort!
So 34km trail race today from Corfe Castle to Weymouth, course was absolutely brutal and the rapidly increasing temp from 11am meant temps of 21 degrees for the rest of the day which was let’s just say sub optimal!! Managed to get it done in just under 6 hours but a brutal introduction. Also helps if you’re not a twat like me and go the wrong way adding 3k to the 34. Anyway still alive and next race a 50k in the Peak District next on the agenda in July.
Getting back into running now after a bit of a hiatus. First proper 5K last night in god knows how long.
Quote from: Risso on July 05, 2023, 09:07:35 AMGetting back into running now after a bit of a hiatus. First proper 5K last night in god knows how long.Good stuff Risso. How's the legs today?
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