Running

[JimStynes]

Do many of you pay attention to heart rate when running? I've been messing around with this recently. I'm around 144-149 during a longer run at medium pace. However, recently, I've found it hard to stay below 155, sometimes hitting 170. I know many experienced runners will tell you to ignore it, and that watch readings aren't great. Just wondering if anyone pays heed to it.

Buy the chest strap. The watch isn't great I've found. You're also probably going too fast for your slow runs.

Trying to get more running done myself. A marathon in the back of my head for this year and trying to see if I could build up to one again. Hurt my knee already ffs. I have been plagued by bursitis or patella tendonitis in the past and it's started to come back now thst I'm building up the miles.

[jcpen]

Finding it very hard to get motivated to go for a run, ran the Dublin Marathon back in October and have ran very little since.
Was thinking of signing up for the Newry Half to give me something to train for and hopefully a bit of motivation, anyone ran it before?

[clarshack]

Parkrun have removed a lot of data from their website in relation to different types of records. Disappointing as while I was never going to come even remotely close to breaking any records I did find it interesting at times looking at different parkrun stats. Not sure what the real reason for this is but have seen it suggested that it's about males running in the female category and getting course records?

[JimStynes]

Booked New York marathon for November! Anyone ever done it?

[dec]

Booked New York marathon for November! Anyone ever done it?

I live in New York and I have done it 8 times. Nothing too fast, my best time is 3:56. It is the only marathon that I have done so I can't compare it with anything else but I loved it.

[An Astrail]

Parkrun have removed a lot of data from their website in relation to different types of records. Disappointing as while I was never going to come even remotely close to breaking any records I did find it interesting at times looking at different parkrun stats. Not sure what the real reason for this is but have seen it suggested that it's about males running in the female category and getting course records?

Those damn transgenders, taking all the parkrun medals and prize money...

[imtommygunn]

From the group I train with a few have done new york and the feeling is that it's fantastic but is also a very tough marathon.

Hadn't realised parkrun had removed records etc but there was a lot of furore around the categories etc so I suspect it's that.

[Milltown Row2]

From the group I train with a few have done new york and the feeling is that it's fantastic but is also a very tough marathon.

Hadn't realised parkrun had removed records etc but there was a lot of furore around the categories etc so I suspect it's that.

Prize money at park runs? Park runs are not taken seriously, well I never thought they were. It's a Saturday morning bitta craic run.

[jcpen]

Booked New York marathon for November! Anyone ever done it?

Did you get in through a ballot or go down the route of the sports tours?

[imtommygunn]

From the group I train with a few have done new york and the feeling is that it's fantastic but is also a very tough marathon.

Hadn't realised parkrun had removed records etc but there was a lot of furore around the categories etc so I suspect it's that.

Prize money at park runs? Park runs are not taken seriously, well I never thought they were. It's a Saturday morning bitta craic run.

There's no prize money but they keep track of records. Quite a few womens records were broken by transgender athletes and that caused a bit of a furore. They seem to matter to some people...

[square_ball]

Do Ciara Mageean and Nick Griggs not hold the records for the Ireland park runs?

[JimStynes]

Booked New York marathon for November! Anyone ever done it?

Did you get in through a ballot or go down the route of the sports tours?

Running for a charity called 'Tiny Life'. It's a charity that helped me a lot in the past so time to repay them. It'll cost me a fortune but sure it's a once in a life time type thing for me. If anyone wants to sponsor a few quid then I will fire the link up. I have no shame lol

I am not really worried about a time or anything and I know it's a very tough and hilly marathon so I will be happy just finishing. I need to get a coach or someone to train with to keep me right and injury free. I have no clue how to structure the year from now to start of November. It's too early to train for the marathon so I might try focus on a few half marathons first.

[Milltown Row2]

Booked New York marathon for November! Anyone ever done it?

Did you get in through a ballot or go down the route of the sports tours?

Running for a charity called 'Tiny Life'. It's a charity that helped me a lot in the past so time to repay them. It'll cost me a fortune but sure it's a once in a life time type thing for me. If anyone wants to sponsor a few quid then I will fire the link up. I have no shame lol

I am not really worried about a time or anything and I know it's a very tough and hilly marathon so I will be happy just finishing. I need to get a coach or someone to train with to keep me right and injury free. I have no clue how to structure the year from now to start of November. It's too early to train for the marathon so I might try focus on a few half marathons first.

Start with the parkruns, get up to the 10k's and pick out the Ards, Lisburn and Larne half marathons, that'll get ya used to running in events. Do not look at times, you can not win the race, so enjoy it, I never went out with a coach or a running club, but anyone I know that does, says it helped them far better than preparing solo.

[imtommygunn]

Build your endurance. Go slow (slow I always use as a relative term in running - slow for your pace). The parkruns etc are good if you need company but main thing you need to build up is an endurance base. Now is the time to build that to upping the miles later in the year.

[tonto1888]

Best of luck with it Jim