Running

[laoislad]

Giving the Poppintree Park Run a shot tomorrow. Not sure where I will be time wised but hopeful I'll do something decent.

Fair play you'll be grand.
Going to do one myself tomorrow. Either Lucan or Marlay park haven't decided yet.
Going on beer to watch match tonight so I won't be expecting any great times myself tomorrow.!

[bridgegael]

When you lads trained for the marathon, when you were doing say your 17/20 mile runs did you do one one long run or or say 2 laps of 8/10mile if you know what i mean.

[laoislad]

I tried not to do laps/loops as much as I could.
It's hard finding a 20mile route where you don't double back on yourself at some stage though.
I often even just ran on the other side of the road coming back just to take the monotony out of it.
The problem I found also is I often miscalculated the route and still had a mile or two left to get home after the distance I intended to do was complete.

[CD]

When you lads trained for the marathon, when you were doing say your 17/20 mile runs did you do one one long run or or say 2 laps of 8/10mile if you know what i mean.

I always lapped or did figure 8s or clovers with a central point where I'd leave water, gels, bananas etc. it always gave me something to look forward to and I hate carrying things when I'm running. Took a bit more planning on gbmapometer!

[magpie seanie]

26:04 by my watch for the Poppintree parkrun. 2 seconds outside my pb. Thought I would nip under 26 but not to be. Improving but a long way to go to take 1:05 off that.

Lovely flat course. Well marshalled.

[laoislad]

Good stuff ms. Keep at it and that time will come down no bother. The park runs are fantastic.
Banging hangover for me this morning so didn't bother going  to my local one myself.

[charlieTully]

what distances should you start taking gels or drinks etc during a run, ive only ran ten ks and only took a few sips of water, im doing eight miles now which i hope to build on?

[imtommygunn]

I would have said it's more time based charlie. An hour and a half i think is a good barometer.

[magpie seanie]

Guys - you know these race calculators which tell you what time you should be able to do based on a time you have done - are they realistic? Not sure myself.

[dec]

Predicting a marathon time based on a 5K time is probably not going to be that accurate. Predicting a 10 mile race time based on a 10K is probably going to be close.

[Milltown Row2]

what distances should you start taking gels or drinks etc during a run, ive only ran ten ks and only took a few sips of water, im doing eight miles now which i hope to build on?

Any distance over half marathon you'd take gels, prefer sweets myself

[CD]

what distances should you start taking gels or drinks etc during a run, ive only ran ten ks and only took a few sips of water, im doing eight miles now which i hope to build on?

Any distance over half marathon you'd take gels, prefer sweets myself

Did u Tollymore today MR? One of those half marathons I'm told feels more like 16! Slowly recovering from injury myself. Might look to Seeley cup to see how the ankle is.

[Milltown Row2]

Didn't go. I'm away in England work till March. Home weekends so cant really do much. Bit disappointed as friends all done it and loved it ffs.

[moysider]

Guys - you know these race calculators which tell you what time you should be able to do based on a time you have done - are they realistic? Not sure myself.

McMillan is accurate except for the Marathon I found.

[muppet]

26:04 by my watch for the Poppintree parkrun. 2 seconds outside my pb. Thought I would nip under 26 but not to be. Improving but a long way to go to take 1:05 off that.

Lovely flat course. Well marshalled.

Flat, might check that out when I get a chance. Malahide is nice but a couple of small hills, particularly up to the finish. St. Annes has only one little hill but it knocks you out of your stride the second time over it.

The 25 mins will come quicker than you think. And then you will immediately be thinking 24!