Running

[heffo]

Completed my sencond half yesterday, have not trained for a month due to flu, finished 1.37. Please enough, Need to lose weight and put in both speed and distance work, would like to break 1.30

Great going!

[Milltown Row2]

Completed my sencond half yesterday, have not trained for a month due to flu, finished 1.37. Please enough, Need to lose weight and put in both speed and distance work, would like to break 1.30

Brilliant time...  I'd imagine if you keep chipping away at it then taking 7 minutes off would be ok, what part of the race did you feel stronger? It's the last 2 miles I find that I started to sprint!! do the next one and stick to a 1.30 pacer (if they have them, most good races they do)

I've done a couple but can't beat 1.38 but I'm not a distance runner, at 5.6" I'm at a serious disadvantage 

[clarshack]

any runners here suffer from exercise induced asthma?

[trueblue1234]

any runners here suffer from exercise induced asthma?

Very much so. Especially in the cold weather.

[Maroon Manc]

Started back running 2 weeks ago, just the 5 minutes slower on a 5k than I was in early November before I got injured; At least I've managed to knock 3 minutes off that since then.

I'd like to do a marathon but would not have the motivation to run for that long. The longest I've run so far is a 10k and did it in 51 minutes but only did that once.

[clarshack]

any runners here suffer from exercise induced asthma?

Very much so. Especially in the cold weather.

suffer from it myself. i began running a couple of years ago but can't seem to break the 5k barrier. pb is 24.30 but i want to finally do a 10k this year. i take my inhaler about 15 mins before i run which helps a bit but is there anything else i can do to improve things?

[trueblue1234]

Just use inhaler myself, but still find it tough. Get shallow breathing at times which isn't great. But usually it passes after the 2nd mile. I've a slight cold at the minute which isn't helping either.

[pullhard]

Completed my sencond half yesterday, have not trained for a month due to flu, finished 1.37. Please enough, Need to lose weight and put in both speed and distance work, would like to break 1.30

Brilliant time...  I'd imagine if you keep chipping away at it then taking 7 minutes off would be ok, what part of the race did you feel stronger? It's the last 2 miles I find that I started to sprint!! do the next one and stick to a 1.30 pacer (if they have them, most good races they do)

I've done a couple but can't beat 1.38 but I'm not a distance runner, at 5.6" I'm at a serious disadvantage 
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Felt terrible throughout thought I was going die or bonk for the last mile.
I love your suggestion about sticking to 1.30

Have asthma, controlled using symbicort, found the blue inhaler didn't work with me

[Milltown Row2]

Completed my sencond half yesterday, have not trained for a month due to flu, finished 1.37. Please enough, Need to lose weight and put in both speed and distance work, would like to break 1.30

Brilliant time...  I'd imagine if you keep chipping away at it then taking 7 minutes off would be ok, what part of the race did you feel stronger? It's the last 2 miles I find that I started to sprint!! do the next one and stick to a 1.30 pacer (if they have them, most good races they do)

I've done a couple but can't beat 1.38 but I'm not a distance runner, at 5.6" I'm at a serious disadvantage 
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Felt terrible throughout thought I was going die or bonk for the last mile.
I love your suggestion about sticking to 1.30

Have asthma, controlled using symbicort, found the blue inhaler didn't work with me

Pacers are a good target....

[laoislad]

 Working down in Cork city next week. Anyone know of anywhere I can go for a run in the evening other than run on city streets or hotel treadmill. Somewhere like a well lit park.I'm staying right in the centre of the city.

[Mayo4Sam]

We'll say from the Clarion head towards Pairc Ui Chaoigh, head down along the river there and it will eventually lead onto a nice path that runs over to Mahon and eventually Rochestown, its a lovely run, just turn and come back when you're half way through!

[laoislad]

We'll say from the Clarion head towards Pairc Ui Chaoigh, head down along the river there and it will eventually lead onto a nice path that runs over to Mahon and eventually Rochestown, its a lovely run, just turn and come back when you're half way through!

Cheers. I'm staying in the Metropole, think that's near enough the Clarion so a route like that sounds good. Would it be a well lit route?

[Mayo4Sam]

Yes, well enough I think, not street light level but its busy, theres always people on it

I would feel safe on it

[pullhard]

What the best way to train to break the 1.30 mark for half marathon?

[imtommygunn]

Two key things are tempo running and long runs.

Tempo is threshold type running. It will get your body used to running at more stressful paces.

All the above and hills will increase your strength.