274 replies to this topic

[otisr]

Thanks.  I will look forqward to running with "esteemed" company in the 4.00 or 3.45 group.  This will be my first time with pacers, and as Tim2 suggests it can help, so I'll give it a go.

[Phoenix]

Does anyone know who the 3.30 pacers are for the marathon?

[StellaBella]

Ok I just wanted to check what y'all think of my lead up to the HM

10/08 - 15km Cross Country
17/08 - 10km Road Race
24/08 - 15km+ Easy Run (group)
31/08 - 12km City to Surf (a little hilly but not too bad)
07/09 - 15km "pancake run" - hilly
14/09 - 20km Easy Run (solo)
21/09 - Blackmores HM

The only thing I'm querying is the 20km the week prior to the event...

[dropbear]

StellaBella, on Aug 4 2008, 11:54 AM, said:

Ok I just wanted to check what y'all think of my lead up to the HM



The only thing I'm querying is the 20km the week prior to the event...

I would have thought a solid-paced 15k hitout, rather than a slow 20, would be what your body needs prior to a one-week taper.

db.

Edited by dropbear, 04 August 2008 - 12:03 PM.

[dropbear]

Carmen, on Aug 4 2008, 12:02 PM, said:

Go Stella!!  My personal take would be to make that run the week prior a bit less, maybe 16-18k max?  Everyone is different and if you're comfortable it could be okay.  But it's close to running the whole distance which you definitely don't need to do beforehand.  Trust me, adrenaline and a lot of 'GO COOL RUNNER' 's will get you over the final distance  

I've decided not to run anything in the Sydney Running Festival but to join the official cheer squad instead, that way I can watch lots of CR's finish - can't wait!

Pretty much on the same wavelength Carmen.  I think a good hotout is tha last one the body will get for the next week so make an effort.  18k might be taking things a bit far if you were to train to maybe 85-90% (in my opinion), but  15-16 fine.

db.

Edited by dropbear, 04 August 2008 - 12:06 PM.

[StellaBella]

dropbear, on Aug 4 2008, 01:01 PM, said:

I would have thought a solid-paced 15k hitout, rather than a slow 20, would be what your body needs prior to a one-week taper.

db.

Carmen, on Aug 4 2008, 01:02 PM, said:

Go Stella!!  My personal take would be to make that run the week prior a bit less, maybe 16-18k max?  Everyone is different and if you're comfortable it could be okay.  But it's close to running the whole distance which you definitely don't need to do beforehand.  Trust me, adrenaline and a lot of 'GO COOL RUNNER' 's will get you over the final distance  

I've decided not to run anything in the Sydney Running Festival but to join the official cheer squad instead, that way I can watch lots of CR's finish - can't wait!

Thanks guys... I guess I just wanted a hit out at close to the race distance since the longest I've run in ages is yesterdays 17.5km... the only draw back to racing as much as I do is it encroaches upon long runs.  Perhaps the one on the 24/08 will be closer to 18km anyway which would be helpful but I shall aim for a solid 15 or 16km the week before Blackmores

[dropbear]

StellaBella, on Aug 4 2008, 01:42 PM, said:

Thanks guys... I guess I just wanted a hit out at close to the race distance since the longest I've run in ages is yesterdays 17.5km... the only draw back to racing as much as I do is it encroaches upon long runs.  Perhaps the one on the 24/08 will be closer to 18km anyway which would be helpful but I shall aim for a solid 15 or 16km the week before Blackmores

Yep.  I reckon running the race distance 2-3 weeks out is fine...then you can confidently ease back a bit but not lose the conditioning  stelzi.

db.

[M00M00]

Just wondering how the newbies are going in regards to training for this run. I know Paigebaby and myself are planning on this being our first big one. Any other newbies doing this one?
Today ran 5.5km for the first time since starting back running . Was really slow.  

[OscarZarate]

I'm in for the Half (three weeks before Melbourne Marathon is just what I need   ).
My target is 1:25.

See you all there!

[Kyliee]

M00M00, on Aug 4 2008, 04:10 PM, said:

Just wondering how the newbies are going in regards to training for this run. I know Paigebaby and myself are planning on this being our first big one. Any other newbies doing this one?

I'm a newbie and I'll be there for the 9km as well. I've not had a good week this week, but my training is going OK. I'm slow as well.... I daresay I'll see you there  

[M00M00]

Kyliee, on Aug 5 2008, 07:54 PM, said:

I'm a newbie and I'll be there for the 9km as well. I've not had a good week this week, but my training is going OK. I'm slow as well.... I daresay I'll see you there  

Kyliee

Keep us updated on how your going. It's nice to know their will be some other cr newbies doing this one. Good luck with all your training.

Moo

[slowmo]

Kyliee, on Aug 5 2008, 07:54 PM, said:

I'm a newbie and I'll be there for the 9km as well. I've not had a good week this week, but my training is going OK. I'm slow as well.... I daresay I'll see you there  

Hey that's fantastic Kyliee - good on you for taking on this challenge !  I'm sure you'll go really welll

slowmo

[rodthehornet]

Phoenix, on Aug 3 2008, 01:20 PM, said:

Does anyone know who the 3.30 pacers are for the marathon?

CR Moh is one of them - fresh off his 3:15 at M7.
Strider member is the other.


Hornet

[crabby]

Kyliee, on Aug 5 2008, 03:54 AM, said:

I'm a newbie and I'll be there for the 9km as well. I've not had a good week this week, but my training is going OK. I'm slow as well.... I daresay I'll see you there  

Kyliee,that's great. Good onya for taking it to the next level after your fabulous 5k debut...
I will be entering something, probably the half or possibly the full monty, if I can 'screw my courage to the sticking place'  
Don't worry about a bad week. we all have them sometimes... Good luck for the next few weeks training!!

[Whippet gal]

Hotel tip - If you become a Rydges Priority Club member (free to join), you can get a room at Rydges North Sydney for $126 (or 'splurge' and get a harbourview room for $135). We've stayed there the last few years - it's close enough to the start. The Priority card gets you 20% off food and a free drink too. I just booked.

[tonedbutt]

M00M00, on Aug 4 2008, 04:10 PM, said:

Just wondering how the newbies are going in regards to training for this run. I know Paigebaby and myself are planning on this being our first big one. Any other newbies doing this one?
Today ran 5.5km for the first time since starting back running . Was really slow.  

I am a noob and I am up for the half.  My last run was the MDC (8km 1:14).  Iam big, slow and coming off injury so have been doing gym work and swimming.  Am planning a light 7km run at the weekend as I can't do C2S cos of the torn ligaments.  Thanks for asking.

[yondi]

I'm doing the half marathon.Very nervous and excited.     I almost backed out and changed to the 9km but after a great run at C2S I think I can do this.

YONDI

[Kyliee]

I've finally entered the 9km. I've benn planning on it for ages, but no turning back now  

I went and 'Kylieshuffled' 10km on Sunday, so I know I will be able to finish... just need to keep working and get it looking more like a run. I'm really looking forward to the day!

[diverdanmac]

half marathon is a 6.30am start.... is that for real?????

[Rugbygal1978]

I'm making the SRF half my first 21.1km too! Really pumped after 80.21 in the C2S on the weekend. No real time goal as yet, right now just focused on not picking up any injuries and enjoying the journey. But yeah, had to read that three times re: the 6.20am start. Yuck!

[koogie]

This will be my first half marathon too!  I'm getting ridiculously excited now that C2S is past.  

Has anyone been to any of the free training sessions?

[yondi]

Carmen, on Aug 13 2008, 11:08 AM, said:

You can SO do it Yondi, can't wait to cheer you on.

Just a reminder to everyone to make sure you have your CR colours on for this one.  I'll be cheering and I have a REALLY big cheer-mouth  

Thanks Carmen

[Don Juan]

koogie, on Aug 13 2008, 01:50 PM, said:

This will be my first half marathon too!  I'm getting ridiculously excited now that C2S is past.  

Has anyone been to any of the free training sessions?

This will be my first 9km; pretty relaxed at the moment but I expect the excitement to build at about the 6km marker.

I was at training with Sean Williams this morning and chatted to a half marathon entrant who turned up for the free training session.  There were runners of a wide variety of levels at training who usually push along newcomers. However the greyhounds I usually chase all went berserk this morning and ran me into the ground.

So if you turn up to the right session, you get to train with me for free as well.

[koogie]

Don Juan, on Aug 14 2008, 11:27 AM, said:

This will be my first 9km; pretty relaxed at the moment but I expect the excitement to build at about the 6km marker.

I was at training with Sean Williams this morning and chatted to a half marathon entrant who turned up for the free training session.  There were runners of a wide variety of levels at training who usually push along newcomers. However the greyhounds I usually chase all went berserk this morning and ran me into the ground.

So if you turn up to the right session, you get to train with me for free as well.

The centennial park ones were the ones I was thinking of attending.  Can you tell me, do all the sessions follow the same format?  Or is it tuesday: speed thursday: hills Sunday: long run?  for example.   I want to come along, but will be struggling to drag the boy across town on a sunday morning for a long run when we can do that near home...

Thanks!

[Don Juan]

koogie, on Aug 14 2008, 11:54 AM, said:

The centennial park ones were the ones I was thinking of attending.  Can you tell me, do all the sessions follow the same format?  Or is it tuesday: speed thursday: hills Sunday: long run?  for example.   I want to come along, but will be struggling to drag the boy across town on a sunday morning for a long run when we can do that near home...

Koogie, the sessions vary among speed, hills, tempo, fartlek, and long run, and according to level of ability.

Sunday is a longer run but it's not necessarily slow, and you're far more likely to drag the boy home than to the session. I'm sure Sean would be happy to elaborate. You can also message Long Arms through Coolrunning.

[koogie]

Don Juan, on Aug 14 2008, 01:34 PM, said:

Koogie, the sessions vary among speed, hills, tempo, fartlek, and long run, and according to level of ability.

Sunday is a longer run but it's not necessarily slow, and you're far more likely to drag the boy home than to the session. I'm sure Sean would be happy to elaborate. You can also message Long Arms through Coolrunning.

Thanks!

[cheerleader]

Hey Koogie, let me know if you contact Sean about the long runs on Sunday – I’d be keen too.

[koogie]

cheerleader, on Aug 14 2008, 04:52 PM, said:

Hey Koogie, let me know if you contact Sean about the long runs on Sunday – I’d be keen too.

I've messaged Sean about the length and speed of the long runs on Sunday - I'll update this thread when he gets back to me.

[michaelp]

Hi,

I have entered the half marathon. Last year I did the full marathon, after the Gold Coast Marathon this year I feel a little bit demotivated to run another full marathon this year. I hope I can maintain 5min/km. We will see.

mike

[koogie]

cheerleader, on Aug 14 2008, 04:52 PM, said:

Hey Koogie, let me know if you contact Sean about the long runs on Sunday – I’d be keen too.

koogie, on Aug 14 2008, 04:55 PM, said:

I've messaged Sean about the length and speed of the long runs on Sunday - I'll update this thread when he gets back to me.

From Sean:

"We typically run together as a group for between 15-20km.....that is from 7.30am-9.00am. Those running longer usually start earlier or keep running later. The range of pace of runners in the group is huge- anyone from those running 35km runs in 2 hours, so 3.30 per km and faster (elites) to runners of an intermediate standard, doing as slow as 5.30 per km. The faster runners do U turns to double back for the intermediate runners every couple of km, so the group re-forms."

A bit fast for me - at least for that distance.  But might be good for you..

Edited by koogie, 20 August 2008 - 08:04 PM.

[cheerleader]

Thanks for that Koogie - just a bit fast for me too - was hoping for 6min/km pace at that distance.

[BEFORE40]

Hey all, Im back,     
have spent four weeks recovering from my fracture...today 10k run in 45 mins, no pain (from the foot...) so I am very excited will be able to run at the Sydney event. Still wont make a full marathon, not that fit (or stupid) but should make the half. Im stoked!

[walshy2]

I'm Back !!

After feeling shattered on Wednesday when I returned from a 10km run with a sore knee and couldnt walk properly down stairs on Thursday and Friday, my knee now appears to have magically transformed itself pretty much back to normal.
Have been icing a couple of times a day and using Nurofen Gel and got a physio to stretch it out and whack some Ultrasound into my knee on Thursday.
I planned to rest it until Tuesday, but couldn't help myself today and went out to try it out and did 7.5km at 4.45 pace.
Well here I sit with no side affects whatsoever and I am feeling over the moon.
Back to Physio tomorrow to see what he makes of all this, but the 1st Mara goal is still a reality for me, thank god!
Even if I have to revise my time target, I just really want to make this Marathon after all the effort I have put into it

walshy

[StellaBella]

koogie, on Aug 20 2008, 09:00 PM, said:

From Sean:

"We typically run together as a group for between 15-20km.....that is from 7.30am-9.00am. Those running longer usually start earlier or keep running later. The range of pace of runners in the group is huge- anyone from those running 35km runs in 2 hours, so 3.30 per km and faster (elites) to runners of an intermediate standard, doing as slow as 5.30 per km. The faster runners do U turns to double back for the intermediate runners every couple of km, so the group re-forms."

A bit fast for me - at least for that distance.  But might be good for you..

Hehe - it's a bit disheartening seeing your newly acquired 10km race pace being referred to as slow!
(I actually do know it is slow    )

[Loco66]

hey hey

  good to see colsy and before 40 back into the swing of things but i went the oppsite way today.......at about the 16km mark of my run today my calf just seized and had to walk the last 3km home....not real happy but will treat and physio monday.....have my fingers crossed!

[Fiona]

To all the experienced marathon runners, I am planing on doing the marathon, have done 2 x30km's  runs and 2 in the high 20's, but last week have had head cold and sore throat so too frightened to run just in case I make it worse.  I have now missed a long run, and it is the Perth C2S half this weekend which I wanted to test my speed in... but now thinking should I forget that and do my last long run then, or will I be fine to do the last long run 3 weeks out?  Or perhaps I am even getting ahead of myself thinking I can run 21kms after a week of not doing much?
Have only done 2 marathons, trained properly for one and not for the other, so slightly inexperienced here but no that the right training does pay dividends. Welcome any words of wisdom here.

[Hayden]

Hi, I am new to the site but getting right into my running after a long lay off. Just did the Pub to Pub on the weekend and am now jumping out of my skin to do the HM. Just interested to know a bit about the course from people who have done it in the past. Is it flat, are the hills long or steep etc. Just looking to benefit from the experiences of others. Cheers

[TehAxe]

Hayden, on Aug 25 2008, 10:37 AM, said:

Hi, I am new to the site but getting right into my running after a long lay off. Just did the Pub to Pub on the weekend and am now jumping out of my skin to do the HM. Just interested to know a bit about the course from people who have done it in the past. Is it flat, are the hills long or steep etc. Just looking to benefit from the experiences of others. Cheers

g'day. I'm doing the half as well. The course is mostly flat, the only hill worth worrying about is just after the turnaround at Dobroyd Pt. Its not super steep, just long.

[OscarZarate]

TehAxe, on Aug 25 2008, 11:03 AM, said:

g'day. I'm doing the half as well. The course is mostly flat, the only hill worth worrying about is just after the turnaround at Dobroyd Pt. Its not super steep, just long.

What about the Bridge? How steep is the bridge?

[brewer]

The run up on to the bridge is not too steep, and being right at the start of the race you hardly notice it with the excitement.

Cheers,
Greg

[BEFORE40]

Hey all, anyone know who the pacers are for the half marathon?

[dickyboy]

BEFORE40, on Aug 25 2008, 05:17 PM, said:

Hey all, anyone know who the pacers are for the half marathon?

Various Sydney Striders members are the 1/2 marathon pacers. You'll see us )hopefully) at the start with our flags.

I'm one of the 90 minute pacers.

[CalamityCoyote]

Entered the 9km bridge run.
I also applied for a preferred start this time.
I'm thinking of making it the last time I'm doing the 9km this year.
Plaining to do the half-marathon next year.
I'm hoping to go with a bang for the last one and make it in to the top 10 this year.

Edited by CalamityCoyote, 25 August 2008 - 06:57 PM.

[BEFORE40]

dickyboy, on Aug 25 2008, 06:39 PM, said:

Various Sydney Striders members are the 1/2 marathon pacers. You'll see us )hopefully) at the start with our flags.

I'm one of the 90 minute pacers.

You my be a bit quick for me dickyboy! just recovering from injury but will keep my eyes open for one of your colleagues, cheers mate

[awheat]

If anyone is interested, I recently contacted the team at Gofundraise, who have added a charity foundation that is close to my heart Trish Multiple Sclerosis Research Foundation

http://www.gofundrai...ail.aspx?cid=76

If anyone would like to consider raising monies for this foundation, please consider joining the team, creating a webpage so that friends, family and colleagues can donate.
Running a marathon is hard enough as it is, but running under the knowledge that you're raising money for a worthwhile cause really does make it that little bit more enjoyable.

thanks for your consideration, and best of luck for the run.

regards

Alan.

[CalamityCoyote]

TKR, on Aug 25 2008, 06:14 AM, said:

PS Calamity coyote..what is the preferred time for the 9k?  I hope to move to the next grade too next year..dreaming of a 1/2.

It under 35mins for men and 40 mins for Girl.

Need to print a form from the Blackmore Fun run website.
And fill it out. It just ask what's your best time and where you did it.

Edited by CalamityCoyote, 26 August 2008 - 08:17 PM.