Half Marathon - Help
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Stretching should really always be done as part of an active session.
You need to get your body used to activity being the recovery if that makes sense.
For example if your having a night off actual running then try and make it into a little session in itself, such as some light bw core circuits, drills, plyo's that sort of thing and then when you have done that and are suitably warm and loose then do your stretching.
If you do a good hard run one night and push yourself then the following day don't do anything and just sit around you will feel much worse, you should find when you get fitter you feel really refreshed after a light recovery session.
If I have had a hard session and am stiff/sore the next day some gentle exercise makes me feel so much better.
You need to get your body used to activity being the recovery if that makes sense.
For example if your having a night off actual running then try and make it into a little session in itself, such as some light bw core circuits, drills, plyo's that sort of thing and then when you have done that and are suitably warm and loose then do your stretching.
If you do a good hard run one night and push yourself then the following day don't do anything and just sit around you will feel much worse, you should find when you get fitter you feel really refreshed after a light recovery session.
If I have had a hard session and am stiff/sore the next day some gentle exercise makes me feel so much better.
Twit said:
Just make sure you do some runs each week and you will be fine!
I did a half marathon last year having done no training, none at all, I took someones place the night before the race as I was in the pub and thought it would be funny! I just jogged round, the last couple of miles were a bit painful, but did it in a couple of hours. I think if you are reasonably fit then you'll be fine, 13 miles is distance that you can just get round on adrenaline!
Well you must be quite fit already. I've done plenty of running this year including three half marathons and I am hitting the 2 hour mark. My 10k pb is 49 min. I did a half marathon last year having done no training, none at all, I took someones place the night before the race as I was in the pub and thought it would be funny! I just jogged round, the last couple of miles were a bit painful, but did it in a couple of hours. I think if you are reasonably fit then you'll be fine, 13 miles is distance that you can just get round on adrenaline!
How did you feel the day afterwards?
jonesey said:
Does anybody have any suggestions around Schemes/Schedules which i could use?
Of course, if you want to run the half in a fast time, that's a whole different story.
FPC said:
Twit said:
Just make sure you do some runs each week and you will be fine!
I did a half marathon last year having done no training, none at all, I took someones place the night before the race as I was in the pub and thought it would be funny! I just jogged round, the last couple of miles were a bit painful, but did it in a couple of hours. I think if you are reasonably fit then you'll be fine, 13 miles is distance that you can just get round on adrenaline!
Well you must be quite fit already. I've done plenty of running this year including three half marathons and I am hitting the 2 hour mark. My 10k pb is 49 min. I did a half marathon last year having done no training, none at all, I took someones place the night before the race as I was in the pub and thought it would be funny! I just jogged round, the last couple of miles were a bit painful, but did it in a couple of hours. I think if you are reasonably fit then you'll be fine, 13 miles is distance that you can just get round on adrenaline!
How did you feel the day afterwards?
Though in all honesty if you think 'most' people with no training can run 13 miles then I think you overestimate the fitness of this nation!
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