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Grrrrr, just lost my really lengthy reply by viewing your running log Janell!
As for the shoes - i do intend to have a professional assessment before buying, but i'd really like to get some ideas from others about what they are finding works for them first. With a family of six to feed I would like to avoid expensive mistakes. I am a complete virgin to long distance running so I don't have much of a clue where to start!
I've been running for five years off and on. I have had two children in the last five years, hence the off periods, but even when I am not running I walk about 8km a day so my general fitness is quite good. I intend to use this schedule for the Marathon training http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m_mile.html
and I am using the Auckland Marathon's training schedules for the quarter and half marathon (although I don't like that they use times and paces rather than distances). I had two rest days last week and there are rest days in those schedules - but I do have to admit that in the early part of the Quarter Marathon training (I am only on day 2) I have dropped the rest days from two down to one. This is because I am used to running daily and I am really enjoying it! I have retained the rest day before the long run at the weekend and I have re-introduced a second rest day per week from week 7 of a 10 week schedule (didn't want to burn out before the race).
I don't have any injuries and I am in good health. I am 5ft 10 and weigh 140lbs.
I was only saying to my husband yesterday that I won't be happy just finishing the Marathon - I want to do it in a reasonable time. Of course at this point I have no idea at all what a reasonable time is! I am also aware that I might not cope well with long distance running and so I may indeed change my mind about finishing as fast as I can! What time would you expect a motivated novice to finish a marathon in? I don't even have an idea of a ballpark figure for that!
The Ladies Locker Room sounds great. I'll email when I get the chance.
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2) I'd *strongly* suggest you NOT shoot for a time goal with your first marathon. < snip="" /> But the worst part of all about worrying about your time is that it can ruin the experience. Your first marathon should be a life experence first, a race second, in my opinion. If you have a blast, it'll change your life and you'll come back over and over.
Again, not a marathoner, but what I've heard is that the "average" time for a marathon is about 4 hours...
52° 21' North, 4° 52' East
You'll ruin your knees!
Heck, if I can give birth to an 11lb baby on my living room floor safely (and without pain relief) I think that I can run a marathon.
""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson