I'm in great shape, but have been only running 2-4 miles at a pop the past several months. Can do up to 7 miles. I've done 10k and 5k races and have been running for years (just not much lately). Half this Sunday - should I go for it? I'm 39 and am normal weight.
1/2 marathons are easy as f*ck. If you can't do it I'd just kill yourself.
Melissa197719771977 wrote:
I'm in great shape, but have been only running 2-4 miles at a pop the past several months. Can do up to 7 miles. I've done 10k and 5k races and have been running for years (just not much lately). Half this Sunday - should I go for it? I'm 39 and am normal weight.
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K, anyone else?
What does that mean?
I wouldn't run too hard, you can complete the distance I imagine. but it probably won't feel great.
you'll hate your life at miles 8-9 if you go out at too aggressive a pace. if you start more conservatively and treat it like a progression, you'll be oki had a great experience where i had been running two 5 mile runs a week for a few months with a friend, just to catch up, and never did any workout or tempo pace, just easy 7:00+ stuff. i started the HM at 7:00 pace and got faster every mile, my last being in 5:55 or something. it ended up being a 1:24 or something gentle, 12 minutes off my PB on that course, but felt so good to always be accelerating and picking people off.
Melissa197719771977 wrote:
I'm in great shape, but have been only running 2-4 miles at a pop the past several months. Can do up to 7 miles. I've done 10k and 5k races and have been running for years (just not much lately). Half this Sunday - should I go for it? I'm 39 and am normal weight.
Thanks. I plan to go slowly.
I'm sure you can complete one, but I wouldn't set a low time goal for it IMO. Resist the urge to power out the first 6 miles, better start off slower then your 10k pace then pick up the pace around mile 7 or 8 if you're feeling good. Good Luck to you!
Thanks!
You'll be fine. The half is not a distance that requires up to and over distance to master.
Good to know. Thank you.
98% of the field won't have actually trained properly. You aren't special.
I know I'm far from special - just wanted to know if people generally go out and do this without dropping dead.
Depends on how much suffering you want to endure both during and after. For a pain free run to get to finish: start slower than you think you should, think at least a minute a mile slower than your 10k pace. Don't think about going faster until you are at least 9 miles in no matter how good you feel. Then wait until you are ten miles in. If it still feels very easy, go ahead and go for it for the last 5k.
The thing is that clearly your time doesn't matter and you are going to get a crap time as compared to if you had trained. You are doing this for fun, so keep it fun. Think of it as any old Sunday long run, not a race. It's an easy pace for a long (for you) distance.
Melissa197719771977 wrote:
I know I'm far from special - just wanted to know if people generally go out and do this without dropping dead.
Oh no, you are obviously special.
fred wrote:
Melissa197719771977 wrote:I know I'm far from special - just wanted to know if people generally go out and do this without dropping dead.
Oh no, you are obviously special.
+1
Extremely.
Melissa197719771977 wrote:
Thanks. I plan to go slowly.
Make sure you do a run with your fuel belt to identify any possible chafing points.
sub 2 HM beast wrote:
Make sure you do a run with your fuel belt to identify any possible chafing points.
That made me laugh out loud. Nicely done.