Cyclists with a "Running" Problem

[Andrew Steer]

#Marginalgains

[Jaws677]

Pirates was awesome. I had to walk two of the hills but clapped a few sub 5 min km in the end to come in at 1h50

Edited February 18, 2018 by Jaws677

[Lexx]

Awesome, well Done..

[Andrew Steer]

Pirates was awesome. I had to walk two of the hills but clapped a few sub 5 min km in the end to come in at 1h50

Nice, that's a good time on that route... probably a low 1:40 odd on most race routes.

 

Race went off very well from what I saw 

[Jaws677]

Yes always a nice event, not that many people excellent marshaling at the road crossing and well manned water tables

 

And the route is fairly quite with a few nice views

 

 

 

 

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[Jaws677]

[Jaws677]

No feedback on the new Tuks Marathon ?

 

 

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[ycowley]

No feedback on the new Tuks Marathon ?

 

 

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Did not run the marathon, only the 10km. Nicely organised. Nice route but very popular so a bit congested in places. Overall good run.

[Jakopregop]

No feedback on the new Tuks Marathon ?

 

 

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I did the 21k and l loved it. Club members finishing the 42km said it was real tough...

[Paddaman]

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Very well organised.  The race went well however, there was only feeding between about 20 to 30km.  There after the marathon route joined the 1/2marathon route and food was not available.  Next time I will eat more.  

The route was hilly and eventually by 35km I was reduced to a walk-run strategy until the end.  Legs were battered and I think the "not eating" started to play tricks on my mind

The marking was well planned, BUT the Portuguese club "guerilla tactic-ed" some of us with their parking offer (Big mistake on my part)   This resulted in post race congestion as they also hosted a corporate sports day which really snafu-ed those arriving and those leaving.

 

The only little improvement would be to squeeze the "extra km's" of the 42km route into the "proef plaas" so that we can finish without running out into hatfiled and back into LC De Villiers (through Hatfield).  This would provide two extra routes to exit the venue after the race.

[Mudsimus]

On Saturday morning I did a 23km run, felt fine. Sunday morning I got up to do an easy run, first steps out of the door and my right Achilles was stiff and painful as hell. Thought it would go away but after 2km I stopped. Don’t understand the sudden onset, didn’t do anything funny, shoe wise etc. This morning I can feel its not happy. Really concerned about it???? Not the time to get injured.

[CobusV]

On Saturday morning I did a 23km run, felt fine. Sunday morning I got up to do an easy run, first steps out of the door and my right Achilles was stiff and painful as hell. Thought it would go away but after 2km I stopped. Don’t understand the sudden onset, didn’t do anything funny, shoe wise etc. This morning I can feel its not happy. Really concerned about it Not the time to get injured.

 

More or less the same thing happened to me middle December and it is not lekker. Hope you heal up quickly!

[scuzzy]

Hi All

 

I did the Peninsula yesterday.  Is was my 3 marathon, and first one that I trained for.  As I've been told, a marathon starts at 32km's, because that is where the pain sets in, mine started at 36km yesterday.  I tried to run, but the legs was just dead, body felt fine, ie, didn't bonk or anything like that, legs just didn't want to go.

 

I ended up with a 4:07, with lots of walking in the last 5 km's.  I think before that, I was probably on track for a 3:50/3:55, but I am sure many said that before.

 

So I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong.

 

1. I am busy with training for the OMTOM 56km, so I always felt, building up to the 56km in just over a month from now, I might come up a little short in the marathon, as my longest run up to now has been the Bay2Bay 30km's and more recently a 28km a week earlier, this might be a reason.

2. I started with the 4 hour bus, I did feel that the pace was maybe a bit quick early on, around the 5:15-5:20 mark, but decided to stick with the growd, so it might have been a little fast out of the blocks.

3. At around 28km's a lost the bus, mainly due to the crowds from the half joining.  I followed some other people from the club and think this is maybe where I had a 5km's that was say 10sec/km faster than I should have gone, can this make such a big difference.

4.  When the pain/dead legs started, did I maybe just quit to soon, and can I say because I do not have the experience yet with a lot of marathons, I just had to push through, or is it maybe my mental strength not being there?

 

Lastly, should I worry about the Oceans, I do have the big miles coming up in the next 3-4 weeks.

 

Would appreciate some input from you guys on this.

[SeaBee]

Scuzzy, you should not worry about Oceans. Well, let's reverse that - if you worry, I'm in deep trouble! A friend of mine moaned about Peninsula time last night and my response was that the fact that he just ran a marathon, somewhat slower than hoped. On the same morning as I did my longest run of the year so far, which was 25k's. And I was chuffed to bits with it... Prior to this pretty much rehab and started to build up from interlinked foot/calf issue.

 

Don't worry and don't go bonkers on mileage now and injure yourself. Recover well from Peninsula and then start doing what you've been doing.

[tjommies3]

I took a week off with complete rest after running a marathon distance LSD on February 11th. My recovery period was shorter than expected but since I have a 'loaded' program leading up to OMTOM, I thought I would force the break. R&R is definitely a good part, if not the most important part of training. I now have about 3 weeks of build towards a 32km LSD on March 11th, and then 3 weeks of tapering, punctuated with a few hill repeats and speedwork sessions. Despite me hating running, I have enjoyed my journey to OMTOM '18 so far, and due to qualifying early(September 17th), I guess that I have eliminated lots of the pressure that others seem to have gone through in recent weeks.

 

To Scuzzy - I have entered a few marathons, only finished 1 as a race, the other was LSD on my own as mentioned above - you have no need to worry about anything as your time was close to 10 minutes faster than my qualifier. I am hoping to run a sub 6 at OMTOM, and if it's going really well 5:30 won't be a bad result, and if it doesn't  - finishing before cut-off will still be ok.

 

All the best to everyone in our quest for OMTOM(and of course Comrades), hopefully we will remain injury free and healthy. I think we are probably close to that point where cramming just won't be worth it. Take it easy and run with freedom.

[Stretch]

 

 

Hi All

 

 

So I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong.

 

Lastly, should I worry about the Oceans, I do have the big miles coming up in the next 3-4 weeks.

 

Would appreciate some input from you guys on this.

Avoid buses... Run your own way that your are used to.

 

When was your first walk? You need to walk.. Even if it's just for 30 secs while you getting water... Definitely for the second half.

 

Did you have food? Very important to fuel your muscles

 

Oh.. And.. Avoid buses

 

Did I mention to avoid buses?