Am I doing this right? - Page 2

Dave · #16 28th Apr 08, 09:42 AM

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Revenged · #17 28th Apr 08, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by pedestrian

I raced at 20 miles (1hour 48 min) a couple of times, and that taught me that the marathon wasn't for me.
Myself, and other people who've grown up as runners have never really seen the marathon as the "be all and end all" of racing which it has now become. We were brought up with track racing in the summer, and cross country in the winter, with road relays and shorter road races thrown in when time allowed. Marathons were just never on the agenda. It seems that many people set out on a running career these days with the sole intent of doing the marathon. Is this now the norm?
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i don't think it has changed that much...

it's still x-country season in winter and track and road races in summer...

it's a bit rubbish for me though...

i've never set foot on an atheletics track so i have to wait until winter again for x-country races so i'm entering 5k every month until then...

i'm not sure if people's attitudes about marathon has changed... but yeah it does seem to be a lot of people's goal...

SarahE · #18 28th Apr 08, 04:39 PM

At the moment I have no wish to EVER do a road marathon! I hate running on roads ... find it quite tedious really. I run for the fun of it (and to keep fit of course) which is why I love do go off road. Its so much nicer to run out in the country side. My aim is to be able to do a mountain marathon, this is purely because its my favourite environment ... plus its over 2 days instead of having to do in 1 !

Molly, I think you're doing great but try not to put to much pressure on yourself to improve to quickly. Thats exactly what I did when I started running and ended up hating it and feeling useless. Do it for the enjoyment to start with, see if you can find a couple more routes (preferably with nice scenery) and I'm sure you'll begin to love it!

pedestrian · #19 28th Apr 08, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SarahE

At the moment I have no wish to EVER do a road marathon! I hate running on roads ... find it quite tedious really. I run for the fun of it (and to keep fit of course) which is why I love do go off road. Its so much nicer to run out in the country side. My aim is to be able to do a mountain marathon, this is purely because its my favourite environment ... plus its over 2 days instead of having to do in 1 !

Molly, I think you're doing great but try not to put to much pressure on yourself to improve to quickly. Thats exactly what I did when I started running and ended up hating it and feeling useless. Do it for the enjoyment to start with, see if you can find a couple more routes (preferably with nice scenery) and I'm sure you'll begin to love it!

Well done Sarah, you've rescued the thread and brought it back onto its original subject!

SarahE · #20 28th Apr 08, 07:25 PM

You're very welcome