Sussex beacon half marathon

[shoreham moonraker]

Tried looking for previous running threads but for the life of me cant find them.
So hands up who is doing this? This is good prep for my first ever marathon (Brighton) in 2 months, to be fair this will be my first ever half marathon, raising money for the Sussex kidney unit. If you see a fat lad in a Swindon shirt give us a cheer or maybe a "who are ya"

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Forgot to register so doing 13 miles on the 21st anyway.

 

[Fergus96]

Mr Moonraker, I too am running the Half, then the Full Marathon in April, first time too. Training going well, can comfortably run 16 miles now, so fingers crossed no injuries. Am running for the Martlets

 

[shoreham moonraker]

Bloody hell, you are way ahead of me, Im up to about 10 miles. The snow at xmas buggered my training. Good luck.

 

[gullshark]

Yup I'm doing it and the full marathon, will look out for you.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Bloody hell, you are way ahead of me, Im up to about 10 miles. The snow at xmas buggered my training. Good luck.

Dont worry,all the marathon schedules for a sub 4.30 hour marathon still only suggest 10 miles at the moment (as the Sunday run).it will creep up to 20 about 3 weeks before the race.just keep training 4 times min a week.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Did 20 miles last sunday, first time i have done that much, couldnt walk for the rest of the day..... dunno how going to get another 7 out.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Yup, I'm doing this and I am NOT ready. Been hitting it a bit too hard the last few weeks. Hopefully a couple of weeks off the beer (and the smokes) and on a decent diet, ie no crap whatsoever, will see me okay.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm not running the Brighton half but I'm in training for London. Coincidentally I'm doing it for The Sussex Beacon. Training going well. Got a 16 miler tomorrow morning.

I think the Brighton marathon has had an effect on the city. I have certainly seen more people out running this year than I have in previous years.

 

[beardy gull]

Yes, I'm doing it. 3rd time I think. Doing the full one in April too.

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

First time for about 6 years I'm not doing it

Although I have booked in for the spitfire 20

I think the beacon is a hard race especially last 4 or 5 miles.

Training going OK aiming for around a four hour london marathon - last week did 16 in 2hr30mins so I may be on course. I did want to puke up after 15.5 miles though.

Why do I do it ?

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

I'm not running the Brighton half but I'm in training for London. Coincidentally I'm doing it for The Sussex Beacon. Training going well. Got a 16 miler tomorrow morning.

I think the Brighton marathon has had an effect on the city. I have certainly seen more people out running this year than I have in previous years.

Yep I've noticed that there are runners everywhere. Loonies !

 

[gullshark]

First time for about 6 years I'm not doing it

Although I have booked in for the spitfire 20

I think the beacon is a hard race especially last 4 or 5 miles.

Training going OK aiming for around a four hour london marathon - last week did 16 in 2hr30mins so I may be on course. I did want to puke up after 15.5 miles though.

Why do I do it ?

Course has changed this year I think, you go all the way to Rottingdean rather than prance around the Marina.

 

[gullshark]

Any runner here recommend a running belt? I don't wanna spend too much but ideally I want room for 2 bottles and a couple pockets for gels and keys and whatnot.

Any recommendations?

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Good luck to you all.

Only ever done one half marathon in which i was filling in for my brother (who ran for Sussex) and i had no training it was the hottest day of the summer and i had done my milk round of about 10miles of walking and then went straight to the race and finished at least halfway down the runners(rather than in the top 3 which my brother would have!) the thing is i felt i had let my brother down somewhat because the commentator kept saying his name as i was running under his race number!!

I was f*cked i think i finished in about 1hr 50 about 8.5min miles i suppose.

Never ever do a half Marathon with no training.

Respect to you all.

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

1.50 is a bloody good time without training - I struggle to get that with training !

 

[Deleted member 2719]

1.50 is a bloody good time without training - I struggle to get that with training !

I was only 21 and i suppose i had a base level of fitness as i played football, my problem was pacing myself i set off at probably 6min miles for the first 2 miles by the time the first water stop at 4 miles i had hit the wall or maybe even smashed the wall!!

So are you saying if i had cut out the women,beer and trained i could have been the next Ovett.

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

I did my fist half about 7 years ago - I was running with a friend who ran about 2 hrs not much quicker than my first time. He now runs about a 1:15 half (and I run about 1:50) (rest assured even he is way off national standard)

 

[CHAPPERS]

Any runner here recommend a running belt? I don't wanna spend too much but ideally I want room for 2 bottles and a couple pockets for gels and keys and whatnot.

Any recommendations?

I'm about to go to the Jog Shop to buy one of these. Will see what range they've got.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm about to go to the Jog Shop to buy one of these. Will see what range they've got.

The Jog Shop comes with a Herr Tubthumper recommendation. Really helpful people.

Just done 16 miles in 2 hrs 4. A little of my race pace but still got 3 months to go. I used Metallica to power me round the first 10, then Robbie Williams to lift me the final 6...worked well.