Reply to: Runners Poll

[lightng]

Running London Marathon on 26th April, currently on target for sub 3hrs, last 20km I ran I did in 1hr 18mins , I'm feel very fit at the moment but far to skinny Anyone else doing the marathon ?

Hoping to run/crawl my first one this year. Sub 3hrs For me, a time of sub 5hrs would be nice. Running is just a form of cross-training to me.

Someone here said that there are different types of fitness and they are exactly right. Some much fitter faster friends from the running club tried my sport and they gassed two minutes into an hour and a half session.

[OwlHoot]

Running London Marathon on 26th April, currently on target for sub 3hrs, last 20km I ran I did in 1hr 18mins , I'm feel very fit at the moment but far to skinny Anyone else doing the marathon ?

I may catch a few minutes on the news. It'll be exhausting watching all those runners, and thinking of them dragging themselves along for mile after mile. I'm dreading the ordeal

[Bumfluff]

Running London Marathon on 26th April, currently on target for sub 3hrs, last 20km I ran I did in 1hr 18mins , I'm feel very fit at the moment but far to skinny Anyone else doing the marathon ?

[BoredBloke]

I used to be very fit....but then I was only 9 pounds 7. Things have gone pear shaped over the past 40 years

[TheBigD]

I struggle with jogging cause I find it incredibly dull.

Same here, so I signed myself up to this...


http://www.toughguy.co.uk/

The fear of knowing that this was approaching made me fight the boredom and get out jogging. I've now done 3 and the London marathon. If I didn't keep putting these challenges in front of me, I know I'd end up in pretty bad condition.

[gingerjedi]

My friend once ran a 100 mile race.

A friend of mine completed an 'Iron Man' she (yes she) done something like a 6 mile swim, 120 mile bike ride and then a marathon... consecutively.

When I asked how tough it was she said the swim was the hardest followed by the cycling, she was glad to get off the bike and was relieved to only have the marathon left!!

I get sweaty walking down to the local shops.

[up4it]

I can run for about 10 minutes before I have to stop. But after getting my breath back for a minute I can go again. I can hike or cycle for hours though!

The thing is, I am 16 and ahalf stone due to weight-training and some extra padding so that makes it hard going. But I am pretty fit overall.

Tip: Run on grass if u want to prevent long term knee injuries. (Not the grass u smoke!)

[cojak]

Normally around 30 mins but you don't have that...

So will try to reach the puking stage of 50 mins...

(It took me 3hrs 5 mins to do a half marathon - and yes I did after that too...)

[oracleslave]

Good boy Rover. Fetch!

[Rookie]

Me too. Running when you are not chasing a ball or some such is very boring

Good boy Rover. Fetch!

[oracleslave]

I struggle with jogging cause I find it incredibly dull.

Me too. Running when you are not chasing a ball or some such is very boring

[snaw]

Dunno.

I struggle with jogging cause I find it incredibly dull.

But I can play 90 mins of 11 a side, or an hour of 5's or a couple of hours of squash, or snowboard for 8 hours ....

Different kinds of fitness. I guess.

[ThomasSoerensen]

did easy 8k yesterday after work - took about 50 minutes and was very nice - not too tired after it.

[minestrone]

Used to run 70 miles a week, knees are stuffed now. Still think I could run 20 miles though if given enough energy drinks over the course of it.

My friend once ran a 100 mile race.

[scooterscot]

did 65 minutes last week... but that was a slow 10K and ma shins are now cream crackered