Errdoth Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I, a (semi-)weird twelve year old kid, have decided to run a marathon. Actually, I just want to finish a marathon in one piece. Has anyone here ever ran a marathon, and do you have any advice or tips for me? I was looking at a site with some info, and am following the training program provided. http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon.html Do you have any advice? I'd rather take it from an actual person that has been there and done it, rather that an internet site. Tips?!?!?!?!??! Last.fm Signature Overlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WutangFlu Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 :XD: bubsa ran one in a leopard skin thong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 :XD: bubsa ran one in a leopard skin thong. Hehehe I remember that. :P My advice: "Just keep running, just keep running" :-w "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WutangFlu Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 pace yourself, get good padded shoes... or your feet will be your demise.. drink lots of fluids. get a ipod or something, helps pass the "miles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Deffinitly stay hydrated and don't try and outdo yourself so early. (keep a good pace). Pretty much what LP has said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeitormakeit Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 As he person above me said stay hydrated but don't drink too much or you'll vomit and if your drinking water, drink it with some salt because when you sweat you lose salt. O and use the most powerful weapon of all... you brain, if you usually think about something else then the pain in your legs, you do well, and remember to strech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warri0r45 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 As he person above me said stay hydrated but don't drink too much or you'll vomit and if your drinking water, drink it with some salt because when you sweat you lose salt. O and use the most powerful weapon of all... you brain, if you usually think about something else then the pain in your legs, you do well, and remember to strech. Don't put salt in water, drink a gatorade or powerade/whatever. They have sufficient electrolytes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeitormakeit Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well if you do drink those drinks then remember to rinse your mouth with water, they can easily give you cavities with their high amounts of sugar, although needed they can be teeth-damaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofoomagoo Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 well, i've run plenty of marathons, and my best advice to you is joining a team, because they are able to help you train by giving you runs and also motivation. I ran the long Beach marathon at age 11 so im sure you will be able to do it. Goodluck and dont give up. 26M Crafting XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assassin_696 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Wait 'til that loveable thong clad scouser posts :P "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Wait 'til that loveable thong clad scouser posts :P just what i was thinking XD good luck running a marathon mate, i know i never could.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemathonical Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Just pace yourself and go at a steady pace the whole way through. Try and keep your breathing pattern the same to avoid stitches. Keep hydrated. Good Luck! ^Sir Jem 05-The Bunny Drinking Blog?^ Click it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Its not something I would do but good for you for trying. I know bubs did it last year so probably will have some good advice. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Hello. I am that leopard-clad-scouser, who ran the London Marathon last year, whom everyone keeps talking about. First of all, good for you. Lots of people talk a good show about wanting to run a marathon. Some people, like the good folk here at tip.it, admit it could be beyond their capabilities, and there's nothing wrong with that. Having a will and desire to want to run is the first step, so well done. Second, there's preparation. Preparation, preparation, preparation. The most you can do is to physically prepare yourself to run a marathon. Develop endurance-cardio fitness (being able to respirate constantly for long periods of time) by going on increasing runs, having strict days of recovery (often overlooked), and so forth. The website you linked has great programs for this, and it's no lie or exaggeration that training can take 4 months. I'd say 4 months at least. Despite all this, nothing will prepare you mentally for the event. It's really a rollercoaster of emotions: Excitement, anticipation, fatigue, exursion, exhaustion, euphoria, all compressed within one race. It's seriously, seriously taxing, but the best thing (I found) to do is to enjoy them all. Take in the event and its emotions and learn from them. Embrace encouragement from the crowd that will make you happy, and accept the tiredness you'll feel after miles of racing; there's no shame in doing so. One thing you could really benefit from, especially at your age, is running a half marathon a month or 2 before the actual marathon. As you can tell, it's half the length (approx. 13 miles), and it's really done in halves throughout. Half the emotions etc. But a great learning curve and unrivalled experience to the marathon conditions. At some point in the race, you will hit the wall. 'Hitting the wall' is where the body stops, briefly, all energy building (respiration, aerobic and anaerobic) due to sheer workload, and will run on what the body has produced without producing any more energy for a period of time. There are things you can do to reduce this downtime, delay the wall, and lessen it's effect, some things which people here have already posted. Most importantly, you need to keep hydrated. If you feel thirsty, then realistically, it's already too late to hydrate. That's why at every available oppurtunity you should drink. Water, primarily, and some sort of isotonic drink. The best one would be gatorade. It has the right combination of sugars to give the most efficient carbohydrate build up in the body (basically, it's the best!). Next, would be lucozade, which is still quite effective. As for powerade, it's pretty much useless. It provides hardly any benefit, and will probably do more damage than good, due to it taking up more space where water could fit in. Hitting the wall is both physical and mental. Your legs could turn to jelly and your brain could be shouting at you to "STOOOOP!!". Don't stop. Keep running. That's all I can say. If this helps at all, think of this: It's far more painful to stop running, and trying to start again, than to try and keep running. Finally, gather support for the race. People you can take with can be a nice boost. Personally, when I announced I was running last year on these boards, I got a massive response from tip.it. People were donating to the charity I was running for, I got posts, private messages and emails of encouragement, I even got cards from some tip.it'ers in England and Internationally showing their support. I just want to say again, to all of you, thank you so much. More thanks than I can put into words. You really helped me through that day, and I hoped you all had a good chuckle at the picture of me the BBC put on their website! :P That's all I can think of for now. Feel free to PM me with any more help and I'll be happy to help you out. Same for anyone, too. Now, Run To The Hills! :D This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 ^ He ran some marathon. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman089 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I ran two marathons in high school for JROTC and they weren't as bad as they seem. My first year i hadn't really prepped much, just a lot of 2-3 mile runs in the morning for the program. It took me about 4 and a half hours to complete it, which is pretty decent for no preperation. Just ran the first few miles, then alternated running and walking by the block. The second time was last septembember and me and 3 friends ran together, ended up getting 3 hours 50 minutes. Once again we just ran the first 4-5 miles (was dark, cool, and downhill), then just alternated like before every few blocks or so. It's something like the 15 mile mark where you pretty much just go numb all over and don't feel like you can go on anymore, but trust me you can. Just keep your legs moving, you'll be amazed by how much you can actually push your body. Gamertag: King Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errdoth Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 ^ He ran some marathon. You don't say? Thanks for all the advice Bubsa, a half marathon sounds good, cause I think there might be something where I live. Thanks again. Last.fm Signature Overlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolgool Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I do run track and such for school, and one thing I've learned is to always exhale when stepping with your left foot. It reduces cramps/stitches to almost none, and is nice for counting. Just keep running though, stopping and starting is just the worst. The code in my sig should say 1032 not 0132. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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