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I am hoping to run some half marathons this year, am up to doing 10ks quite well...wondering if anyone else is doing similar
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I am hoping to run some half marathons this year, am up to doing 10ks quite well...wondering if anyone else is doing similar
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I am doing a full one .. yes ok very old joke I know.
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When training for a half-marathon, I run 5 miles a day Monday thru Friday, and on Saturdays build up each time until I am doing 14 miles each Saturday for a month before the race. During all that I take Sundays off from running.
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So, to train for a half-marathon, you run half-marathons?
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Precisely. You have to build up to that in increments, but one needs to be already running that distance once a week for about a month before the actual race. But only once a week. More than that could easily lead to injuries, especially tendonitis.
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I get the idea of building up your stamina, I guess I just don't understand running. What is actually being achieved by running that "official" half-marathon, when you've already run at least four of them in the last month?
I could understand if you were building it up over weeks and months, and then the final event was when you ran that distance for the first time. I can even understand your training regime if you happen to enjoy running and want to keep fit and healthy. I just don't know what you get out of that final half-marathon, the level of fitness required for which you already achieved a month ago.
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For several, it is a competition, a race to compete in. Why does anyone compete over and over again? They want to get better at it and improve their time or to win. To get good enough to compete to win, you generally have to do it more than once. Some are competing against the other racers, some just against their previous best time. They do give out awards to the winners.
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You don't need to enter a race to beat your own time—you just time yourself.
Competitive running, fair enough. I don't get the appeal, but sure.
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I ran for years, until my MCL ligament finally gave out last year, and I had to have surgery to correct it. But my doctors advised me to take up a less stressful activity, so I'm a swimmer now.
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I finished three marathons and one ultra-marathon this year. I might not be fast, but I had a blast doing them!
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That is super impressive! Well done you! Quite the achievement![]()