Question: half-marathon question?
I got a letter through the post today about a half-marathon taking place on 23 october (2 and a half months away) in my local area, and it looks like something I would like to do.

However, I don’t know whether 2 and a half months is enough to prepare for it or not…

I hardly play sports, and when I do I get tired quite easily, but I cycle semi-regularly. I’m medium height, 17 years old (male), slim, and have quite a high metabolism. I have almost no experience of distance running before and have never “went out on a run”. Therefore I’m having doubts whether, realistically, I can prepare to run the half-marathon in this short amount of time.

I would like your own views and some advice cheers

Answer:

Answer by John B
From what you say, two and a half months won’t be enough.
Realistically you will be running for around 2 hours, if you walk part of it, then you could be looking at 3 hours or even more.

If you really want to do it, then it would be possible for you to get round, but you would have to be dedicated to do it, and you won’t be fit enough to do it comfortably.
If you factor in training lost if you pick up any injuries, then it’s beginning to look even less likely.

Try this test to see if you could do it.
Get yourself a good pair of trainers, and see how long you can run at an easy pace. If you can carry out a conversation, then that is fast enough. If you get out of breath you are running too fast, so slow down.
If you can manage to run for half an hour with your current level of fitness, then you are in with a chance.

If you can do that, then email me through my profile, and I’ll give you a training schedule that will get you round, assuming that you can follow it without any injuries.

The Ironman World Championship has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organised by the World Triathlon Corporation and is currently sponsored by Ford. It is the annual culmination of a series of Ironman triathlon qualification races held throughout the world. From 1978 through 1980 the race was held on the island of Oahu, the course combining that of three events already held there: the Waikiki Roughwater Swim (2.4 mi./3.86 km), the Around-Oahu Bike Race (115 mi./185.07 km, originally a two-day event), and the Honolulu Marathon. In order to link the end of the bike stage to the start of the marathon course, the bike stage was reduced by 3 miles. In 1981 the race was moved to the less urbanized Big Island, keeping the distances the same: a 2.4 miles (3.86 km) open water swim in Kailua-Kona Bay, a 112 miles (180.25 km) bike ride across the Hawaiian lava desert to Hāwī and back, and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run along the coast of the Big Island from Keauhou to Keahole Point and back to Kailua-Kona, finishing on Aliʻi Drive. Since 1982 the race has been held in the fall each year, before which it was held in the spring, giving two races in 1982. The most recent Ironman World Championship took place on October 8, 2011. Qualifying for the World Championship is achieved through placement in one of the other Ironman races or some Ironman 70.3 races. The current Ironman Hawaii course record was set in 2011 by …

There was a last-minute entry in Sunday’s Maryland Half Marathon to benefit the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center — a 3-year-old goldendoodle named Dozer, who escaped through an invisible fence in his yard to join the more than 2000 people running by his house, which was near mile 5 of the race. Runners reported seeing the dog at several points along the way, and he crossed the finish line with other runners at 2 hours and 14 minutes. Dozer’s owner didn’t know what had happened to him and was frantically looking for him until he returned home Monday morning. He had muddy feet and was limping. After a quick trip to the vet, Dozer is fine, his owner reports, but he won’t be running any half-marathons any time soon. This week, the race co-chairmen, Michael Greenebaum and Jon Sevel, gave Dozer a medal — and some dog treats. Dozer even has his own runner’s page, where people can donate to raise money for cancer research at the Greenebaum Cancer Center. Related Links: Dozer’s Fundraising Page www.ummsfoundation.org Dozer’s Facebook Page www.facebook.com University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center www.umgcc.org Maryland Half Marathon www.mdhalfmarathon.com

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Question: Is Linford Christie (BLACK) still competing professionally or has he retired from the decathlon?

Answer:

Answer by Mas
He wasnt a Decathlete, he was a 100m Sprinter.

Australian Craig “Crowie” Alexander wins the Hawaii Ironman World Championship 2009 in Kona for the second year running.

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Answer by Laura
I am a triathlete and when I was first getting into triathlons I looked for a local training group (they are everywhere). In these training groups you are around other beginners as well as ironman finishers. The groups usually have somewhat experienced athletes that help you learn all about how to train and nutrition. If you find out you are really serious about triathlon I would look into getting a coach you do have to pay a little more than if you went with the group but it is worth it.

Question: The sides of my calf muscles hurt, am I over exercising?
Last year I ran 3 half marathons, and recently found out I had been wearing the wrong trainers!

I went to a Gait Analysis specialist and they put me on the running machine and I saw that I was running “inwards”. She put me in some new running trainers with the extra inside sole and I was running perfectly.

Since these new trainers I have really picked up the pace, I have gone from Boxercise once a week, to doing 4-5 nights of training (2 x circuits, 1 x gym, 1 x running). However, since I have started doing this approx 3 weeks ago, the sides of the shins/calves are hurting.

The Circuits is inside on a hard floor and I spoke to the instructor there and she said that it could be due to running in the same direction is causing the strain.

Could it be the new trainers are putting my legs right after wearing the wrong trainers all this time or could it be I am just doing too much exercise?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I want to start regular running again, thank you

Answer:

Answer by Whatever..
Sounds like it’s the new trainers and your legs getting used to them. You have three layers of muscles in all of your muscle groups. If you’ve been running/exercising one way for a long time, the middle and especially the core muscles will get used to those exercises/rotations. The muscle pain sounds like it’s a different part of your muscle group that’s getting more attention than it’s used to.

After a training session, you can ice the affected areas for 10 mins, this should alleviate any swelling the muscles have. Also, up your potassium intake, it helps relieve muscle pain.

Mike Semanoff and Kyle Isaacs of SBR Utah talk about what make a triathlon bike different from a traditional road bike. The bike featured in the clip is a Felt B2 Pro which retails around 00. for more information go to www.SBRutah.com

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