#122

Try some of the tips in this subthread:

The key one is to wait until your phone GPS is 100% locked on before you start running, but yeah, in built up areas it can bounce around between buildings.

I use a GPS watch (TomTom Runner 2) which I’ve set up to automatically export to Strava, as it’s got a better accuracy than my phone.

#123

Hello!

#124

@JohnM that’s teh one! in november! DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!

#125

Something I do with my watch that I didn’t mention in that thread; I stick it on the windowsill a couple of minutes before I head out. Usually that’s enough for it to get a decent fix. Not sure if the same would be as useful with a phone, but worth a go.

#126

6 months is enough time right?

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#127

Oh yeah, for someone who can run as far as you and is running as much as you, it should be achievable.

Start planning now though, and find a training plan that suits your lifestyle.

#128

Anyone done one of those things where you run on a treadmill and they analyse your gait to fit you for shoes. Thinking of doing it for the marathon cause I’ve had some impact problems before and I’m eyeing up new shoes anyway, but worried they’ll strong arm me into buying something at a daft price

#129

Yeah, I did one a few months ago and it’s legitimately made a very big difference to my post-run levels of pain.

They made some special insoles and paired them with a pair of trainers with a raised instep and I don’t get any pain at all in my toes now whereas they were in agony for a couple of days afterwards.

Would very much say it’s worth doing if you’re doing a marathon now.

#130

what sort of bunce will I be looking at, roughly?

#131

I’m lucky in that I got 50% off the trainers themselves (which were £90) at Sweatshop as part of my health insurance but the insoles were £40 or something. The service itself is free so there’s nothing stopping you going there, finding out what you need and then shopping around for a deal on the trainers themselves.

#132

hi

anyone got a quick core workout they do? i don’t do any core stuff and it might help a bit with the runs etc

#133
#134

20 minutes! fuck that - first link looks alright tho! cheers

i’ll start on it next week lol

#135

If you want to keep it really short you could just do planks.

#136

that could work well actually
ihave this press up and pull up rountine where i rest for a minute or so between sets - with the pull ups i could totally fit some planks into my rest [periods where i am just sitting around anyway!!!

#137

i’m putting together a new running playlist at the moment -
fave songs to run to?

YEAH!

#138

I have a running rap playlist, an LCD Soundsystem run specific playlist and one made up largely of Fuck Buttons and 65daysofstatic

#139

I see marckee has been giving me kudos on strava. Thanks marckee! Yeah, pretty pleased with that 10k time, haven’t gone under 43 mins in seven years. I’ve signed up for the Brighton 10k which looks like another flat course so hopefully I can go even better there.

Also, I feel a bit of a fraud that I keep appearing in the DiS group climbing top 3. Strava seems to think when I do my track running I’m going up and down massive hills when of course it’s pancake flat.

#140

Don’t worry, no one pays attention to the climbing top 3.

#141

Did my final run before my half marathon today, managed almost exactly 7km, so a third of the distance, felt nice and easy, no walking, all in under 50 mins, so hopefully I’ll end up somewhere around 2hr 30min for the big day. Just hope the weather holds…

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