Comments on: On dealing with a bad race https://runningonfullblog.com/on-dealing-with-a-bad-race/ Random thoughts, used to be about running Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sophie https://runningonfullblog.com/on-dealing-with-a-bad-race/#comment-569 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:42:56 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=3392#comment-569 In reply to Neil Macdonald.

Thanks Neil, and very true! It’s important to learn the lessons…I think the main one for the 50k I did was to experiment more with hydration and nutrition during long races. And the point you made about being OK with it in terms of what you were thinking at the start of the race is a great one. Wishing you the best for your future races – let me know how you get on!

]]> By: Neil Macdonald https://runningonfullblog.com/on-dealing-with-a-bad-race/#comment-568 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:34:27 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=3392#comment-568 I am returning from a bad ankle injury and did my first half-marathon since then, which was going great for 10 miles – I was tootling along well and on course for a two-hour run.
But after 10 miles, I lost it big time and felt like I could barely run a step. Despite telling myself it was only a parkrun to do, I ran-walked over the line to finish in two house six minutes, with the extra six minutes coming in those last few miles as my pace dropped off.
While I was gutted with the ending, I took comfort with my time overall (I’d have accepted that at the start of the race) and that I was back in the ballpark of my pre-injury half. My first one then was a 2:03, so not too far away.
And I focused on what I needed to do to stop that happening next time, which meant better training as well as altering my diet and doing a bit more gym work. There’s always something constructive you can take from a bad run (or part of run)

]]> By: Sophie https://runningonfullblog.com/on-dealing-with-a-bad-race/#comment-567 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:19:53 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=3392#comment-567 In reply to Liz Dexter.

Thanks Liz, and yep, a tricky one! But as with life, sometimes stuff just goes wrong and sometimes it all goes right and exceeds expectations!

]]> By: Liz Dexter https://runningonfullblog.com/on-dealing-with-a-bad-race/#comment-566 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:35:06 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=3392#comment-566 So sorry this happened. I tend to use bad running stuff as learning points to help others not make the same mistakes or to help others not feel bad because they’re just had a shit run or race. However that’s hard when you can’t tell why it went wrong, obviously.

]]> By: Sophie https://runningonfullblog.com/on-dealing-with-a-bad-race/#comment-565 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:43:23 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=3392#comment-565 In reply to Helen.

Thanks Helen. Sometimes a gif is the best way to articulate how I’m feeling!

]]> By: Helen https://runningonfullblog.com/on-dealing-with-a-bad-race/#comment-563 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:59:33 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=3392#comment-563 This really did make me laugh. i love this.

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