Walkers | General Banter | Unrealistic?

Traceeey

Traceeey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:15:30 +1200

Hi there – this is my first time posting.

I would like to walk the Taupo half marathon on 1st August (just over 5 weeks away)...i've done very little training (maybe 5 k's per week....SOME weeks)

Ive done it before but i was much fitter. Do you think its unrealistic...

WWElaine

WWElaine — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:27:22 +1200

Hi Traceeey

I see your message here. Will leave it for the experts to answer as I'm not one! Good luck if you do try for this. Great goal.

Cheers and welcome to Wonder Walkers

Starfire

Starfire — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:39:17 +1200

Heya Tracey – just checking: when you say you're doing 5k's per week, do you mean you're doing a 5k walk multiple times per week, or that you're doing 5k per week in total?

Traceeey

Traceeey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:42:09 +1200

At the moment im only doing 5ks total (have been lacking in motivation..im such a last minute person! haha)

But i can easily manage 7ks at a time – when i make the time...havent pushed myself beyond this for a while

Starfire

Starfire — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:14:18 +1200

Heya Tracey – hmmm... I know I should probably let the experts answer this (that's what they're there for!), but my gut feeling would be that if you're only doing 5k total a week at the moment, it's a huge step from there to doing the multiple training sessions a...

Traceeey

Traceeey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:36:00 +1200

Thank you i appreciate that :)

manicginga

manicginga — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:33:09 +1200

Hi Traceeey I think Starfire pretty much hit the nail on the head. Maybe do a 10k if they have one or find a 10k event then build on that. It's great to have a goal though and something to train for so keep that up. We look forward to...

twobees

twobees — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:59:04 +1200

I'm with the others, personally I would go for a 10k for a start. A half marathon is a big call :)