chris330 0 Posted March 11, 2008 Completed the Silverstone Half Marathon on Sunday just gone in 2:07:39. Here's a pic of me crossing the line: It weighs 10 kilos all in. Still taking donations here for Cancer Research, and I've yet to reach my target: Fundraising Link Many thanks to anyone who donates Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 28 Posted March 13, 2008 Congratulations, but please watch your filesizes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
POPKA 0 Posted March 13, 2008 nice one, 10kg is quite a weight especially for a half marathon, the most i've done before is ten miles with 5kg. Did you have to do much training with running weights? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris330 0 Posted March 13, 2008 Hi, Not really to be honest I did loads of training without weights and then just a couple of runs wearing it to make sure I could do it on the day. Was buggered by the end though. Everything was fine but the last 3 miles were purgatory. There was a guy there running with a 30kg fridge on his back, now that's insanely heavy!! Spoke to an ex-army chap who said running with a rucsac and adding sugar bags to it is a good way of building tolerance to running with weights. I've got some webbing so I'm going to start doing that and gradually build it up as I've got more crazy stuff planned in the future of this nature!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
POPKA 0 Posted March 13, 2008 I use a reebok weighted vest and ancle+wrist weights which is more balanced than using customised ones, though one thing I noticed is that after using weights while running for a while and you run without them you get horrible cramps in the legs, so I find it to be a bit of a comitment and only really use running weights if im on a fitness binge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris330 0 Posted March 13, 2008 That's a very good idea. I thought using the webbing would be better than a rucsac for me because it would hold the weight all around my body not just on my back. Sounds like your weighted vest does a similar thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
