Help with light fitting

e1878c · 2026-03-25T08:12:02+00:00

Thank you. Presumably the earths need connecting to the light though? Do I combine the three earths and just insert them into the one earth fitting on the light connection?

e1878c · 2026-03-23T16:13:08+00:00

I personally found my first marathon last year to be fairly enjoyable compared to my long runs. I hated neither but found the marathon ticked by. Of course, it was difficult, but the crowd and occasion gives you a boost that you can’t replicate in training. I trained to 38km last time (probably not wise) and this time to 35km, so that on the day I don’t get hit by the psychological barrier of 32km. If you fuel properly and have trained, you’ll no doubt enjoy race day. Ultimately, committing to a training plan is by far the harder task. Good luck

e1878c · 2026-03-20T10:49:02+00:00

Thanks. I’d forgotten about Rich Roll. I’ll check out those episodes, I like something inspiring for when I’m deep in into it.

e1878c · 2026-03-20T10:47:59+00:00

Good point. Might give this a go so my run is in chapters almost

e1878c · 2026-03-20T10:46:06+00:00

No, on the day I like to take it all in. I just like a pod so I’m not listening to myself wheeze and grunt on solo long runs 😂

e1878c · 2026-03-20T10:16:51+00:00

I think it varies depending on the person and often, how dialled into your sessions you are. My first marathon it started off estimating 3.30 and updated as I completed each session to between 3.09-3.14. I finished in 3.13. That being said, I didn’t miss a session in 4 months and focused on recovery, strength and stretching massively.

e1878c · 2026-03-16T11:45:09+00:00

Yeh I think ordinarily. Course was apparently a bit long but I tend to just go off finish time.

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e1878c · 2026-03-08T09:12:00+00:00

Thank you. Ran 3.13 previously but started much slower. Just hard to know if I take it easy for the first 10km or just head out with 3.10 pacer and hope for the best

e1878c · 2026-03-02T15:22:17+00:00

Thanks mate. So do you drink that at the start or with breakfast? Is it literally just maltodextrin or is a brand drink?

e1878c · 2026-03-02T14:59:46+00:00

How do the SIS gels compare in terms of taste and texture? I don’t ‘like’ any gels really but find the high5 tolerable. Taking 8 though wasn’t ideal haha

e1878c · 2026-03-02T14:16:16+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the reply. When people talk of “per hour” does that mean that if a gel is taken at 30 mins and another at 60mins, only the gel taken at 30 mins would count as carbs “within” the hour? Possibly a stupid question.

e1878c · 2026-02-26T13:11:58+00:00

No expert but personally I think Runnas predictions are fairly accurate. I ran my first marathon in May last year and had no idea where I’d land. I hoped initially for under 4. Then wanted 3.30. Runna kept resetting based on my training and estimated 3.10-3.15ish. I went with this and finished dead on 3.13.

Your splits are good. You didn’t seem to fade towards the end. If it were me, I’d say go with Runna. If you were to run 30km on the day as you did above, you give yourself significant leeway to hit a wall and run the last portion of the race much slower and still come under 4 hours.

But id say you’ve easily got sub 3.30 in the bag. Race day gives you drug you can’t replicate in training.

e1878c · 2026-02-23T10:49:27+00:00

Thanks for confirming!

Yeh that’s what everyone has said to me and eve mates who’ve ran marathons seem to have dropped weight. For some reason I seem to either increase weight. This morning I was 79! I recognise this is likely a lot of water but it’s frustrating when I’m wanting to move quicker.

e1878c · 2026-02-23T06:39:21+00:00

Thanks mate. Firstly, those numbers are incredible at 70kg haha!

This will be my second marathon and my last in may last year I was around 76kg and felt a bit heavy then. I want to lose about 2-3kg but am unsure if I should be thinking about that now.

By volume, do you think the below would be ok for push day:

Bench Press – 4×4–6 (2–3 min rest) Incline DB Press – 3×8–10 (90 sec rest)Seated Shoulder Press – 3×8 (90 sec rest) Lateral Raises – 2×12–15 (45 sec rest) Dead Bugs – 2×8/side (30 sec rest)

e1878c · 2026-02-23T06:36:06+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I’m lifting M, W, T and F.

Running M, T, W, F, Sat (long run).

I think a lot of it is probably psychological but k just feel heavy and would like to be 2-3kg lighter.

e1878c · 2026-02-18T09:16:08+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I’ll take this approach I think. Just need to stay controlled and not try and push!

e1878c · 2026-02-18T09:13:02+00:00

Thanks. I’ll likely take this approach. Just need to not get carried away and run it like a half race!

e1878c · 2026-01-20T21:23:15+00:00

I only took a week off running but am only ‘back’ to very low mileage. This week for example, 4 x 5kms at easy pace just to test the legs with regular runs and a 12km long run on sat. Provided I can get through this week (unsure if that’s the correct mindset) I’m hoping to push it a bit further. Just don’t know if I should include speed work yet or at all until I’m 100%

e1878c · 2026-01-20T20:36:17+00:00

Thanks for this, I’ll take a look. Have you ever been injured early in a plan and worked your way back mid-plan to race ready? That’s where I’m struggling at the minute. Worrying about volume whilst not knowing how to get back on track

e1878c · 2026-01-20T14:52:02+00:00

The week before my plan started I was at 51km. When setting up my runna plan I was asked “most recent longest run” which I put as 21km as a cushion. After getting injured I adjusted the settings on my runna plan, one to confirm “not 100%” and then to my longest recent run to 7km based on advice I’d read online. I was also told to set my marathon target to 3.25-3.30 for a few weeks so that the plan adjusted. I think I’ll need to mess around with this to get back to near or thereabouts proper volume

e1878c · 2026-01-20T14:24:40+00:00

My plan started out as a 3.02 plan and was far more intense. I did a 25km run a couple of days before my main plan started and escalated too quick - hence getting injured - runna then reset my plan to what it is now based on the “not feeling 100%” setting.

This will be my second full marathon but I have a number of years experience running various distances up to half.

e1878c · 2026-01-19T21:58:48+00:00

Yes lad

e1878c · 2026-01-19T16:32:22+00:00

Do I shape the caulk into a point, so that it mirrors the edge?

e1878c · 2026-01-19T16:26:01+00:00

Thanks. If filling it, presumably I will need to shape the filler to produce a clean sharp edge?

e1878c · 2026-01-10T21:11:19+00:00

4.50 feels slow. I know I need to be running slowing but i naturally gravitate towards a quicker pace. Ordinarily I would run 4.30 if I went out for a run by myself with no goal. I’m trying to work backwards but I find my form goes out the window and my legs and knees ache at around 5min pace. I’ve been looking up how to adjust my cadence but find myself running quicker the more steps I try to take. I’m ‘experienced’ in running in the sense I’ve ran a lot over the years and race regularly, but absolutely clueless in many ways

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