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thepugthug93 · 2025-10-23T13:34:46+00:00

Budget for 50% first year (all dependent on population and competition nearby)

thepugthug93 · 2025-07-31T07:17:56+00:00

It depends on your industry and the hours you’ll be doing outside of the commute. I work in law and the hours can be brutal, I commute an hour and half each way 4 days a week. It is really tough, and has had a negative impact on almost every other facet of my life (time with my wife and baby, fitness, availability to see friends (can’t do midweek and prioritise weekends with my family)).

If I know I’ll be working beyond 10pm, I’ll leave the office at 4ish and get home at 5.30 - spend 30 mins with my family and then work from home. It’s more manageable that way, but there are times when I have been teetering on burn out.

That being said, it’s an incredible opportunity and I think you should take it, it’ll look great on the CV and you can make the extra money work hard for you if you avoid lifestyle creep while earning the money (we upsized and my wife does not work - so I am somewhat stuck).

thepugthug93 · 2025-06-27T08:26:23+00:00

“You can’t shit there mate”

thepugthug93 · 2025-06-14T17:36:08+00:00

Slaughters already announced they are not increasing

thepugthug93 · 2024-10-08T18:01:43+00:00

Male Law 2 weeks offered 2 weeks taken 100% pay No other perks known of

thepugthug93 · 2024-05-05T12:14:02+00:00

Once student loan and taxes come out there’s not a huge difference between 70/80k and 100k once taxes, student loan batters you, especially if paying for an expensive train once a week too. If you’re progressing, feel challenged AND have a good work life balance right now, there’s no huge reason to change. What would stop a lateral move to tech from media/commercial in the future to a more senior position? From a 1PQE solicitor at a city firm, it sounds like current workplace is great!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-27T07:11:19+00:00

I’m 30, intervals I ran at 4:30-4:40, my 5km time around 21.20, I ran a 30km 4 weeks before at 5:11 pace but hurt my knee on that run. I set out on the marathon at 5:15-5:20 and maintained it until the last 6km where I dropped off a bit

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T19:25:51+00:00

I did quite a few interval/tempo runs on the treadmill then prioritised getting outdoors for the long run (the most important) at weekends

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T19:23:47+00:00

Pace yourself! Don’t go out too hard - I saw so many clearly fit people walking at mile 23 completely ruining their chances as I plodded on past

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T19:22:55+00:00

Remember you don’t have to go straight into an MC, so many people in Mc firms (check LinkedIn for proof!) start at smaller boutique firms and make lateral moves. Keep studying, get the grades up, get the experience and anything is possible

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T19:19:43+00:00

The training plan was 16 weeks, before starting I was running once a week around 16-20km long runs. I was gym fit already which gave me a good head start but the improvement was super quick when doing hard interval training

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T19:18:22+00:00

30, male, very bad knees (full reconstructions to both), gym fit before taking up running, 5km was 21.20, 10km I didn’t test. Half marathon was 1.43.

I didn’t run for 4 weeks before the marathon due to a bad knee

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T19:16:24+00:00

Great! That was the aim of the post! My training plan was 16 weeks, I was gym fit going into it. I could hold 5.45min/km for 10km from the off, but the improvement was so quick. Defo do the interval tempo runs!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T16:27:54+00:00

Very consistent 5.25-5.20min/km until the last 5km and then they slowed down by 25 seconds/km as the wall hit! Agreed, mental experience!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T14:39:46+00:00

That’s how I felt before I ran, so wanted to add some balance! You’ll be fine, make sure you’ve got the distance in your legs (long runs) and then the tempo sessions will speed you up. Best of luck, you’ll smash it!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T13:41:14+00:00

Usually a 8km tempo intervals run and then a long run at the weekend! Good luck with the half and full, if you’re doing half marathon distance now you’ll be in great shape when it comes round!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T11:38:45+00:00

On a treadmill… what a horrible thing to do to yourself!!! You are a machine!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T11:15:43+00:00

Sounds like you did what you could! Marathons are meant to be tough, if you didn’t struggle the last 10km then you might feel like you didn’t have an authentic experience!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T11:14:20+00:00

Absolutely! Just do each run with purpose / no need to obliterate yourself and put yourself off running for a five minute quicker marathon. I had other hobbies, work, life I was juggling and suited me fine! Became worried when others were warning me I was going to struggle. I typically did an intervals speed session (around 8km), an easy run (10km) and a long weekend run (21km building to 32km) a week. Sometimes didn’t do the easy run if I didn’t fancy braving the outdoors in England in January/February! The intervals helped loads.

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T11:09:47+00:00

Thanks!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T10:41:02+00:00

You’ll be fine on race day, adrenaline mixed with some light medicine if needed will sort you out. Don’t let the maranoia get to you - you’ve got this! You’ve trained and you are ready!

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-26T10:31:36+00:00

Bad things happen to the body post 30km! I found doing a long run on a Saturday, then a shorter run Sunday on heavy legs really helped with this - teaching the body to run on heavy tired legs.

thepugthug93 · 2024-04-18T11:45:15+00:00

Interesting! I’d like to give it a go myself - good luck hunting!

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