Marathon training panic!
Replies
-
arussell134 wrote: »OP your splits are on point, way better than when I attempted this distance years ago. See another marathon in your future?
Yeah a friend of mine that did the half asked me if I would do another and I opened my big mouth and said I would if he did the full distance.
He signed up yesterday morning lol
So, I'm going to make good on my word.
That you still want to do another one is awesome. And if you spend the intervening time building up a good solid base before you start "official" training the next one should be even more enjoyable. I was screwing with Carson but his advice is solid.
If you're planning on running Austin again the "good" thing is you never know what the weather will be. This one was waaay too humid. The temperature wasn't *too* bad but the humidity sucked. Last year I did the half and it was warmer and more humid than it was this year. The year before that I did the half and it was absolutely beautiful. Clear and 45 degrees. What I consider perfect running weather. So.... you know.... maybe it'll be nice and cool next year..... maybe.
I found the weather to be awesome, actually. I'm from Houston so 80% humidity is fine for me as was the temperature. I don't like running below 50F. I realize I'm probably alone in this hahaha I did see a lot of people struggling until the wind picked up a bit.
I was totally comfortable the whole time, could not have asked for better, especially the cloud cover.
Humidity helps me breathe, cold and dry air = coughing fits
My problem was that my body glide was insufficient to deal with the humidity. And I didn't notice until I was back at the car. I was wondering why the aid station people were pushing vaseline on me for the last 8 miles. And looking incredulous when I turned it down.
Another bleeding heart liberal in Austin. Go figure.
I wore these during December's race. I didn't even notice they were there and forgot all about them till I got home and was taking a shower.
This is amazing.
I did have chafing from my heart rate monitor after it slid up under my girls. it looks like I had a bit of elective surgery at the moment.
If anyone has a suggestion for a softer strap HRM let me know.
DC rainmaker has suggestions
dcrainmaker.com/2012/08/how-to-fix-heart-rate-strap-chaffing.html0 -
I have two of the same Garmin "soft straps". One cuts me to ribbons right under the transmitter pod. The other gives me no trouble at all. So even the "same" strap can have different effects I guess.
I get the same from my Garmin. Copious amounts of vaseline, then Germolene afterwards
0 -
OUCH! That hurts to look at!My problem was that my body glide was insufficient to deal with the humidity. And I didn't notice until I was back at the car. I was wondering why the aid station people were pushing vaseline on me for the last 8 miles. And looking incredulous when I turned it down.
0 -
I'm training for the Austin marathon on Feb 15th (exactly a month away) and I'm scared the training plan I've been following from runkeeper isn't getting me properly ready. Everything I read has said I need to be doing about 15 miles more a week than I have been and for a lot longer! I've been averaging 25 miles a week the past three months per my plan.
I've done a half marathon and my long runs have been over 13 miles for weeks now but the farthest I've ever gone is 16 and that's the top mileage of my training plan.
A friend of mine that will be running it with me has me freaked out since his plan is way more intense than mine ever was.
I'm scared I'm not ready but I'm almost not sure if it's just nerves.
16 miles is uncomfortable but it doesn't flatten me. The next day is painful sure but I recover pretty well fast.
I'm having trouble with my quads but everything else feels fine.
I need some discussion on this, like will I be able to finish or am I risking too much injury?
My pace right now, if I do what I normally do and walk/run has me finishing at about 6 hours (that's using the slate calculator that adds on more time than other counters). My splits are very consistent (about 13:10 min/miles) when do steady runs and my heart rate is around 160 (I'm 28) over long runs.
What do y'all think?
I am sure you can finish a marathon at 25 miles per week, but you aren't properly training if that is all you are doing. Obviously the marathon distance is hard, and you have to find the right balance between over-training and risking injury and not doing enough and having to run really slowly or doing a lot of walking to get to the finish line.
25 miles a week would be okay (maybe) for a half marathon as long as you mixed in some runs of 10-14 miles. But to be trained for a full marathon you need probably 3 20+ mile runs and I'd say 35-40 miles a week is the lowest you can get away with.
Again, everyone is different. This is just my experience having run for 3 decades.
Hopefully if she decides to run it the OP will come back and let us know how she did.
seriously?0 -
My unscientific training plan for any race is whatever distance race I'm running I want to be able to run double those miles in a week at least 3 or 4 times before the race. But then again, the only "marathons" I have run have been solo trail runs... so they don't really count.0
-
I'm training for the Austin marathon on Feb 15th (exactly a month away) and I'm scared the training plan I've been following from runkeeper isn't getting me properly ready. Everything I read has said I need to be doing about 15 miles more a week than I have been and for a lot longer! I've been averaging 25 miles a week the past three months per my plan.
I've done a half marathon and my long runs have been over 13 miles for weeks now but the farthest I've ever gone is 16 and that's the top mileage of my training plan.
A friend of mine that will be running it with me has me freaked out since his plan is way more intense than mine ever was.
I'm scared I'm not ready but I'm almost not sure if it's just nerves.
16 miles is uncomfortable but it doesn't flatten me. The next day is painful sure but I recover pretty well fast.
I'm having trouble with my quads but everything else feels fine.
I need some discussion on this, like will I be able to finish or am I risking too much injury?
My pace right now, if I do what I normally do and walk/run has me finishing at about 6 hours (that's using the slate calculator that adds on more time than other counters). My splits are very consistent (about 13:10 min/miles) when do steady runs and my heart rate is around 160 (I'm 28) over long runs.
What do y'all think?
I am sure you can finish a marathon at 25 miles per week, but you aren't properly training if that is all you are doing. Obviously the marathon distance is hard, and you have to find the right balance between over-training and risking injury and not doing enough and having to run really slowly or doing a lot of walking to get to the finish line.
25 miles a week would be okay (maybe) for a half marathon as long as you mixed in some runs of 10-14 miles. But to be trained for a full marathon you need probably 3 20+ mile runs and I'd say 35-40 miles a week is the lowest you can get away with.
Again, everyone is different. This is just my experience having run for 3 decades.
Hopefully if she decides to run it the OP will come back and let us know how she did.
seriously?
0 -
CarsonRuns wrote: »My recommendation is, and always has been, that one should have a base of ~25 miles per week for a period of 12 to 18 months prior to starting marathon training.
I won't argue with this one bit. But at this point I guess "traversing 26.2 miles" counts for "running a marathon" even if it takes 6 hours... Personally I couldn't be happy with that, but that's just me.
Haha yeah I agree with this. Except I would call it ''surviving a marathon''.
0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 427 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions