Marathon Club (questions, training, etc.)

Cletc

I'd like to train for a Marathon (eventually) but I know we have some Marathon veterans and trainees on the boards here.

I'd like to maintain a long-term Marathon Club topic here.

Feel free to post your questions, workouts, training plans, etc.

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Angiebug1969

AWESOME idea!! Count me in!! :bigsmile:

emmaleigh47

Im in ... but I am just a half marathoner ... but fantasizing about a marathon someday!

DrAlexz

I just ran my first marathon last October (Chicago's, 10/10/10!). I want to run another, but I feel like I need to get into a better regular running routine before I tackle 26.2 again. Maybe a few more half marathons before my next full... (:

DrAlexz

I see you ran the cellcom half! I ran it last year - it was my first half marathon. It was a great experience. I heard the weather for this year's cellcom event wasn't as nice as last year's.

sandybeach11

Sounds good! I'm currently training for a 1/2 but one day want to go for the full 26.2.

ChrisR0128

I have never run a race yet, but enjoy running long distances. I was recently challenged my a relative to run a full marathon next May. Now I find I enjoy running even more, I have something to train for now. Doing this on my own but would love to hear how other more experienced runners train. My longest distance so far is 14 miles.

krislshoe

Doin a half in Sept. but have a full in my future somewhere

Cletc

Great!

I'm doing a few HM in the next 12 months.
I'd like to do a Full Marathon Fall of 2012

shawn526

Sounds great! I'm doing Buffalo on Sunday, and I have a pretty packed marathon schedule through 2012

Cletc

Find a race near you under the
"events and results" option
http://www.athlinks.com/
enter your month, year, and state

If you have ever entered a Race before, look yourself up. You're in the database already.

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scottb81

I ran one three years ago in 3:37. I ran the first 16 miles too fast, above my goal pace, and then crawled along in misery for the last six miles. I am currently training for another one this coming November and will not make that pacing mistake again.

I think the most important training thing is simply to run lots of miles (as many as you can without breaking down).

Last time I pushed that theory too far and moved into the exhaustion realm for a while when I was pushing 80 miles a week. This time I am holding it back in the 50 - 60 mile range and trying to add a few more quality runs per week in addition to a long run.

So, I have five more months to see how my new plan works.

hungrymarathongirl

I am doing my first full on Sunday. Great thread. I currently use Runner's World Smart Coach app for training.

Cletc

I think the most important training thing is simply to run lots of miles (as many as you can without breaking down).

I'm still in basebuliding buildup (from the Couch) but I am trying to do the above.... only I train by minutes (time on feet) not distance, but over enough time it kind of becomes similar.
The more minutes on my feet, the faster my pace gets at the same effort, the more distance I cover in the same time.

I'm aiming for Fall 2012 for a Full.
It will be a Long Slow Gradual Build-Up for me to get there

StacLegg

I'm running my first 1/2 marathon in less then 2 weeks and I have shin splints...... I'm so frusterated!!! I've stretched and stretched, and ben gayed and icy hotted......

kelsully

I ran chucago last year for my first marathon and am now training for chicago this year. I loved the first 19 miles. Then hit that wall...fueling issues I believe. This year I am generally following hal higdon novice 2...you repeat some of the long runs so I feel more confident in experimenting with fueling while running..I was afraid to blow a run last year...I also find running for a cause to be extremely motivating and rewarding. Great thread.

sunnyk8

I will be running my first marathon in 12 days! Rock N Roll San Diego here I come!

(I have done 2 half marathons this year)

rachel5576

I just did my first half this month and contemplating a full in the fall.

Cletc

Im in ... but I am just a half marathoner ... but fantasizing about a marathon someday!

Please Join our HM Club - welcome!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/247904-half-marathon-club-and-training

Cletc

I'm running my first 1/2 marathon .....

Please Join our HM Club - welcome!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/247904-half-marathon-club-and-training

Sarah101010

Yay! Great club. I am expecting a baby in 5 weeks but will be back to training shortly after that. I hope to run a 1/2 this fall (if I can find one late enough in the season) and at least 2 fulls next year, hopefully 3. I have run 4 full marathons so far and 3 half marathons. Thanks for starting thlis up!

arc918

I'm all in! 22 marathons so far (actually 21 & a 50K), with a PR of 3:21:11.

It is a tricky distance, as you really need to learn how to manage your energy for the long haul = don't go out too fast. It took me about 10 races before I finally learned how to run smart (even splits).

Some of the races (using runpix) give this awesome statistic I call the "truth teller." Over the last 4.5 miles you passed X amount of runners and X amounts of runners passed you. Here is where the truth comes out.

Happy running!

Cletc

Glad to see our Veteran Marathoners continue to Join here

Welcome !

FryingPanda

I'm running my first 1/2 marathon in less then 2 weeks and I have shin splints...... I'm so frusterated!!! I've stretched and stretched, and ben gayed and icy hotted......

Have you done anything to work the muscles along your shin? Another common shin splint pain can occur when you over develop the calf but don't do anything for the front of your leg.

One exercise I do it tie a resistance band around something fairly stationary and mt feet while sitting on the floor and then pull my toes up towards me. Both stretches and strengthens the muscles around your shin... tibialis anterior I think it is called.

Legs_McGee

I'm been running for several years and have done about a dozen half marathons, but I'm running my first full one on June 25th: the Seattle Rock & Roll.

sdereski

I'm in too! I've run 12 full marathons now and several half marathons in there as well. My next goal is a 50k (gulp) Am striving for Iceland's 50km in July 2012.

Am registered for a half marathon this coming Sunday and for Grandma's marathon on June 18th. Have to back out of both due to achilles tendontits.:sad: :sad: However, I do not want to risk injuring my achilles more seriously that it will put me out for good. Am also registered for Twin Cities in October. i will set my sites on that one. :happy:

arc918

I'm in too! I've run 12 full marathons now and several half marathons in there as well. My next goal is a 50k (gulp) Am striving for Iceland's 50km in July 2012.

50K is really just a marathon on steriods - for your first one, I would suggest just run at your LSD pace and you'll be fine - if you can schedule it properly, you can do a marathon as your long run a couple weeks before (but you can't race it full out - too hard to recover)

myowncrazycool

I will be running my first marathon in 12 days! Rock N Roll San Diego here I come!

(I have done 2 half marathons this year)

I'm also doing the San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon!!! YAY...I ran it last year at 5:06...hoping for a better time this year. Last year when I ran the rnr, it was my very first race...I became a runner at age 40

Advice for the original posting: The best piece of advice I can give to anyone who wants to run a full marathon is to go through Team In Training. You need to raise money for cancer, but you have a mentor that helps you do that. They train you so well. You learn about proper fitting for shoes, proper fueling, avoiding injury / fixing injury, how to properly run up / down hill, how to increase your pace/stamina, the proper way to run a long distance race, thermolytes (essential to long distance running), etc. I ran that race with such confidence, enjoyed every bit of it, and still went dancing that night (while other people were dropping like flies and ambulances were everywhere). Since that first marathon, I have run two 5ks, two half marathons, and will be running my second full marathon (all within a year). I love running now, and I can definitely call myself a runner.

Good luck!! I hope to see you out there

lclarkjr

I just ran my first marathon on May 1st (North Shore Marathon Hawaii) and I am planning to run the Honolulu Marathon in December, too. My goal for the first one was to finish and now for my 2nd I'm looking to improve on my time. I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to lose about 14 lbs during training (pre-MFP) despite eating quite well during the 16 weeks of my program. And thanks to MFP I have been able to lose another 3.5 lbs since the race despite not logging too many weekly miles. I started tracking my calories on May 2nd because I knew I wasn't going to be running as much while I recovered from the race and I didn't want to gain any of the weight back. Now I hope to be about 10lbs lighter by the time I start training for Honolulu in August and I hope to be in even better shape when I get to the starting line in December. MFP rocks!!

baldzach

Be happy to offer what insight I can. 4 x marathoner and general fitness junkie. Coaching my wife through a half marathon coming up on June 11! Then it's bike-focused for my first stage race on August 5-6.

cammons

Hope you have fun in San Diego....I ran that one four years ago and had a fantastic time...despite the fact that I ran the last 19 miles on a broken foot. The race was THAT GOOD!

I'm in for a marathon group. I trained to run the full in Cleveland two weeks ago but the pollen kept me out of the long haul (asthma) so I ran the half instead. I hope for a comeback in October with the St. Louis Rock and Roll this fall (hopefully it will great, but not running on a broken foot great, I don't think my husband could handle another one of those!)