Part 3 ~ turtle club

Here's a question... be honest.

I feel perfectly fine, like, not sore, not stiff, not tired, nothing... Does that mean I laid down and didn't do as well as I could have?

Honest...ha!

Ya left plenty on the field of play my friend, no doubt on that. A good marathon and stairs should be difficult. Somehow you've got an energy or fatigue thing to work out, seems like the legs are under-utilized. Race post-mortem is a vital part of improvement, and I try to study everything that "hurts" afterward, and work on the weak link(s). You should have sore lungs for a few days, sore legs for 5, and some general feeling of fatigue/sickness too. MCM was a training run more or less.

Personally, I think you're still low on hyrdration or carbs, maybe both.

As always, hope it helps!
Ray

I don't know what the issue is. It might be hydration, but I drank a crap load of water and sports drink thing. My legs were tight and it leads to my thought that it was lack of fluids, but I don't know how... I'm feeling like it was a really long training run.

I'm 100% lost on what my problem is during marathons.

oh, meant to add my 2 cents (because i know it's highly valued here )

Nitz -- i woudln't say you lacked anything on effort. obviously your training has paid off if you feel recovered this soon after the race. in my (not-so-expert) opinion, the thing with the marathon is that it's so long, there's so many more opportunities for things to go wrong, and any little problem gets amplified by about 1000% (my statistical analysis). in a 5K, you get tight at the halfway point and you can probably "tough it out" for another mile and a half or so. in the marathon, you may have 20 miles done when trouble creeps up, but there's still 10K to go!!! i'm sure it's frustrating, but i hope you don't worry too much about it. like ray says -- learn from it, and come back stronger. you're doing the right things in preparation. now it's just a matter of finding your groove on race day. and remember -- you've run 3 now, right? small sample size. need more tests for your hypothesis.

Hey all - Becky mentioned this thread to me. I hope you don't mind if I pop in now and then. It's late here, so really I'm just tagging for later (if that's ok with you all?) and I'll post properly when I'm caught up.

Erika x

Hey guys and gals.
Wore a.pair of sneakers without my insoles today and.thought I was going to die... and I only wore them to the grocery store! :blushing: So, I guess the insoles are helping if it feels so bad.without them.

Anyhow, I'm exhausted and going to bed. Will chat more tomorrow.

Oh, and Becky since.its my birthday and all, can I come to the beach? :bigsmile:

(Sorry for all the random periods... I'm typing on my phone and tend to hit the period instead of the space lol)

Happy Friday!
Got in weight lifting last night and a 1500 yd swim.

Will post more later -- off to get ready for work.

enjoy your day!
Julie

Hi All,

Took some time and got caught up with you all.

Kelynn- firstly, Happy Birthday :flowerforyou: How're you finding the superfeet today? I'm still in the process of trying them in my running shoes (could only afford one pair and of course my running shoes are sized differently to all my other shoes). I'm not getting too much pain from them, but then I've deliberately gone for the blue ones as I know my feet won't take the more extreme ones. I wore inserts in my shoes when I was a kid, and it took a while to get used to them. Eventually you won't even know they are there. Don't run far to start with, take it easy on yourself.

Leash - I'm so sorry you are still injured, but I am very glad that you have found a doctor who will at least listen to you. I hope the pain killers are alleviating your suffering a little, and that long term the doc can finally help you to get better.

Nitz - I'm sorry your marathon wasn't as positive as you would have liked. I'm afraid I don't have enough experience on the long miles to offer you advice on nutrition and hydration etc. I will pick up a little on what Ray said about the mental aspect. The subconcious mind is a powerful thing, and an artful sabatouer. When you have months of training and preparation for one event, and everything is focussed on that, it is all too easy to be disappointed on the outcome of the event. I still think you are amazing for even running a marathon, with mile times that I can only dream of.

I won't name check everyone right now as I would probably go over the alloted post count , and I am after all playing catch up!

As for me, I have a family day tomorrow. We need to travel to get to my mum's so it will be an early start. We're having fireworks tomorrow evening and mum will be cooking chilli and making mulled wine. I shall try and get a few quality miles in on Sunday.

Take care everyone and have a great Friday and good weekends - Kechie good luck on your half.

Erika x

SARAH -- UMMMM SARAH -- WHERE ARE YOU????? May need to send out a search party if she doesn't arrive soon!!!!

Kechie -- great job tapering -- can't wait to hear about your race -- good luck!!!

Kelynn -- on your way to Becky's you can stop and see me too :bigsmile:

Kelynn- I have a birthday week at LEAST but sadly enough since I've gotten older I don't like to celebrate it as much.. I'm only 23 can you imagine how I'll be when I hit 30. AHHH Actually my biggest fear in life is getting old (I know pathetic) haha

Becky- Sounds like a great way to celebrate thanksgiving! 2 beachhouses WOW!!!!! Thats like my uncle that works for nike, they have 3 houses! Your taking a rest day? WHAT!!?? :bigsmile: Don't steel your daughters superfeet! My sister and mom do that to me! My sister gets pissed cause I always get free stuff for vball so she thinks I won't miss it, but I do! haha

Erica- Have fun with your family! Fireworks? That reminds me of my friend who used to have them on her bday every year when we were little, they'd save them from 4th of July. Have fun!!!!

Kechie- Good luck, you'll kill it I'm sure! I know you've been logging the miles thats for sure!

Ray- 80 degrees here yesterday in cali, its ok you can be jealous! Its supposed to rain sunday though, I swear when I was living in southern california I forgot what rain was.

Bg- You'll get those pounds off in no time don't worry!

Have a great Friday everyone! As for me, I have an MRI next tuesday and I neeeed that day to be here, I can't take the pain much longer. I'm on pain pills plus I've been taking at least 4 aleve a day but they just aren't working, I'm in pain everyday all day. Something is obviously pinching on my nerves. I've been walking but thats about it and hitting volleyballs which is probably the problem but I'm a coach so I can't really stop. Keep me in your thoughts please, I can't take this much longer. I was really excited though cause I finally got some sleep last night. Lata!

~Leash