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Hi, you can call me Cal. I started running a couple months ago and up until today I've logged around 150 miles. I guess I caught the running bug because I never ran much growing up. Now I'm training for a fall or spring marathon pending my runner's knee. I started running because it suddenly became fun, probably because I…
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I will, WickAndArtoo! Thanks for your interest!
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I don't necessarily want to "bulk up." That's probably unrealistic while training for a marathon. I just want to have more leaner body mass, which I hope comes off as bulking up (visually—but not actually add substantial muscle mass). I hope this kind of makes sense. My body fat before training was probably 18% or so if I…
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Interval and tempo training should help with this. I have a mild case of plantar fasciitis right now (self diagnosed). Working slowly towards building my foot back up. I've been taking it easy (running) and hitting weights and cross training hard.
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Good to know! Thank you! All of your responses have been great. I'm down to 178.9 as of today. So lost another ~1 lb.
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Thank you for your thoughtful response. Useful information.
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On July 7 my chest was 36". I've trained moderately since then. So I'm not sure how much gain you want to assume. I could get down to 155. If I stick to high protein diet during my deficit hopefully that mitigates muscle loss.
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What do you consider an ideal weight for 6 ft marathon? Hopefully this doesn't go too much into a sidebar. I thought ~175 lb seemed fine given my height. I've lost 15 lbs so far so but was thinking of staying near this weight. Also that makes some sense (the building muscle part). Although I think recomp is compatible in…
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This seems to makes sense. So I won't have much more improvement in size if this ship has sailed. I'm not sure what neuro-muscular adaption is. I'll look it up.
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I think some of the recomp has taken place already in the first month of training. I've noticed physical gains so far (visible and when lifting). So should I plateau soon, meaning I won't have actually muscle gains anymore. Can I clarify that my strength won't also increase as a result of this training plan once any recomp…
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I appreciate all the advice on marathon training. I didn't go into detail because my question wasn't focused on that. This is my starting base. I'm following a marathon training regimen and the mileage ramps up gradually, just like most programs do. I am not statically running 20 miles a week. That's just my current…
