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23 days out isn't enough time to make appreciable gains. You will have to dance with who brung ya. I would treat it like a long training run instead of a race. Don't get caught up in the excitement at the start and go out too fast. Start at the back so you get to pass some people, it's great for the ego. Lastly, have fun.…

Easy 36 minutes on the trails.

@shanaber I lived in Carlsbad for 5 years until June of this year. I am in the Raleigh, NC area now..

9 seconds shy of 49 minutes on the RTP trails today (4.1 miles@12:04 average pace). Still in the low 70s here in the morning, but being in the woods makes a tremendous difference. I am so looking forward to fall early morning runs in the 50s. 56.8 miles for the month.

4.5 easy miles on the RTP trails at 12:05 average pace, collecting cobwebs along the way. My goal right now is more about time on my feet than mileage. As the aerobic base increases, the mileage will increase organically as easy pace gets naturally faster. Today's goal was 50 to 60 minutes and I came in at 54:42. Right…

9-1: 3.4 trails 9-2: 4.0 trails 9-3: 2.0 trails 9-4: 7.5 easy 9-5: 3.8 trails 9-6: 3.6 trails 9-7: rest 9-8: 4.1 trails 9-9: 3.5 trails 9-10:4.8 trails 9-11: rest 9-12: 8.0 easy 9-13: 3.6 trails 48.3 for the month

Stan and I ran together once(maybe twice?) when he came to Baltimore for a visit. This was probably 2013ish or so? I was on the original running challenges back then when I went by CarsonRuns(MFP won't let me reclaim it). I moved to California 5 years ago and started surfing. Took 4 years off from running, but have now…

Even during "base phase", I'm not just running. I do strides once a week, do some kind of tempo (sustained tempo at selected race paces, or some fartlek/interval session), and fast finish on the long run probably every 3rd one.

I made dramatic improvements after I hired a coach. I had little idea how to properly train. My coach was remote. We would email and have the occasional phone call. I give him my goals and he would send me detailed training plans in 3 week blocks. I never had to think about it. Just follow the plan. I highly recommend you…

Tough to say because I don't know what your current mileage is. I can only tell you what I would do. When I was "just running" and waiting to start a marathon training plan, I would just try to keep my mileage around 40 MPW, running 6 days per week. That means a long run between 12 and 16 miles every week, a mid-long mid…

I saw my biggest gains from consistently logging 50+ miles per week for about 2 years. That's when I chopped almost 15 minutes off my marathon PR (3:26 to 3:12). Those miles consisted of strides about once a week, alternating fartleks @ HMP one week, tempo @ HMP to MP the next week and a fast finish long run every 3 weeks…

I ran it in 2014 (yeah, a lifetime ago). There was a parking garage really close to the start/finish line. The route was decent. A combination of tree-line streets and some more urban streets. The crowd support was sparse except for at the start/finish. Swag was okay. The finish chute was a little bit off a mess. Nothing…

To me, PRs are only from races on certified courses, or uncertified courses whose distance is confirmed by Garmin. Keeping PRs for workouts is counter-productive to proper distance training. Training paces should be based on race performances and "beating" your training paces defeats the purpose of the workouts. If my race…

The program says to do squats first, always.

There are three different types of running shoes, neutral, stability and motion control. How you run (the way your body is built) will determine which one of these types of shoes is right for you. Within each of those categories, you will find varying levels of cushioning. Your weight will be a determining factor in which…