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Have a great race. If you can run it w/o drinking then go for it. But if you feel thirsty you need to drink. The pace group sounds like a good idea. You might not be so nervous for your second race too. The anticipation can be worse than the actual experience sometimes. Rely on your preparation and just go for it.

I agree with scottb. This is how I think I run and pretty much do. It's also similar to the information on The Natural Running Center website.

I agree with the others. You can do the 10k. Add about 1/2 mile a week to one of your runs and make it your long run for the week. This will push up your endurance.

It will go away in a few runs. This happens if you haven't run in a long time.

I'll join again. I'll shot for 50 again this month. Hopefully my foot cooperates! Thanks for organizing this!

I say take it easy. ScottB has good advice. I just ran my first half on Sunday and I had been injured and had not done a long run since early September. I was under-trained but I ran the whole thing and finished in 2:03:07. I had been training for four months prior to my injury and I knew I could run the distance. You have…

Hi, This week was 26 miles. Finished my first half marathon today :smile:

Fellow runner here. I love it! Feel free to add me too. I'm running my first official half on Sunday in Los Angeles. Then, I start training for the Ray Miller 50k in February. I'm hell bent on getting into ultras and run almost exclusively on trails now. I love having running friends and supporting each other to meet our…

10 miles for me this week. I'm finally over my injury!

Sounds good to me!

I try to keep my shoulders loose and wide so my chest is expanded. This helps improve air flow into the lungs and also put your arms at the side of your body so you don't swing them past the center line. I usually read that swinging your hands past your center line is less efficient running. About a 90 degree angle is good…

Hey Everyone. 4 miles this week. Getting better, slowly! I don't know if 50 is going to be possible.

I've been running in Merrell Barefoot shoes which are the same idea just without the little toes :smile: It cured my knee pain. The only problem is I over trained and got tendonitis in my achilles. I'm healing now however and will be back out there.

You could over train trying to do this so I would be careful. Stick to your training plan. You longest run in two weeks will probably be about 4 miles. You can do the race, just don't push it. Go slowly and walk during some of it and you should be okay. Try not to go beyond your training plan. Keep your mileage low the…

WTD 3 miles MTD 3 miles My foot is almost healed! More miles soon :smile:

I have to start someplace. Oct 2 - .6 miles. (I'm injured)

Hey Everyone. I'd like to be in for 50 Miles. I'm recovering from Achilles tendonitis and the doc said I can start running again as of tomorrow so this challenge is perfect timing. My progress will be slow at first but hopefully as I heal I'll be able to knock out more miles quickly. This will be fun!

I'll be more careful when I see them on my runs now. They have always been timid around me and just run away before I got anywhere near them. It sounds like the ones in your area have lost their fear of humans.

You called?

Thanks Brian. That's very interesting. The trail running group that I'm in does "back to back" runs on Sat and Sun to help simulate the muscle depletion of a single very long run. This fits with the theory of total mileage being more important the long run distance. Hopefully, I can run again soon. All this running talk is…

I have to agree with Scott. Most people I see with this problem say "yea, my shoes don't fit that well." So, make sure your shoes fit and you have enough room for your toes to move around.

Great work! That's a great milestone! Coming from someone who is currently nursing achilles tendonitis, please take your time increasing your distances. I felt so great once I got over five miles I started increasing to fast and now I'm injured. Good luck to you!

Yep. I keep reading that too. 180 cadence. I count 1-2-3 1-2-3 in my head to try to get three foot falls per second for a 180 cadence. I think you're app must measure at 1/2 speed. Maybe I'll get the foot pod for my Garmin so I can measure mine.

Learning to forefoot run cured my knee pain and made me a much faster runner. Regarding the 180 steps per minute, it takes time to learn how to do it when running at a slow pace, but it is doable and it does produce a much smoother and easier run. Here's how I think about it, you want to propel your body forward (your…

Good for you! Great job. That's a wonderful accomplishment! :smile:

I have a Garmin 610 GPS watch and I log using EndoMondo.com. This site has good logging and it pulls in all the data from my watch.

It's a race right? You're going to run the last few miles like your life depended on it and you're going to blow 2:14 away! You should be pretty dead at the end of that race. You can totally do it!

I'm so happy for you! Great job and you finished strong like I knew you would! I've been thinking about you all morning waiting to see the results! My half marathon plan only goes to 12 miles, but I'm going to do the full 13 like you.

I do it ALL the time. I ran 10 miles before I ate last Saturday. I feel better and lighter before I eat. Do what feels good for you.

You said you were going to take it easy! I'm glad your back up to pace! Amazing what sleep will do for you huh?? I wonder how much better my 5k PR could be if I'd had more than 3 hours sleep. Great job!