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Thanks to all for your thoughts. I was talking to my wife about this race this morning. After yesterday's run in the cold and assessing how that went, I'm going to pass. She wasn't surprised. She could tell that in the last few weeks, my heart didn't seem into it. Since I haven't put any money into the entry fee, I don't…
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@litsy3 Thanks. Yes, I wanted to do the March 5 marathon for three reasons. First, I've run it before (it was the second of two marathons run on consecutive Saturdays last year and under really challenging conditions. In very cold conditions and 25-35 mph headwinds after mile 17, I PR'd it.). It is relatively flat. Second,…
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Run three days per week (e.g., Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday). Make one of the weekdays a somewhat speedy run, the other one a nominally easy/moderate paced one. Run for between 45 minutes to an hour. And then on the weekends run a range of longer runs where about once per month you do at least on long run in the 18-20…
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Training for Myrtle Beach Marathon on March 5 where I will make my first attempt at BQ. Behind that is the Cooper River Bridge Run (10K, 4/2), RnR Raleigh Marathon (4/10) and the Tar Heel 10-Miler on 4/23. The only other race I really have penciled in is the Venice (Italy) Marathon on 10/23. That one precedes a…
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Hills are just speedwork in disguise...that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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"Why on earth would you want to run 21km, for fun?!" Just kidding! I know the question from several angles. "How far is a marathon? Why would you want to run that far?" Just like my mountain climbing experience...people think I'm crazy and they are in awe all at the same time. Welcome to the group. Lots of opinions,…
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Note: as others have posted above, a deficit will, in almost every single case, result is weight loss. No one has proposed a starvation diet with too few calories including the OP. And it is also basic physics. To the OP, as others have noted, you cannot spot burn fat. However, as you slowly burn through the fat layer(s)…
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I agree with Lori that it can be a bit of a challenge to both run a deficit of calories and to train at the same time (I'm doing it, too. But 500 has been a bit of a challenge for me). I am 50 days out from my next marathon run and in the peak weekly training miles with the highest intensity levels. Previously, I had found…
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Welcome! And good luck with your training! The transitioning from training for a full rather than half-marathon follows a similar pattern of training. The challenge for a full in the fall is all the summertime heat you have to deal with as you train.
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I'm reading (and lurking on this thread) with a fair amount of interest as I am going for qualification this year. I am using Pfitzinger's plan this time and had a long buildup prior to stepping into it. I noticed that there are lots of easy paced runs but I haven't had any really fast runs of any length until this past…
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As above, I agree. Totally doable as long as you build your mileage slowly over the next four months AND you actually do the training during the four months (note: I am factoring the last couple of weeks at the beginning of May as "taper weeks"). Three days a week would be just about the minimum (say Tuesday and Thursday…
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@Curtruns...Flat and fast! Good run!
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You can't control the luck of the draw on how your age group will shake out. Congrats on the new PR and the sub-20.
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@kristinegift: Still not a time to sneeze at. Running while injured can be tough (i did it with a hurt hip flexor and it slowed me by about 30 minutes). Rest, recover, and get back to it.
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I agree. Generally speaking, as you train for the full marathon, you are likely to find that your times for the shorter races improve with increasing endurance.
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As I've gotten further into this marathon thing (and I waited to get started for my first marathon at the age of 60), I have gradually come to the realization that while the distance of the long run is the thing people hear so much about, it is the nature and the quality the run AND of the other runs that actually prepares…
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I wouldn't necessarily use the word "elitist." Rather, I would say your view lacks a certain perspective that comes with age. Although Stef is not much older than you are, I am considerably older than you are. The fact that my first race since 1986 was a marathon (at age 60) has a completely different context to it. Prior…
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I saw someone running in NOXGEAR the other night as I came home in the dark. I was very impressed with the visibility. Yes, a little expensive but it is also very visible.
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On the last couple of training cycles, the mileage stepped down from the mileage of the last week with the 20-miler to the point where the mileage was approximately half of the week following the last 20 mile run week. The current schedule I am using has 3 20-milers in it, the last one is three weekends out from the goal…
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I rinse my running clothes in the shower after running. They are already wet (and in the summer, dripping wet) so rinsing off the sweat (and the bacteria because that is what causes the smell) and the shaking (not wringing) the excess water off is a start. I have a place to allow them to hang to dry at work. At home, it…
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Ran my first mid-distance race on 10/18 since my hip flexor injury in early April. Ran the half-marathon at a modest and restrained pace to protect what I've recovered (though I did have a right ankle injury issue from a missed step on a transit bus a few weeks ago). It was cold and on a somewhat hilly course I ran a…
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Running the Durham Bull City Race Fest (and Truck Rodeo) Half Marathon on Sunday, 10/18. First longer distance race since my hip injury in April. I ran a 5K at a fairly easy pace in July and just missed a PR. I'm looking to run a fairly easy run under 2 hours. That would be a PR and I haven't run a HM in a year. It's…
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I do much the same as Moby...I go one step farther with polypro sock liners and the SmartWool socks. I've run in cold rain and not had a problem with the feet. The get wet, of course, and the shoes get squishy but I haven't had any other problems with blisters or feet getting cold. That's a trick I learned from…
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Congratulations to all of you!
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Well, walking helped create a calorie deficit and I dropped from 252 down to 190 pounds before I even began to track any food intake. When I got consistent (in 2010) and started logging my steps every day with a pedometer, I dropped from 232 pounds to 190 pounds in 9 months. I worked up from about 12,000 steps per day to…
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The suggestion by @MeanderingMammal sounds like the way to go. It is similar to the recommendations I've seen in some training plans for HM and FM (tapering for the FM is usually 3 weeks). Shorter, but same intensity pattern as that leading up to the last long run. Now, I've never trained just for a HM. The HM distance…
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Oh, it gets better. His mile repeats were 5:30/mile. I can't imagine running 14 repeats of them as training. The best single mile time I can remember I ever ran was 5:15 and that was in the summer 42 years ago when I was 20 years old. In those days, I could routinely run a 5:45 mile on the track. I also weighed 145-150…
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Perhaps you have gone on ad infinitum...just not here on this website. That is an easy thing to check through the search function. Nor was there a request (by me) for you to do that. However, this type of deflection is a strategy of avoidance. You may have also had conversations with others who share and conform to your…
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@waffle...no she hasn't, but life is considerably more complicated for her now than it was when she first thought about taking on this challenge. @jgnatca Yes, a full marathon can be too much for a rookie, but.... I leapt in with both feet (so to speak) at age 59-60. But I also had three solid years of walking and hiking…
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For the in between times, D looks good. Nothing fast. High volume, low intensity to increase the aerobic base. A 30-mile base is probably a decent jumping off place for the next race plan.
