CarsonRuns Member

Anything over 90 minutes is the standard definition in distance running and coaching circles.

Eat, shower, eat, nap.

Still keep it at 6 days. During marathon cycle, I'm usually doing 12 to 16 days consecutively with some doubles thrown in for good measure. 10 to 16 miles. Most typically around 12 to 14.

My only advice is not to do it. I'm sure you've seen me post enough to know that I'm conservative about this type of thing.

If you drop your base into the 40 to 50 mile per week range, you'll still improve your running fitness and it should give you time to pick up heavy things and put them down.

That has potential. Keep working on that last line though, and your delivery needs to be a little smoother.

I have a spibelt. You can fit a small child in there. iPhone 6 should fit, no problem.

I'm an experiment of one, but I do ALL of my running in a fasted state. I've done 90+ mile weeks with 22 mile long runs in a fasted state. I didn't bonk, lose muscle mass or anything else. It works just fine for me. You'll just have to try it and see.

This. To run a fast timed mile, you don't need to run all your workouts fast. You are on the right track by running those easy miles. Keep doing that and incorporate some speedy stuff a couple times a week. I suggest one tempo run and one day of adding strides at the end of the run. You can look them up for full…

Highly unlikely to see this in our lifetime. The current HM world record is 58:23. Doubled, that's 1:56:46. The current WR for the marathon is 6 minutes slower that than. So, we won't likely see a sub 2:00 marathon until we see a HM in the sub 54 minute range.

Great job! As I mentioned, my coach ran this marathon. He set a new AG record for the course, 3:15:51 while playing rabbit for the woman who set the new female course record, 3:17. He said it's the toughest one he's ever done.

Just about like this but topping out at 13 miles.

Did you taper before you ran this "marathon"? If not, then you ran a marathon when your body wasn't prepared for a marathon and you felt it. I suggest you take it easy for the next couple of weeks. There is a reason that training plans don't have you running a marathon before your marathon. You just experienced why.

Sorry. I quoted you, but the gist of the comments were for the OPs benefit. No worries. :)

If you bonked at 15, no amount of nutrition or hydration is going to carry you for those additional 11 miles. The ONLY thing that will help you cover that additional distance is to slow down. At the pace you were running, you depleted your glycogen stores by mile 15. The faster you run, the higher the ratio of glycogen to…

This.

Comprehensive Garmin reviews. http://www.dcrainmaker.com/product-reviews/garmin Elevation from GPS sucks. No model is going to give you really good, accurate elevation. Import your workouts into RunningAhead.com and select the option to replace the elevation data with Google Maps elevation data.

Yes.

First concern of mine is jumping from 5 days of running per week to 6 days. You should ease into that: 6 days, one week, 5 the next, repeat for 3 iterations, then do two weeks of 6 days and one week of 5 days, repeating for 3 iterations. If you are still healthy then, you can probably stick with 6 days per week. You need…

Yep. You won't be at your best for both of them and if you don't play your cards right, you won't be at your best for either of them. Delicate balance.

The same thing you ate before a 10 to 12 mile training run that you were able to keep down with no GI distress. Nothing new on race day.

This.

I had been running for 5 years before I ran my first marathon and I've run 5 since then. I enjoyed the 2nd, 3rd and 4th because I was fit, prepared and ran within my limits. The first was hard and painful, but still enjoyable. The last was under tough conditions and it hurt real bad and I was glad it was over. I can't…

I think that is part of the reason. Another big part is the running stores with their "Distance Running Workshops" and Team in Training saying that the marathon is the ultimate sacrifice and the perfect vehicle for fund raising. No one in these organizations is saying "You just ran a 29 minute 5K. Let's build you mileage a…

I just don't know how she could resist the urge to "educate" him. This is the attitude that permeates the running community today. Shorter races are less difficult than longer ones and are only run by more inexperienced runner. Total bullsh1t.

It's not just the water. RnR manages to mismanage just about every aspect of a race except for the profitability part. Oh wait, that's not part of the race.

A friend of mine did it a couple years ago when hundreds of people got sick from contaminated water that they served. Have you already paid for your registration and air fare? http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/las-vegas-marathon/las-vegas-marathon-runners-say-they-were-sickened…

Not interested in an Ultra, but as an IT Manager working about 45 hours per week, I was able to run up to 92 miles per week in my last marathon training cycle. Was it tough? Oh yeah. Was I tired? You bet. But, it can be done. My kids are 16 and 18, so they are self sufficient. Were they still in middle school or younger,…

Yelling makes you appear to be an authority. YOU DIDN"T KNOW THAT?!?!

No. Miles, and lots of them. That's what will get you to a marathon. Patience will help you to keep from hurting yourself along the way.