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15 miles today, 162 for the month.
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6 months is plenty of time. Spend the next few months slowly building your base (run easy and increase weekly mileage 5-10% per week, with some cutbacks) 12-14 weeks out find a good beginner training plan (Higdon, Galloway) that will help you with more targeted distances and paces. The Colfax half is great, it is slightly…
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10 miles today, 147 for the month.
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And up to a point, this may work for you. How are your 30km+ long runs going, and do you think you can add another 12km on after that? The OP wants a faster marathon, to do this they will need to be able to sustain faster effort over many hours. HIIT, speedwork etc... are all great ways to maximize speed at current…
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I agree with disagreeing, endurance first, speed last....most of your marathon speed will come from endurance not interval training. Yasso's are also only a good negative predictor, i.e. if you can't run 10 in 2:40 or less, you have no shot at a 2:40 marathon, but if you can do them it still doesn't mean you can run the…
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7 miles today, 137 MTD
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15 miles today, 130 for the month.
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6.8 + 4.2 = 11 today, 115 for the month.
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Shoes should be replaced when they become dead and the foam etc... in them don't bounce back between runs and/or the soles of the shoes wear to the point that it affects your footfall or gait. (The latter is pretty easy to see, the first usually shoes up as soreness after runs that is unusual) For me, I have pretty much…
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It is also likely that as you push yourself further, your body will allocate blood to where it need it most (this is one of the reasons many distance runners have GI issues during or shortly after long runs) As your body recovers and doesn't think it needs the blood elsewhere it would return to normal.
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18 cold, wet and windy miles today, 104 MTD.
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6 today, 86 for the month.
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11 miles today, 80 for the month.
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Because who needs to pay someone every week or month so they can tell them to go run. Personal trainer and fitness professional are two things I would not assume are the same thing.
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Study one is based on club runners that specialize in a particular competitive distance. 2.5 injuries per 1000 hours of running for the distance runners. 1000 hours of running is a crap load of miles. I run a fair amount and will not come close to that in a year. The study abstract the link goes to also does not indicate…
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6 miles today, 69 for the month.
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14 today, 63 for the month.
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6.5 and 4.5 miles today, 49 miles for the month.
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21 miles today. 38 for the month.
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11/1 - 11 miles 11/2 - 6 miles MTD - 17 miles
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^^This, there really is no "best" shoe, only the best shoe for you.
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^^^In general this should apply all the time. Pain is your bodies way of saying STOP. Specific to the OP, this is another question for the Doc, pain in this case, in the same area, probably means "too late, should have stopped a few minutes ago", but ask the doc, they will probably have some input on what types of…
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+1000, have your doc clear it first, then start slow and do not try to pick up where you left off...you will have lost fitness in 6 weeks and you don't want to replace 1 injury with another.
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Last run of the month 6 miles for a total 273 for October.
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It may or may not be shoes, you can get it checked out, go to the same store and let them know that you were fitted there the first time, also don't be supprised if things come back the same. Running on pavement can be harder on you, but although running on a softer surface my help the pain, it is probably not the primary…
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14 miles today, 267 for the month.
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I'm in for 275 in November. Thanks for doing this, keeps me on track with training.
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10.5 miles today, 253 for the month.
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14 miles today, 242.5 miles for the month to date
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6.5 miles today, 228.5 for the month.