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1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy 20 -…

You're doing tempo runs way too fast. They should be around your HM-MP, closer to HM. And since we're talking those paces anyway, you probably don't need to work about speedwork so much as you should concentrate on the easy runs. Save the speedwork for when you're hitting 40ish MPW and running sub 2 halfs.

Not sure what time you're shooting for, but I'll be out there in a Half Fanatics tee with cat-print armwarmers, and sunglasses that say MADNESS on the lenses - good luck, and run smart :)

1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy 20 -…

I haven't run it before, but hear it is super-hilly. I'm not racing it though - I'm running a bit before and treating it as a long run for my marathon in 3 weeks.

I'll be there too :)

First, figure out if you're running 6.2 or 26.2 miles.

1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy 20 -…

Yep, I was one of them. No additional benefits gained - all it does is trash your body and increase the amount of rest/recovery time. To answer the question: do a 5K at full effort and plug that into a predictor to get an approximate time for other distances, and ignore the recommendations for easy paces. Never force an…

Ice them and try Aleve.

+1

1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy 20 -…

You don't need a kinesiologist to tell you to run easy. Again, overcomplicating.

Slow down and quit forcing a pace.

For being a beginner, you certainly are over-complicating this. Run easy until you can run for 100% of your workout duration.

1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy 20 -…

1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy 20 -…

How fast are you going? Are you running to the point where you breathe heavily?

Good race photos? Never :)

If limping across the finish line is what you'd consider a success, then go for it. If you want to run 100% of it and have the satisfaction of a well executed race, wait at least a year, better bet would be two years, given your level of fitness.

1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy 20 -…

1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy 20 -…

I like a Red Bull before a run too :)

If you're stopping every 2mi to pee, you're drinking too much. Some people insist on "salting up" with pickle juice, mustard, salt tabs, etc. For one, nobody is likely running in Badwater 135 conditions and second, salt can do funny things like make you want an excessive amount of water. Hyponatremia (over-hydration) will…

Sounds doable for me. Your body will tell you when it's had enough. My first venture into a 50 mile week left me hurting, but I backed off and tried again a couple months later and it was all good. You got this, Lori.

That is effing insane.

April through September is more than enough time to prepare. Hal Higdon will get you there in 8 weeks. http://halhigdon.com/training/51122/10K-Novice-Training-Program

I set a new 5K/10K PR last week too. It was because I did a hard reset on my Garmin

1 - 12mi, easy 2 - 8.2mi, easy 3 - 8.2mi, tempo 4 - 10mi, easy w/FF 5 - 8mi, intervals 6 - 8mi, easy+3.2mi, tempo 7 - 18mi, easy 8 - Rest 9 - 7.2mi, easy 10 - 6.3mi, easy 11 - 6.5mi, easy 12 - Rest 13 - 5.2mi, easy w/strides 14 - 3.14mi, easy 15 - 13.1, race 16 - 3mi, recovery 17 - Rest 18 - 6mi, easy 19 - 8mi, easy Easy 8…

The marathon is a different animal whose level of fitness takes years and miles to achieve. The calculators assume a level of fitness that not a lot of people have, hence why conventional wisdom is to add 10-20min to the predictor.