DavidMartinez2 Member

I do speed work twice a week on Tuesday/Thursday. I found that doing Legs on Tuesday gave me the best recovery for the Thursday workout. Doing a bunch of squats the day before a workout was no good and the weekends normally have either a long or race so Friday was no good.

SLO isn’t the easiest course, once you get out of the town you get some rolling hills. The views are great but it gets a little lonely. Having friends out there will be good, I suggest finding a pace group and hanging out with them.

Everyone is a little different but for me setting MFP for .5 loss keeps me at maintenance. I'd suggest going with a 1lb per week loss. Try and take in the majority of your calories before dinner so you don't end up trying to make up shortages before bedtime.

I ran a marathon a few years ago with a pacer who is also a certifying official. As someone earlier said, because of the way they have to measure tangents and stay close to the curb it is virtually impossible for you as the runner to follow the path they measured. A properly marked and measured marathon should show ~26.4…

Dropped $100 on the Nike element jacket. This morning it was mid 20s and I wore a short sleeve shirt and that jacket; ended up unzipping to mid-chest to avoid overheating. Wish I had this last week when I was wearing 3-4 layers for single digit temps.

I would suggest finding one of the 16-20 week plans that you like and add in your strength training class in addition to that. If memory serves Hal Higdon's plans have designated cross-training days as well. I agree that picking up heavy things and putting them down won't help with your marathon but having a solid strength…

I limit myself to neon colors when it is dark in the mornings and use my knuckle lights most mornings. They provide enough light for me to run safely and help make me more visible to vehicles as well.

I think the complaints come from people who (A) expected a structured menu or diet plan in the book or (B) didn't actually read it but draw their own conclusions based on what others have said.

I have found the times correlated to my VDOT are pretty darn close to reality.

Marathon training can lead to weight gain because it leaves you hungry and you will eat whatever you can lay your hands on. I like to keep lots of raw vegetables and fruit around, it is hard to eat enough of them to do any real damage but it will help satiate your hunger.

I recommend tying your nutrition to time vice distance. If you are using gels during your training you should take one every 45 minutes.

Running the Tijuana Marathon on Sunday. I am pacing a friend for a 1:30 half and then just coasting the second half. The last two years it has been very warm on race day and I expect the same this year; not sure why I keep torturing myself with the full.

I always have a hard time planning my meals with night races. Good luck with your race :)

Congrats on your first half jcurrie :smiley:

I understand what LESSER means. My point was almost every marathon plan on the planet includes at least one run of 20 miles or longer but using the 2.5 hour metric most marathoners will not get that using the JD plan. I am a sub 3 hour marathoner and I am barely able to complete a 20 mile run in under 2.5 hours. The Jack…

It is extremely difficult to get 20 miles in on a training run in under 2.5 hours, that is 7:15 avg. pace the whole way. Most people are not (and should not) doing their long runs that fast.

A lot of it is dependent on the person. I personally go by miles, I have a hard time hitting x number of minutes (which is why I don't do 6 or 12 hour races). Other people prefer to run by time. Jack Daniels has a set of plans written by time to avoid the situations where someone spends 5 hours doing a 20 mile training run.

This is why I hate evening races. My first night time half I ended up ducking into a porta-potty at mile 4. Eat a normal lunch ~noon and then have a gel just before race start.

I would suggest that you start by adding extra days per week. Run the same distances per run as you currently do but go 4 days a week for a couple of weeks, then move up to 5 days a week. After you have done 5 days a week for a bit start making one of the those runs longer by adding a mile to it every week. If you can…

After my shoes hit 400-500 miles they become gym shoes until the next pair get retired. I currently have 5 pairs of shoes in regular rotation for running.

I don't understand why you do not consider strength training as an option.

As others have tried pointing out as you get closer to goal weight the margins for error become smaller. Calories in/calories doesn't change but everything we are dealing with here are estimates. Using a scale/measuring your food helps make them better estimates on the in side and exercising with a HR monitor helps on the…

Those are all good cardio workouts, I would recommend doing an hour per day on one of them vice rotating every 20 minutes. An hour of rowing is pretty brutal, probably keep that one to 30 minutes. I'd also suggest adding some strength training.

Orange Mud has some interesting options if you want a vest with bottles vice a bladder.

I like rolling hills, staying in the same plane for 26 miles is tough for me. I have faster times on flat/downhill courses but I enjoy hilly courses more.

I've run 2 marathons in 2 days on multiple occasions. What the OP is doing is not the same thing.

Just treat it like a supported run.

Almost never, the exception being when I have a headache I can't shake.

I looked at it the same way you might view someone talking about the 5k marathon they are doing this weekend.

Here's a Jack Daniels question I had this morning while staring at the small pond of sweat under my spin bike: Our coach at SDTC stresses that we stay in our training zones the last 3 weeks before RnR and that he doesn't want us working to hard. Does that only apply to time running or is spiking my HR at spin going to hurt…