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10/1 - 2.08 Easy 10/4 - 4.0 Easy Track AM 10/4 - 2.04 XC Indian Run PM 10/5 - 7.18 Easy W/ 2 @ MP 10/6 - 5.13 Easy 10/7 - 5.25 Easy 10/9 - 26.53 Prairie Fire Marathon Total 52.21 of 140 Miles Had a good run today, my garmin had 4:07:26. It wasn't quite what I wanted 4 months ago, but with the strain to the hip a few weeks…

10/1 - 2.08 Easy 10/4 - 4.0 Easy Track AM 10/4 - 2.04 XC Indian Run PM 10/5 - 7.18 Easy W/ 2 @ MP 10/6 - 5.13 Easy 10/7 - 5.25 Easy Total 25.68 of 140 Miles Another nice easy run, 9:48 pace with HR never leaving Z2 (133 Average - 143 Max). It was actually a tad cold this morning 45 degrees with a 12-15 mph North wind. Had…

10/1 - 2.08 Easy 10/4 - 4.0 Easy Track AM 10/4 - 2.04 XC Indian Run PM 10/5 - 7.18 Easy W/ 2 @ MP 10/6 - 5.13 Easy Total 20.43 of 140 Miles Today was another easy recovery style run, Pace gravitated close to goal MP on miles 4 & 5 and the hip felt good. I was really tight when I woke up but some easy stretching and getting…

10/1 - 2.08 Easy 10/4 - 4.0 Easy Track AM 10/4 - 2.04 XC Indian Run PM 10/5 - 7.18 Easy W/ 2 @ MP Total 15.30 of ???? Haven't really set a goal for this month, outside of finishing the marathon this weekend. If I finish in one piece I'll probably get to 150-170 miles this month, if not....who knows. Still trying to recover…

@lporter229 Race is next Sunday, frustrating part is training went very well, (4) 20+ long runs, 12, 14 & 16 mile pace runs, multiple fast finish long runs, etc. All indications were pointing to getting under that 4 hour mark fairly easily. Weird thing was that long run felt super easy cruising at 9:30-9:40 with HR still…

I've been a bit delinquent in updating my log here, and when I tried to go back through all the post to find the last entry I gave up. I'll finish with 215 miles after this evening recovery run of 5 miles. This is short of my goal but i was feeling a little beat up a few weeks ago and started to taper a bit early. I…

Having hit 70+ a couple times this summer I know that feeling. There is a lot of time and effort to get to that number, good job.

Yes. There is a race series here on new years eve that has a 5k beer run at 4:00 pm, then a 5k at 11:45 to run in the new year, followed by a half marathon at 8:00 am. Most of the people run easy for the beer run and new year run, then a bit harder for the half. Few however race for a PR on any of them. For you with a 5k…

My trainer charges me $80 for mine and i'll probably do one every year after my spring HM and just as Full training will begin, mainly for piece of mind in training and knowing exactly where each run should be done. Mine did change fairly dramatically after running 1800 miles from 1 year to the next. I'll be interesting to…

@MNLittleFinn Everything is an estimate until you actually have a blood lactic test. For comparison purposes last July my LT was 159 per a blood test. I was probably in similar shape as yourself, doing 40 miles a week and just completing a marathon in March and a 2:00 HM in May. These were the zones my trainer setup for…

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@MNLittleFinn Sounds like a tough race, and I hate it when I do a race and the course is short. Did this course have a certification? You asked about opinions on a full, and here is mine, and I know it's only worth .02. I'd wait on the full. I did my first full about 18-20 months after starting to run. I was nowhere near…

@KatieJane83 I always save my Mylar wraps they give out after a race, then use them pre-race if it's a little on the cool side, then discard. If it's really cold or really windy I do just as @7lenny7 does and wear a cheap sweatshirt I'll buy at a thrift store for a dollar or so. My daughter goes to a small private school…

Had this Photoshop template from a job i did several years ago. @kristinegift, now you have your own magazine cover.

9/1 AM - 4.02 - Easy 9/1 PM - 6.0 - Easy Indoor track 9/2 - Unplanned Rest 9/3 - 5.01 - Easy 9/4 - 17.01 - Long w/ 2x3 miles at GMP + 1x2 Miles @ GMP 9/5 - Rest 9/6 - AM 5.0 MP - Indoor Track 9/6 - PM - 6.03 - 6x500M VO2Max Intervals 9/7 - 13.31 Easy indoor track 9/8 - AM - 6.01 Easy 9/8 - PM - 4.01 Easy 9/9 - Rained out…

That's a horrendous place to put a 100 vertical feet of climb to the finish line.

Apple and oranges, big difference running a marathon as part of an ironman vs doing a half. I'm certain you were doing more than 12-15 miles a week of running in your training cycle for a full ironman. Doing a marathon 9 weeks later would be a walk in the park vs what you did previously. @sarahz5 have you ran a full before…

@ereck44 Rule of thumb is do a few shorter and at least 1 long run in new shoes, if they feel good from those runs you're good. Like @MNLittleFinn states, if you are using a brand and style you've used for a while, you are probably OK right out of the box. I have no issues opening a new box of my Adidas shoes and doing a…

@MobyCarp I battle Achilles Tendonitis from time to time, although it's never kept me from running. You are right however, the more you stretch it out throughout the day, the less it hurts. What I have done when it flairs is to ice it immediately after a run. My trainer has also had me do eccentric calf raises 2-3 times a…

9/1 AM - 4.02 - Easy 9/1 PM - 6.0 - Easy Indoor track 9/2 - Unplanned Rest 9/3 - 5.01 - Easy 9/4 - 17.01 - Long w/ 2x3 miles at GMP + 1x2 Miles @ GMP 9/5 - Rest 9/6 - AM 5.0 MP - Indoor Track 9/6 - PM - 6.03 - 6x500M VO2Max Intervals 9/7 - 13.31 Easy indoor track 9/8 - AM - 6.01 Easy 9/8 - PM - 4.01 Easy 9/9 - Rained out…

I'm guilty, I just got 3 new pair of my favorite running shoe's in the mail this week. I was down to the 3 pair currently in the rotation and only had 2 new pair in the closet. When I tell people i go through 5-6 pairs of running shoes a year they look at me strange.

I broke a leg playing hockey 3 days before a family vacation to Disney. We were fortunately able to reschedule 6 weeks later but I was still on crutches. Doing the whole Epcot loop on them sucks, and is much harder work than running. I honestly can say I've felt your pain. When I broke my ankle a few years earlier, I was…

@lporter229 Little bet jealous of you and @MobyCarp. Qualifying for Boston is something I'd love to do, but something that I'm uncertain I'll ever experience. I do get a age group bump in a couple of years to 3:25 but that is still an long ways off of where I feel I can get to.

9/1 AM - 4.02 - Easy 9/1 PM - 6.0 - Easy Indoor track 9/2 - Unplanned Rest 9/3 - 5.01 - Easy 9/4 - 17.01 - Long w/ 2x3 miles at GMP + 1x2 Miles @ GMP 9/5 - Rest 9/6 - AM 5.0 MP - Indoor Track 9/6 - PM - 6.03 - 6x500M VO2Max Intervals 9/7 - 13.31 Easy indoor track 9/8 - AM - 6.01 Easy 9/8 - PM - 4.01 Easy 9/9 - Rained out…

That is how i do mine as well. I'm not a guy who will line up at the head of the pack just to get a gun time. In some of our bigger local races it'll take 90 seconds or longer for a 2 hour half or 4 hour marathon pace group to get to the line after the gun. For an elite or above average competitive runner lining up close…

9/1 AM - 4.02 - Easy 9/1 PM - 6.0 - Easy Indoor track 9/2 - Unplanned Rest 9/3 - 5.01 - Easy 9/4 - 17.01 - Long w/ 2x3 miles at GMP + 1x2 Miles @ GMP 9/5 - Rest 9/6 - AM 5.0 MP - Indoor Track 9/6 - PM - 6.03 - 6x500M VO2Max Intervals 9/7 - 13.31 Easy indoor track 9/8 - AM - 6.01 Easy 9/8 - PM - 4.01 Easy 9/9 - Rained out…

@ddmom0811 I'm in the same boat as @Ohhim, I tend to sweat 3-4 lbs of water weight an hour, sometime more if it's really humid. I've lost as much as 7 lbs on a long run even after drinking a gallon of water during. What I've found helps is to mix in electrolytes during the run as well as the next 3-4 hours post run. I'll…

@RunRachelleRun I would never do a complete race distance at goal pace, but doing some runs at goal pace are benifical, especially for marathons and half marathons since you are most likely not going into threshold and are staying in an aerobic zone. Those runs are a good way to simulate race situations concerning…

9/1 AM - 4.02 - Easy 9/1 PM - 6.0 - Easy Indoor track 9/2 - Unplanned Rest 9/3 - 5.01 - Easy 9/4 - 17.01 - Long w/ 2x3 miles at GMP + 1x2 Miles @ GMP 9/5 - Rest 9/6 - AM 5.0 MP - Indoor Track 9/6 - PM - 6.03 - 6x500M VO2Max Intervals 9/7 - 13.31 Easy indoor track 9/8 - AM - 6.01 Easy 9/8 - PM - 4.01 Easy 9/9 - Rained out…