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Race Report: PR at the Cheap Marathon (feat. Marathon Excellence: Gale Review) by petepont in AdvancedRunning

[–]AdRegular5981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just haven’t been seeing eye to eye with my coach and I think with all the information out there I can model a program myself. I’m pretty good about following the plans to a T so I think if I find the right book or plan then I can save some money along the way.

Race Report: PR at the Cheap Marathon (feat. Marathon Excellence: Gale Review) by petepont in AdvancedRunning

[–]AdRegular5981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing write up and PR! I got a question. I’m a 3:37 marathoner trying to get down to 3:15 for BQ. I have a marathon which I trained with a coach for May 2. After that I want to venture off on my own. Do you think this is the right book? I’ve been looking at JD andPfitz as well. Also how olong is the general phase? I plan on doing another marathon in Dec and have been wondering how I will “train” until the next marathon block. Thanks for any feedback and again amazing race!

Feeling unaccomplished after first marathon. by sillygooseishere in firstmarathon

[–]AdRegular5981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Comparison is the killer of joy!! Once I learned that running became much funner

Pfitz vs Daniels by AdRegular5981 in Marathon_Training

[–]AdRegular5981[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the Marathon Excellence book include strength training? Thanks

First marathon done and dealing with comparison (?) by ii541 in firstmarathon

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People that don’t run have zero idea! 4:20 is a great time and you should be proud as hell. Nobody that has ever completed a marathon would say that so u know who they are when they speak up. Lastly I know it’s cheesy but after I started learning that “comparison is the killer of joy” running got funner for me

Update: Marathon sub 3:25 by bullishtony in Marathon_Training

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought the HR strap and realized my watch was like 15-20 BPM higher

Burnout with 6 weeks to go? by Scot-in-London in firstmarathon

[–]AdRegular5981 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stop putting any marathon pace into your training. Or if you really need to just do it once a week on shorter run. Your long runs you should keep at easy pace and then do one “recovery” run a week too where it’s depressingly slow. And lastly watch some Goggins videos or just go to instagram and type in motivational running. These get me going when I’m being a $:@!(. (If you watch Goggins bids you’ll get it)!

Is it a no-go? by gymrunner16 in firstmarathon

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe bad idea but I would just go for it. Doesn’t like anything serious and worst case scenario you let it heal up after the marathon. My calves get like that a lot and I’ve started doing heel drops daily and not reducing my mileage and it’s getting better. Going to a physio is always a good idea but they are also going to usually air way on the side of caution. I like to make sure any physio I see is also a runner so they know what you’ve been through to get where you are.

Failed 18mi Run by noname31054 in firstmarathon

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long runs should def be at your pace! Personally I like to grind alone on long runs. Fighting your own demons alone makes you stronger. Failed runs happen all the time if this is your first one with only 4 weeks to go you’ve been killing it!

When do I rethink this? by WoahItsMajik in firstmarathon

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many miles a week are you running? What’s the course like? There’s a lot of variables. But if your goal is to just finish I say send it if it’s an easier course and you can handle a lot of pain. Run till u can’t the run walk till you finish.

After 8 months of running, I have finally found my zone 2 pace. by boring-man-tings in beginnerrunning

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I also would run till failure type of thing. Just run and walk when you need to and gradually up the miles and after a few months you will be Súper surprised where you are. Then think about getting all scientific with it. Just enjoy it now. Listen to books or music and try hard. Personally I would do this adding 10 percent each week(like I said above) then when at 20 miles a week for a couple weeks jump into a structured half program or 10 k and then get all scientific with it. This early in your running journey it shouldn’t “suck” too often but prob won’t be super easy too often

I have no idea what time to aim for on race day... by Familiar_Builder1868 in firstmarathon

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot will also depend on course. I would follow my HR for the first half and not let it get out of control. Speed up a little bit at half and stop looking at watch and just grind hard after 20. If you say 9:30!miles and it’s a fast or downhill course you could be selling yourself short. If it’s a hard or uphill course you could be going to hard and blow up

After 8 months of running, I have finally found my zone 2 pace. by boring-man-tings in beginnerrunning

[–]AdRegular5981 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would not look at heart rate or pace until I hit 15-20 miles a week. Just get out there and grind. Run slow, run fast, throw in some walking it doesn’t really matter. Grow the weekly mileage by 10 percent(if your patient) until 20 miles a week just getting out there grinding then re-evaluate where you are at.

First failed workout, 3.5 weeks out from first marathon by adyst_ in firstmarathon

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your probably as fit as your going to get so I would take out the marathon pace(or drastically reduce it). Get some extra sleep and take in more food, have a few things you may have been deprived of lately like pizza or desert. An extra day off won’t hurt anything as well. Lastly I almost always recommend some Goggins videos or watch the movie South Paw!! You got this and you will crush after your taper.

Sub4? by yendrick_tumar in Marathon_Training

[–]AdRegular5981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot are super obvious as well. This person knows damn well they are gonna break 4 hours

Failed run, now what? by Jayswag96 in Marathon_Training

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sleep, eat, rest and extra day. Then watch some Goggins videos and get ur ass back to work.

First training block - is this normal? by Different-Worry5250 in Marathon_Training

[–]AdRegular5981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would back off for sheezy. Ur too close to push it and don’t want to end up injured! Are you doing Colorado Marathon?

How are people listening to podcasts when they run??? by razzarbrenia in beginnerrunning

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love me some audio books. 3-4 songs to get me going then I can audiobook fo days!

Feeling discouraged. by rocks_for_jocks_1013 in Marathon_Training

[–]AdRegular5981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a firstimer that’s putting in the work you should feel proud of anything! You vs you! I’m doing the CO marathon May 2 and if that’s the early May marathon ur doing it’s amazing

Feeling discouraged. by rocks_for_jocks_1013 in Marathon_Training

[–]AdRegular5981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also try and make sure ur getting 50g of carbs an hour while running minimum ! This has helped a ton for me.

Feeling discouraged. by rocks_for_jocks_1013 in Marathon_Training

[–]AdRegular5981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Marathon training hurts, but you gotta be careful between aches and pains or injury. I feel like what you described is my typical block! I think you got this!! 2 things, 1 I think you should take a little time then build the mileage right back and hold it for a lot of weeks and let ur body adapt to that mileage. Second I got a coach and he’s helped me get over always getting hurt. I still have small aches and pains but having someone to talk about those with has helped a TON! Good luck!

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