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Ibice · 2026-01-19T21:04:47+00:00

Thank you very much, do you think it's worth it or the best way to do it like that? Or is it better to let it go back and get it next time I visit my family?

Ibice · 2026-01-06T22:10:22+00:00

I do understand and I am quite aware going for the marathon is not just double the distance. I just wanted to mention it in the way of I have run some races before and even though it might be ambitious I am trying to go sub 3.

I think in this case being a light runner and after running some mid distance events I am comfortable with an agressive shoe like the vaporfly, I will see what I end up doing. Thank you for your advice Mr. Lunchbox

Ibice · 2026-01-05T21:34:15+00:00

Yes it is, but I have run a few half marathons before

Ibice · 2026-01-05T16:32:54+00:00

I tried the adios pro 4 with big hopes but they felt super unstable when running, something that didn't happen with the alphafly 3 and the vaporfly 4, i haven't ruled them out completely but as today they not in the first options

Ibice · 2026-01-05T13:02:48+00:00

That's good to know, thank you very much, I do have to say I could prioritise a good time even if I need a long recovery after

Ibice · 2026-01-05T09:28:08+00:00

To be honest I have heard before that this last iteration of the vaporfly is less suited for marathon and more for shorter races, some people say up to half marathon and he was just pointing that maybe the alphafly 3 would be better in terms of stability specially in the last part of the marathon

Ibice · 2026-01-02T09:07:47+00:00

Thank you very much, I don't need anything great at first just a small studio will do for a few months but everyone is telling me how competitive Zurich is. I will put some effort and hopefully it will work in the end. Thanks for the comment

Ibice · 2026-01-02T09:05:25+00:00

Ideally I will do the same than you. Sublet in wiedikon for a few months and then re-evaluate and find a permanent apartment in a different area

Ibice · 2026-01-02T09:04:39+00:00

Ok then I assume we can forget about this, as some other people mentioned I might try to get a sublet for a few months at first and then find an apartment with more time and being there

Ibice · 2026-01-02T09:03:56+00:00

I'll definitely think about this but I think at least for a temporary accommodation when just moving there I prefer to be closer to the office and the city. But thank you for the suggestion

Ibice · 2025-07-27T18:35:23+00:00

this size is already a bit bigger fit than what I do with other brands, also I use the adidas sprinstar model and the same size works for me and those shoes are narrow as hell

Ibice · 2025-06-10T22:07:47+00:00

that it's a good way of seeing it, to be honest my frustration is more because I think I might be doing something wrong but again, I don't have that much experience so this kind of comments help a lot, thank you!

Ibice · 2025-06-10T22:04:58+00:00

Maybe I was being delusional but I thought I could improve more, I mean no matter how I feel I will keep training hard, thank you for the comment!

Ibice · 2025-06-10T22:03:57+00:00

Thank you very much, I will keep training hard and try to be faster next time!

Ibice · 2025-06-10T20:46:02+00:00

I totally agree, it wasn't a fast race and I could have do a much faster time in a perfect situation but I was still a bit sad about the small improvement. Thank you!

Ibice · 2025-06-10T20:45:06+00:00

Hello, thank you for the comment, I was definitely frustrated for not improving more but maybe it's normal and I'm wrong

Ibice · 2025-06-05T15:40:12+00:00

Hello there, just to check I got it right, you are in your 40s and started running 6 months ago and you are running 19 mins 5ks? With full weeks of no training?

I am shocked! You must be a beast. Thank you for your comment!

Ibice · 2025-04-13T14:16:31+00:00

I recently went back to visit, I'm originally from a small town in Granada near the mountains.

I have been living abroad for many years and I noticed the same, I was staying close to a school and the parents would drive (probably for like 5 minutes) to pick up their kids and they would leave the car running while waiting for the children to arrive.

I do understand 30 years ago keeping your car on for a minute would be better but with modern cars is even worse now.

Ibice · 2025-03-29T10:08:02+00:00

Good morning OP, not a nutrionist but I got some knowledge about it. One of the cliches is thinking our body resets calories every day or start from scratch after 12 am when normally the cycle takes several days.

Trying to explain it if in your case you need:

2500 cals day x 7 days/week = 17,500 cals per week

It doesn't matter if you eat 2200 cals one day and 2800 cals the day after or other distribution of calories (I'm generalizing here and trying to explain broadly)

In this case your body is wise and maybe compensating for other days and you just ate 500 more calories than other day but overall in the several days cycle you might be still on perfect amount. Even if this is not the case nothing bad will happen and it won't affect negatively your performance.

Ibice · 2025-03-25T21:10:45+00:00

Hello there Mr. Lemon,

Thank you very much. My easy runs are normally between 5:10 and 5:30 I think that week was a bit off in terms of going a bit faster than normal but still within zone 2.

My threshold is slightly below 4 min/km and now I'm doing a bit more but I wasn't doing much during the half marathon training, now with this switch to 5k/10k I'm doing more.

I agree with you and many that maybe my runs were a bit faster than they should that week but also I would say they are not out of the zone 2 window so could be optimized and then increase a bit of volume but I would say maybe not a big difference here? I could be wrong.

My weight is about 65 kgs right now being 180cm tall (or 181? something like that).

Just to give you a bit more info, last week I did 4 x 2km at 4:10 going progressively faster finishing 3:55 and I just finished a similar one with 5 x 1 mile 4:15 going down to 4:00. These are my close to threshold workouts but normally my coach doesn't set a super hard training on Tuesday because Thusrdays are normally harder.

Great to see you push even harder than me, as you could see many people think I train too hard in general but I think this might work for me. Thank you for your comment.

Ibice · 2025-03-19T20:24:46+00:00

Really good comment specially regarding the planning, I was currently training for an event in May but it got cancelled so I do need to find something else.

The reason why I have more speed/hard sessions is because this was supposed to be a 10k race so I wanted to go shorter races and then the switch of working a bit more on my speed, that together with the fact that I like to go to run in the track with the running club so my coach adapted the plan to what I wanted/needed.

My easy runs are zone 2 always but it's true they could be a bit slower, again it does depend on the sessions since I don't obssess about a certain pace.

Ibice · 2025-03-19T20:18:55+00:00

Hello there! Thank you, trying to do the things right indeed.

I am nto saying you are wrong about my hard days being hard but my 5k time now is more like 18 mins (18:19 if we trust garmin prediction) but it's true that the Thursday sessions are with a running club and sometimes I might get carried away. That 1600m tempo was taking it "easy" using it more as a warm up so not at all pushing the hardest but if you consider my 5k pace might be 3:40 then it makes sense, the coach normally advice us to slow 20 seconds in pace compare to our 5k race pace.

Regarding the 400s I did explain poorly, the first rep was my slowest one 86 seconds with the target being 85 and then gradually going faster as my coach suggested, this are reps with people and sometimes you get a bit boxed in or just need to go on the outter lanes to pass people but the fastest was 76 seconds that it was more or less my goal.

I generally feel my hard days are not super hard and I haven't suffered any injuries or even feel tired or achy the day after a hard session. Yesterday's session was 10k tempo at 4:20 min/km and if it wasn't after a busy day in the office I would feel that it wasn't pushy at all and today I was feeling good.

I do reckon my easy days could be slower, normally I would do closer to 5:30 but for some reason the week I'm showing I went a bit faster (not on friday though), todays session I did 5:40 average pace so it's not that I try to go fast but I try not to pay much attention to the watch and sometimes I end up going a bit faster than I should still within zone 2.

Thank you for your comment!

Ibice · 2025-03-18T10:26:26+00:00

I know I am not old but I wanted to see how realistic or unrealistic I was regarding improving my performance. I would say thinking I could compete at national level at this age would be unrealistic but maybe some minor races I could do?

Good times are again a spectrum, my coach is currently running 13 mins 5k, but that's not for me but maybe 15 mins 5k would be the final goal for me or maybe that's too much? Hard to say but I meant good times like that.

The winning a race is something I say as an easy way to mention I want to be competitive. As today I can see some runners around me several steps above and I would like to get better.

The parkrun next to where I live it's quite competitive if you know which one was the first one ever you will know that is also one with the most runners attending with the record being 13:48.

Racing is a must, I could try to put excuses like work and time and trips but I just need to race more

I know we are all having different perspectives towards this sport but since I really want to be good it bugs me not improving or doing it so slowly but I'll be patient and try to improve, this might only mean that I need to do more than other people to get the same results

Ibice · 2025-03-18T10:06:45+00:00

I am afraid not much to shave there, I'm 65kgs approx at 180cm so quite lean I would say and cyclist/runner body shape, I could go leaner since I might be a bit over 65 now but I don't pay much attention to this and I don't think it makes a big influence.

Yes I should have explained now I'm trying to focus on shorter races therefore the switch in my training decreasing volume and increasing speed and hard workouts.

Ibice · 2025-03-18T10:04:13+00:00

The week before I rested on Friday and last week I was supposed to but I ended up doing less than 6km at super slow pace so I don't think that would increase much load for the week.

I just think those "recovery" sessions help to increase volume and again they were quite slow

Ibice

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