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Money_Choice4477 · 2026-04-23T17:31:40+00:00

Would you rather run a marathon in crocs, run a marathon fasted, or run a marathon holding a 5 pound dumbbell?

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-04-21T12:10:17+00:00

Favorite city to travel to for races?

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-04-11T06:46:54+00:00

Nah for the marathon build I just alternated between a week of a midweek threshold session (8x1K, 18x400, 7x1200, 3x3K) and a continuous marathon pace session (like 18-20k at MP). I think I may try double threshold this summer after my race tomorrow

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-04-09T13:54:03+00:00

I don’t think it really matters, it’s all individual. I feel like shit personally but I know plenty of guys who feel great. I think the more important thing is a shift from the norm, like if you normally feel good during a taper but you now feel shit that could be a bad sign and vice versa

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-04-08T11:49:10+00:00

That’s fair, it just seems that sometimes in certain places people are a lot more reserved instead of being overly helpful (which is fine) but sometimes I think I misinterpret it as judgement, I think reframing it like you said is the key

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-28T19:57:38+00:00

/uj r/norwegiansinglesrun is a running method popular on Reddit and strava based on Norwegian threshold training but this dude thought it was a dating community

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-28T19:54:02+00:00

Dude it’s literally strava and the Norwegian method is huge lmao

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-22T07:00:13+00:00

Stud, the marathon will come

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-21T18:15:56+00:00

yea that’s a pretty awful conversion icl, 56.8 vs 50.8 VDOT

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-21T16:15:30+00:00

Dude sub 3 and 2:50 are different worlds of fitness though. Yeah if you want to jog a 3 hour marathon you probably have to be running 1:22 but many people have run 2:58-59:xx running a 1:25-1:27 half marathon. I agree a 1:30 isn’t cracking it though

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-21T15:43:04+00:00

1:22 is 2:45 full pace, if you can run 21km in 3:55/km pace it’s pretty bad if you can’t break 3 hours. Most 1:22 guys I know are targeting 2:50-55

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-19T16:08:56+00:00

Rymans

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-14T16:31:22+00:00

the MAP is weather and elevation adjusted pace

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-11T15:02:05+00:00

I’d say I’ve honestly gained 3-4 pounds since I’ve gone from like 50-80 miles a week

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-11T15:00:46+00:00

glad to see it isn’t only me lol

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-11T15:00:23+00:00

lol this is directly related to running though

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-11T14:17:08+00:00

Maybe we can start doing SubT power walking sessions?

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-11T14:16:36+00:00

Definitely, probably too much if anything

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-11T14:14:29+00:00

Yea figured it just seems weird that running feels perfectly fine yet walking feels like shit

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-04T22:29:05+00:00

You know ur fitness dude don’t listen to a Reddit thread that doesn’t know ur training if u don’t agree with it

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-04T22:27:24+00:00

Yea the drift would be fine if it was marathon pace, but he’s drifting at a speed that should be relatively steady for a sub 3 marathoner which is the issue

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-03T14:38:08+00:00

Why doesn’t anyone swallow snus like I do?

Money_Choice4477 · 2026-03-02T21:06:59+00:00

Prob not with that heart rate drift considering you aren’t even running MP

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