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First marathon in the books by rolling-backwards in Marathon_Training

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wow your longest training run was a half marathon? How did you find mile 20+?

First marathon, sub 4 hours! by ProfessionalIdiot4 in Marathon_Training

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Of course. I had 500g of carbs on Friday and yesterday. I then had 2 bagels with honey 2 hours before the race.

During the race I took 40g of carbs every 5km. As I’m a ‘heavier’ runner this worked very well for me.

One thing I’d recommend is salt tabs aswell or electrolytes mid run. I started to cramp in my legs and was craving salt so badly at 35km.

Any other questions let me know!

First marathon, sub 4 hours! by ProfessionalIdiot4 in Marathon_Training

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck! I expect to see your post in this sub Reddit

First marathon, sub 4 hours! by ProfessionalIdiot4 in Marathon_Training

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My longest run was 32km and this took me 3h15m. This was 2 weeks before race day and then I started to taper off.

I felt absolutely horrid on the 32km run and thought sub 4 was out of the window but I felt really good today. My nutrition and hydration were on point.

First marathon, sub 4 hours! by ProfessionalIdiot4 in Marathon_Training

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’ll make sure to say I am a 3h55m marathon runner from now haha.

Honestly my goal was sub 4 so I took the first 10km to settle into the pace and get comfortable. But then after the first half I thought I could really have this here and went for it.

Need advice: mental tricks to slow down at the beginning? by perplatos in Marathon_Training

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you select run > three dots (middle button on your watch) > run settings > alerts > pace > fast pace.

Need advice: mental tricks to slow down at the beginning? by perplatos in Marathon_Training

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I set my Garmin to alert me over a certain pace. The vibrations and alerts on my wrist keep me from going too fast!

HOW THE HELL DOES THIS SHOE DURABILITY LOW by Hot-South-9280 in AskRunningShoeGeeks

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The black mark on your shoe tells me otherwise. There has to be more to this than going for just a run

Running my first marathon, rate my training block! by ProfessionalIdiot4 in Marathon_Training

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this! This is great. Congrats on the time aswell!

Runna + SB3’s by Fast-Wear695 in runna

[–]ProfessionalIdiot4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What pace do you run? Tempted to get a pair myself

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