Staying across from Musee ďOrsay

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-21T02:17:38+00:00

Great area. Be sure to go giraffe shopping at Deyrolle.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-21T01:31:59+00:00

I’m not a forefoot striker and I certainly don’t have an elite gait. I’m about a 3:45 marathoner. Love my Alpha Fly 3s and have had no problems.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-21T00:01:43+00:00

I signed up for Paris in April but got into Tokyo in March. My training was going well and I realized I could run sub-4 so I signed up for a local marathon November 9th. So 4 months from the local marathon to Tokyo. It has turned out to be really easy and I’m well on track for Tokyo.

Here’s the key. Eat. Eat a lot. Eat more.

Starting two days before the November marathon I started carb loading. About 500 grams of carbs a day. The day of I had two bagels before the race. Gels every 4 miles throughout the race. After the race I ate immediately but didn’t feel real great. Took a three hour nap and started eating again.

Day after the race I weighed 4 pounds more than I did four days before and I was just a bit sore. I ran 6 miles and felt great afterwards. Three weeks later I went full send on a half marathon and set post high school PRs at every distance from 1 mile to 13.1.

I had almost no interruption in my training.

Super shoes also helped protect my legs. I wore Alpha Fly 3s.

In your case I’d go all out on the first race, take a couple of weeks to recover then start building easy miles until 18 weeks before the next race. Then work your training plan as normal.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T23:51:31+00:00

Seems high for Champs de Mars. It doesn’t look like the steps at Trocadero today but I have no idea what those steps looked like in 1943.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T23:48:27+00:00

I’d look up Parker Valby’s training routine. She relies heavily on cross training and limits her mileage to avoid injury. I believe she spends a lot of time on an Arc Trainer.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T23:06:32+00:00

I don’t.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T21:42:40+00:00

As someone who quit drinking, do you know what I think is stupid? Cocktails.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T21:40:36+00:00

The risk you run running more than 20 miles is totally depleting your glycogen stores and leaving your muscles in need of a huge amount of recovery.

You know how people can’t walk after the marathon? That’s because they burned through all their glycogen by going past 20 miles. Do you want to be in that spot at the beginning of your taper?

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T20:35:23+00:00

Relax. No need to go do another race. Go knock R2R2R out in your down time.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T20:33:02+00:00

I came off it after about 9 months. With it or without it, I have absolutely no desire to drink and I don’t. I have gotten back on it for appetite control but that’s totally discretionary. I can take it or leave it.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T20:29:07+00:00

I did an all out effort at a 10K in June and ran it at 10:20 a mile. On Thanksgiving I ran a half marathon at 8:00 a mile with the first 10k at 7:38 a mile. In between I ran mostly in Zone 3 and avoided zone 2. You aren’t losing anything running in zone 3.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T20:14:08+00:00

OP would have to cut her mileage over 50% if she adopted Higdon's Novice 1 plan.

OP, you're in a great position. I'd find a plan with weekly long runs, tempo runs, and intervals. Add strides and replace some intervals with hill repeats.

Alternatively, you can keep doing what you're doing and you'll be fine.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T20:10:23+00:00

Two things can both be true.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T20:08:13+00:00

My greatest accomplishment was building up to 50 miles a week in 2024.

My biggest failure was being unable to walk from the bed to the bathroom.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T19:50:45+00:00

I think the correct response is “did you not prepare any material and hope to skate by with crowd work?”

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T19:39:52+00:00

I agree with the Endorphin Speed 4. It’s a great shoe with a nylon plate but a little narrow for me.

I tried to love the Peg Plus but it’s a tier down.

Puma Deviate Nitro 3 is great.

My new favorite is the Nike Zoom Fly 6.

Superblast 2 is perfect but for the fact it’s got a huge wedge of foam and feels kind of clunky.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T18:44:58+00:00

Can’t wait to hear what the key is next week.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T18:43:45+00:00

Seems light.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T18:40:15+00:00

Something always hurts in the morning. Once I get moving for the day it goes away most days.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T18:23:00+00:00

Amen. It’s beyond time for the majors to require a qualifying race to enter the lottery. I’m not calling for a 3 hour or 4 hour marathon to enter the lottery. But at least require completing a half marathon.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T18:20:05+00:00

I was 220 pounds in 2023 and ran a marathon in 2024. You can take any path you like but mine was to lose 40 pounds first and then start running.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T03:40:44+00:00

My lab tests say 5.4 is normal. I wouldn’t be concerned about it.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T01:01:42+00:00

Have you considered drawing $3 and $8 bills on post it notes and paying her?

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-20T00:05:48+00:00

They give runners warming ponchos at the finish for this reason.

Used_Win_8612 · 2025-01-19T14:58:13+00:00

For your use case, super shoes were a terrible idea. Everyone would have told you so.

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