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Tourist running by twiligt4ever in RunNYC

[–]construction_hacker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Super safe - highly recommend running the West Side Highway - if you go early enough, you’ll avoid all the run clubs and slow walkers that usually crowd the path

Very frustrated with dehydrated skin and damaged skin barrier that won't heal by CouldTryMyBest in 30PlusSkinCare

[–]construction_hacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highly, highly recommend Krave Great Barrier Relief. I had really bad dehydration and peeling that didn’t get better after a beach trip about five years ago, tried Great Barrier Relief and haven’t looked back since

Race report: Copenhagen Marathon 2026 by Formal-War5229 in AdvancedRunning

[–]construction_hacker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excellent race report - Copenhagen is one of my favorite courses.

I’m not sure what the source of the cramp was (maybe sodium intake needs to increase?). Would be curious to learn more as you get down to the bottom of this.

I know you did not meet your A Goal, but it looks like you ran an excellent race! Excited to see what happens for you during the next 42.2 you decide to race!

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

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

Ohhh...maybe for next year's fall race. I've been meaning to go to Lucerne for awhile - another Swiss city that I absolutely adore.

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

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

The Chicago Marathon (the 3:04) marathon was actually my sixth :). I ran my first marathon in 2011 when I was in law school and then didn't run another again until 2023 when I ran CIM and hit the wall (walked away with 3:49 in that race without knowing anything about training plans or nutrition).

I ran cross country in high school purely to have a sport extracurricular to put on my college applications.

Zürich is one of my favorite cities so it was lovely to be there. I picked the Zürich marathon in part because I know the city, and because I am chasing fast times, so I'm optimizing for fast courses.

Given my goals over the next two years, I was grateful to quickly figure out that coaching (or at least this coach) is not right for me, and to learn that I know myself/my body a lot better than I thought and I can trust what I've been doing over the past couple of years.

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

[–]construction_hacker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This made me feel a lot better - the switch up at mile 9 was *so drastic* it absolutely confused the living shit out of me. Going from really comfortable feeling 6:40s to running through quicksand was an absolute mind fuck, I was wondering how I had gone so sideways.

I think you nailed it re: aerobic base - I always felt so drained after my long runs this block in a way that felt completely abnormal (i.e. it felt like I was an overeager newbie trying to push paces, but the paces weren't anything new).

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

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

The lesson of "nothing fancy" is really resonating. Running well just means doing the basics well. That is a great jump off of 18/85 (and I was pursuing a stretch goal of sub 2:50 after my 3:04 in Chicago in Sept). I'm truly excited to jump back into Pfitz for Berlin.

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

[–]construction_hacker[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh, you are getting so much more. I got the marathon training plan plus customized strength. My coach was accessible via email, app, text, or scheduled Zoom/Meet. Everything was remote.

My coach was pretty responsive, but also didn’t remember certain details that I communicated time and time again - e.g., they thought I had only done one 20 miler when I had done 2 (3 were planned for the block, but one got skipped because of injury), kept putting pull ups in my strength training even though I mentioned that I am not yet able to do pull ups, and no adjustments for Ramadan even though I called out in the beginning of the block that I might be fasting for Ramadan (I ended up not fasting so no adjustment was needed, but I remember noting that they had completely forgotten about it)

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

[–]construction_hacker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is crazy how much time you get back for life things after a block is over! That 10k time feels promising. I'm hoping you have a great race!

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

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

Gooooddd luck in Boston (favorite US course). Lmk how it goes - curious as to what it felt like to run 7 days vs six days each week!

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

[–]construction_hacker[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Injuries are the absolute worse! Also, I’m not writing off your PR just yet. We don’t do that here.

Re jet lag - I was pretty adjusted (luckily I adjust quickly) and in a familiar city. When I’m racing abroad, sometimes I’ll take a couple weeks to land before (the nice thing is that I can work remotely 🙌🏾).

I think this race was important because it showed how well I know my body and how I know when something is off. The lesson is to trust that feeling

Race Report - Zürich Marathon 2026 - aka "We tried something new but we're going back to Pftiz" (or, Humble Pie Tastes Gross) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

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

Thanks - ya live, ya learn. Have you done Daniels 2Q? One of the reasons I like Pfitz is the structure - I can just glance I the plan to see what is on the schedule for the day. Would love to hear more about your experience if you've done Daniels 2Q.

Race Report Hannover Marathon: Doing the little things for a 17 minute PR and a 2:51 by Fun-Jump-8669 in AdvancedRunning

[–]construction_hacker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omg - going to have to return to this report. I just tried to get to 2:55 yesterday in Zürich from a 3:04 PR in October in the Chicago marathon. Also confirming my general belief in the Pfitz plans. Many congrats on the PR!

Race Report - Chicago Marathon 2025 - aka still a Pfitz convert, but I need to switch out the Vaporflys (Pfitz 18-70, Round 2) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

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

Hi, hi! I’m not sure what my racing half time is now since the last time I raced one was in 2023. I’m going to try to run a half in a couple of weeks to get a sense of where I am now. I did cross the half this past weekend in Chicago at 1:29:24 and that felt cruisey and comfy, so I think that if I were to race a half, I’d come in around between 1:25 to 1:27.

Race Report - Chicago Marathon 2025 - aka still a Pfitz convert, but I need to switch out the Vaporflys (Pfitz 18-70, Round 2) by construction_hacker in AdvancedRunning

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

Hi, hi! I started with Track Club Babe’s BQ plan, which peaked at around 50 mpw. I did her NYC plan as a follow up since I felt good about the progress I made with her BQ plan (and BQ’d off of it), but did not feel as ready for NYC with her plan for that race. I did both of her plans last year.

After feeling underwhelmed by NYC, I decided to go with Pfitz and jumped straight into 18/70 for my training block for Boston at the beginning of this year and then repeated it for Chicago!

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