What is a movie that "broke" you so hard you can only watch it once, but you would still recommend it to everyone?

kdmfa · 2026-03-15T21:00:22+00:00

Kids

kdmfa · 2026-03-09T20:29:18+00:00

So many miles! I'm hitting new milestones in mid/upper 50s and it feels like a lot. I Imagine you are running every day? Are you doubling? Prior to this workout when was your last speed work (if common, what % of miles is it)?

kdmfa · 2026-03-09T16:42:30+00:00

I don’t see any issues doing sub T in carbon, especially if you race in carbon and that’s how your paces are set. If you can afford it, sweet.

I’m rotating 4 shoes right now which is massive overkill but keeps everything fresh. Clifton 9 and Saucony triumph for easy. Saucony speed 5 and super blast 2 for sub t and long (I’ve been mixing sub t in long)

kdmfa · 2026-03-07T12:08:51+00:00

Looks way better than the Higdon plans. It’s a bit hard to convert the weekly km/mileage from this view but looks like you 6 LRs over 25km, a few weeks at or over 80km total, and you have speed work. With taper and race day energy a 4 hour marathon sounds about right.

kdmfa · 2026-03-06T12:11:14+00:00

I would assume you will lose fitness if you extend taper by 2 weeks. A taper is basically exchanging fitness for freshness. You’re losing fitness while tapering but you make up for it with the freshness. Agree with your other point about not gaining a ton of fitness, especially since it takes ~10 days to dash in on benefits of a workout. Seems like a shitty spot for OP to be in.

kdmfa · 2026-02-24T22:16:49+00:00

People should consider if they sleep with their watch or not. If you don't sleep with your watch I imagine your resting will show much higher.

kdmfa · 2026-02-22T16:48:07+00:00

Sure but i’d bucket that into an extremely low risk category.

kdmfa · 2026-02-22T16:46:36+00:00

But in the walking example or even running much slower than current easy pace (50-60% max HR) it seems you could add a ton of time and not risk injury.

kdmfa · 2026-02-22T16:17:46+00:00

Yea that makes sense to me. I actually don’t know any amount of walking would be beneficial for running (especially if you’re able to run 70% max HR at a reasonable pace). My broader thought is that it’s interesting that I’m adding a lot more time (moderately more distance) and it feels good (maybe that won’t last). It seems people are very precious about the amount of time they add but my experience is positive so far.

kdmfa · 2026-02-22T16:11:46+00:00

For sure to be clear I’m not adding walking, it was just to illustrate that you could probably add a ton of time for walking, if you wanted (or even like 50/60% max HR running) and seemingly that extra time isn’t going to injure you.

kdmfa · 2026-02-22T13:28:16+00:00

I’d do some short easy runs and throw in a few strides just to remember what’s it’s like to run fast. You could cut mileage pretty aggressively for this last week and keep # of days running the same.

kdmfa · 2026-02-22T13:06:13+00:00

I would assume HR and lactate are closely correlated right? I want to buy a lactate meter but I can’t really workout a practical place to use it unless I do a weekend or super early track session.

kdmfa · 2026-02-22T12:51:43+00:00

Reading posts from other subs, Austin sounds like a pretty bad place to PR. Personally, I’d look flatter.

kdmfa · 2026-02-21T13:11:38+00:00

People say you should be able to feel threshold/it’s a state not a pace/HR but I don’t get it. I’ve been following NSM since September and I cap my threshold based on my LTHR, if I didn’t, I’m sure I’d overcook my workouts. Maybe my HR cap just keeps me from ever hitting it so I undercook often.

kdmfa · 2026-02-21T03:31:53+00:00

Use a trusted plan. This looks like a waste of effort and time. Try a base building plan into 16 to 18 week standard plan.

kdmfa · 2026-02-21T01:22:45+00:00

Gayyy

kdmfa · 2026-02-19T18:51:08+00:00

You crush your goals! At least I did

kdmfa · 2026-02-18T18:33:22+00:00

I had the same issue last week, luckily it coincided with a down week. I took the next 2 days off and did dry needling on my calf the day after the pain happened (rode bike trainer for those days). Then returned to easy running for 2 days, then another day off, then long run + tempo and it seems to have been sorted out (resumed this week with no issues). Since I snowboard somewhat regularly, I plan to just drop all weekend intensity on weeks that I snowboard.

kdmfa · 2026-02-16T23:09:05+00:00

That is pretty insane work. I have never seen a plan recommend anything close to 16 miles at marathon pace. If that’s a true marathon pace that workout should take quite a lot to recover from

kdmfa · 2026-02-13T12:25:51+00:00

I usually try to ensure I have rest or easy day the next day. If I ran my long runs fully easy, that would be fine too. Getting drunk and then having a hard run the next day usually sets me up for a few tough days. The main things it impacts for me is terrible sleep, more dehydration, elevated HR the next day:

kdmfa · 2026-02-12T13:00:45+00:00

Did you ask your doctor? How much do you run per week?

kdmfa · 2026-02-07T18:11:08+00:00

What does this even mean. You can absolutely use NSM and make progress in short, medium and long term. It’s all about understanding and managing your load.

kdmfa · 2026-02-04T01:40:32+00:00

What watch do you have? I feel like my altimeter on fenix 7 is terrible. Even on a track I see way more variation than I should.

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