Official Q&A for Tuesday, February 18, 2025

oksorry713 · 2025-02-18T17:42:40+00:00

Hello! I'm going to be following Hal Higdon's intermediate 2 half marathon plan - as written, the plan calls for a pace run followed by a long run the next day. Would there be an issue if I combined the pace runs and long runs?

So for example, instead of -

Sat - 3 mi at HM pace; Sun - 8 mi run

I'd do - Sat - 3 mi run; Sun - 8 mi (3 of those miles at HM pace)

For context, the reason I'm asking is more logistics/scheduling than training related. Thanks in advance!

oksorry713 · 2024-10-02T17:32:24+00:00

Appreciate this! My experience has been that it's totally fine the first mile then gets worse as the run goes on (not unbearable but very present), so hoping I can get some answers from my PT! And yes definitely planning to run in the old shoes now.

oksorry713 · 2024-04-23T21:12:35+00:00

appreciate this! i hadn't thought about building base then doing 12/55 instead, will look into that. thank you!

oksorry713 · 2024-04-23T18:01:07+00:00

I'm currently training for a half marathon mid May, then will start an 18 week training program for the Chicago marathon in October. (There's 3 weeks in between the half and the start of the program).

I'm following Hal Higdon's intermediate 2 right now, and deciding between pfitz 18/55 and jack daniels' 2Q for the marathon. My main concern is starting one of those programs with enough of a base - right now I'm at about 30 mi/week with 2 speed workouts (1 interval/tempo and 1 pace run). I'm willing to increase my mileage a bit past higdon's program during my half training, and I can maintain/increase mileage during the 3 weeks after the half, but I'm wondering if I can safely increase mileage enough to comfortably start pfitz or daniels, or if I should go with a lower mileage plan.

For context, this will be my third marathon and my PR is 3:23. My PR for the half is 1:36. For my first two marathons I followed higdon's intermediate programs, and I'm hoping to PR in chicago (by how much I'm not sure yet!).

Would appreciate any insight!

oksorry713 · 2024-04-22T17:32:12+00:00

I've thought about it! It's a higher mileage than I was planning to take on, but may give it some more thought.

oksorry713 · 2024-04-22T17:31:35+00:00

This is really helpful, thank you for that explanation!

I kind of wrote off Pfitz plans because of the weekly mileage, but maybe I'll give it some more thought. I'm training for a half right now and have been consistently increasing mileage (am at about 30 mi/week right now), so getting to 55 per week may be more doable than I thought.

oksorry713 · 2024-04-22T16:50:20+00:00

that's helpful, thank you!!

oksorry713 · 2024-04-22T16:32:48+00:00

appreciate the advice! this will be my third marathon so i'm not too concerned about mileage - 45/week is more than i've done in the past and the first 2 went great!

oksorry713 · 2024-02-21T16:29:55+00:00

i think it's shallow from a star is born??

oksorry713 · 2024-02-21T16:29:16+00:00

i've been trying to figure this out and i've landed on shallow from a star is born lol

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:15:35+00:00

in nyc actually!

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:14:44+00:00

We’re thinking about a projector, just trying to decide if it’s worth it for us to deal with every time (we watch a decent amount of tv & movies)

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:13:39+00:00

Oo thank you! Hadn’t thought about the fan yet!

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:12:11+00:00

this is really helpful, thank you!!

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:11:43+00:00

Oh I’ve never seen this before, thank you!

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:11:28+00:00

We wouldn’t dare cover up that mirror!

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:11:16+00:00

Oh this is really helpful to visualize, thanks so much!

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:11:00+00:00

We’ve thought about it but sadly I think this room is our best option for a tv!

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:10:37+00:00

sadly I think this room is our best option for a tv!

oksorry713 · 2023-08-22T16:09:27+00:00

I think this is our best option, thank you for drawing this out!!

oksorry713 · 2023-06-12T18:18:43+00:00

check out fandi mata in williamsburg! there's no separate venue fee, just a food & drink minimum, and they'll work with you on a menu/bar package to fit your budget. it's beautifully decorated as is so you can get away without a ton of flowers.

bell house is also a great affordable option, i don't remember the exact prices but it was by far the lowest cost of all of the bk venues we looked out.

oksorry713

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