the 10 miles was moderate cause I was forced to run on a treadmill at a gym cause I was in an airport, so I set the elevation to 2 and increased my speed every mile cause I was so bored. Typically do recovery days in 7-730 min pace. Some days I make myself run 8 min pace or slower.
Doin Philly- you wouldn't have happened to have been hit by a hit during that 10mi race would you? I'm the guy who finished 3rd. Good luck in Philly.
Ha Ha yeah that would be me! Elbow hurt for a few days but no big deal! You doing the marathon?
Hit by a hit? What does that mean?
30 miles last week. Getting back into it. Did a 6x200 in 42-43 to see where I was at. Felt easy. (this is pretty fast for me). Also did a tempo workout 3xmi at 700min with 30 sec rests. It was hailing so this was on a treadmill. I realize that I am not in treadmill shape, mentally. I threw in the breaks because I was cracking up, not because I was struggling physically. Then i was hit by a hit. Next week, 40 miles with some more tempo work and maybe something vo2max like, maybe a 5k or 6x800s.
Spring 2010: Cleveland
Goal: 3:15 (bq for an oldy like me)
Fall 2010: Towpath
Goal: 3:10
Good Luck Philly Runners!
It was a typo. I was hit by a car. Some B**** sped through the course annoyed by all the runners i guess, honking and nailed my left arm with her passanger side mirror. Actually woke me up as I was struggling through 4 miles of the race. Her Mirror looked a lot worse then my arm, Im pretty sure it broke. Too bad no one got her lisense plate!
Ouch.
I didn't get hit but did run into the side of a car who turned through all the runners at the wineglass. It was about mile 20, so there was no way for me to stop or turn. Just ran straight into the side of the car and bounced off. It was pretty hard to get started again.
Knew that story sounded too familiar not to have been you. No marathon for me yet. That 10miler was my first race over 10k. Sticking to the shorter stuff for now but thinking about doing Philly next year.
Nice man! You live in collegeville right? I have been doing my workouts at Ursinus and some runs on the perk trail there as well. Hit me up if ya ever want to get some workouts or runs in! mccliggs@yahoo.com
This is probably a stupid idea/question, but would it be wrong of me to post on here if I'm not currently training for a marathon, but plan on doing one after I finish college? I'm a sophomore now (19), and I know my future is in the marathon/longer distances. However, I'm trying to improve my shorter distance PR's and acheive some unfinished goals before I move up. I'm racing a half in March/April if that makes any difference.
I just really like reading these threads and getting feedback on training/racing strategies.
I vote start a different thread for that. By all means I hope it gains momentum, and expect it should. But this thread is very successful in part because it's so well defined and stays on point. Let's not dilute it.
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I vote start a different thread for that. By all means I hope it gains momentum, and expect it should. But this thread is very successful in part because it's so well defined and stays on point. Let's not dilute it.
Agreed.
No problem, I'll stay out of it. I was just wondering... I value the opinion of the thread.
I know it's almost time for the next thread but I'll post my training ending the week of 11/1. I'm doing Hal Higdon's Advanced 2 program and this was the highest week in terms of mileage but even then it was only about 52. I'm running Philly on 11/22 with a goal of 3:11 (Boston qual.) and have followed the program exactly but am a little nervous that the mileage isn't enough. If anyone has experience with the Higdon program, I would love to hear about it.
Monday: Easy 5 (don't time my easy runs but probably somewhere in the 8:15 range)
Tuesday: 8 x 800 (Higdon suggests running the 800's in your marathon goal time which means 3:11 for me but I typically start at 3:10 and by the second or third one am down to 3:00 and finish with the last two being 2:40-low or 2:30-high).
Wednesday: Easy 5 (same as Monday, probably slightly faster)
Thursday: 40 minute tempo which included 10 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down. 25 minute tempo part was at 6:27 which is the fastest I've done in the program.
Friday: Rest (but I played flag football...)
Saturday: 10 miles at marathon pace (which is 7:17 for me). I've been running my pace runs faster than pace (as low as 6:59) because pace on these short runs feels way too easy. This time I consciously tried to run right on pace and after picking up the last mile or two, I ran about 7:12. This did not feel easy at all but I think that's because mentally I thought it would be a breeze and so I was too relaxed.
Sunday: Long run of 20. Third 20 miler in 5 weeks. Higdon says to run the long runs anywhere from 45-90 seconds slower than race pace. This was the last real long run so he said to try and run 45 seconds off of pace which would be 8:02 for me. I was right on that pace and then really picked it up the last 5 miles (7:07's) and finished the run overall at 7:47, just over a minute faster than my last 20 miler.
Overall I feel great but mentally and physically. I know my goals are more modest than most of the other people on this thread but there is just a sliver of doubt in the back of mind as to whether the volume in the program is high enough. I know there's nothing I can do about it now that I'm in my taper and maybe that's why I'm kind of second guessing.