Thank you for all of the good advice. Very much appreciated. Going to get back out there and train for Spring 2021 with a 5k, 10k and half along the way.
Thank you for all of the good advice. Very much appreciated. Going to get back out there and train for Spring 2021 with a 5k, 10k and half along the way.
aksmooove wrote:
Appreciate the feedback. Yeah, I know I was significantly more fit than the previous cycle. Just not my day I guess. It's good to hear that there still might be more left in the tank. Weather couldn't have been much a factor (around 60 degrees with little wind).
Did you train too hard?
Probably. Looking back at training log I probably pushed way too hard in terms of mileage and pace. I think it mostly just affected me mentally. I was spent and didn't have the edge on race day.
How did you taper go?
Backed off for about 10 days almost a little too much. ~30 miles the week before and then a few jogs the week leading up. A bit careless.
aksmooove wrote:
Backed off for about 10 days almost a little too much. ~30 miles the week before and then a few jogs the week leading up. A bit careless.
Most people taper for 3 weeks before a marathon with some specific pace work. Maybe your taper was too short?
aksmooove wrote:
I recently invested an incredible amount of time training for a marathon that I completed this month. I put my heart and soul into it, running 100-120 miles per week for a good amount of the training cycle. All of my time trials indicated I was fit for sub 2:37 marathon (15:30 5k; 32:00 10k) and lots of marathon pace distance workouts. I saw this marathon as a stepping stone to future possibilities of dipping into the 2:20's.
Unfortunately, I just absolutely did not have a good day and ended running 2:46 which was slightly slower than my previous PR. Hit the right splits for the first 18 miles and then just ate sh!t to finish.
After all the build up, I'm so disappointed. Where do I go from here? Is 2:45 pretty much my peak and I should just stop?
31 y/o male. Have improved my time in each of the 4 marathons that I've run until this past one (3:30, 3:14. 2:53, 2:45)
Well, maybe it could bolster your view of age and improvement, but your pattern and tines are almost exactly what mine were--before I hit fifty and started losing wheels off the progress.
I was 10 yrs older for each phase you indicate, and almost exactly the same marathon progress and results!
So maybe you have another decade.
Hmmm. Wonder if someone 10 yrs older than I at the time did the same....?
Don't give up yet!
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year