I’m a 2:14 marathoner with a job. —- I need 14 hours of sleep per day to improve. I only get 8 per night. —- Any tips/tricks?

Quit. You'll never win anything with 2:14.

What kind of job do you do?

Get rid of the job.

OP whenever I'm feeling like a b itch like you I just think about the heroic men on D Day storming Normandy. And realize your modern problem of only getting 8 hours of sleep is a non-issue. Be a man.

how did you get to 14 hours is the ideal amount

I run more with way less sleep.

There are tricks you must learn.

1. You need to break down your running in 3, 4, 5 runs per day to limit the hours of recovery needed. What crushes you are the long runs, typically over 25km. Be careful with those.

2. You need to learn to do some 30 min naps often and learn to know when you can sleep immediately (e.g. 30 min after eating a big lunch) to narrow your windows of "absence" and increase your recovery efficiency.

3. You need to get some of your work as WFH. It tremendously helps.

4. You need to bank as many hours of sleep between 9 and 12pm, this is where you sleep recovery is maxed out.

Other: you can recover a lot under the shower if you know about self massage and stuff. Drinking a lot of water helps, make sure your pee is always transparent except when you wake up. You need to evacuate as much stress as possible, this will eat up a sizable chunk of your energy.

You also need to become a master at organization and spend some time thinking on how to improve it further.

It can be done.

Good luck.

I hear that the Canadian welfare system is superb. You might be able to pull it off if you move there.

14 hours of sleep? That is pathetic. My entire adult life I have averaged 6-7 hours of sleep. 8 is plenty. 14 hours of sleep means you are sleeping more than 58% of a 24-hour day -

i am jealous, how in the world can one sleeps 14hrs a day regularly, if I can sleep that much I'll be running 300km/week

I've run faster than that on multiple occasions, I get about 9 or 9.5 hours of sleep per night. 14 hours is overkill.

In 2023, it would be awful to be a 2:14:xx male Marathoner. It would be one thing if you were a natural 2:02 or 2:03 Marathoner but you race 2:14 Marathon on 25 miles per week as a hobby jogger.

14 hours? Are you a cat?

OMG, I farted so hard when I read this.

The only solution is to sleep while you run.

Please stop this obvious trolling!

I know I am aging myself but my first thought was about this episode of Siefeld where George makes a bed under his desk so he can sneak naps in.

Seek medical help if you seriously think you need 14 hours of sleep per day, something about your sleep is not right. You are obviously not sleeping restfully if you need that much sleep regardless of training load.

Have you tried faking a disability to scam welfare?