What does 'Teg' mean?
And sorry for having offended anyone with 'debut'. Geez. Although I live in the U.S., English is not my first language. And it was my understanding that debuting means doing it for first time. Doesn't matter though, I'll say it differently next time.
bad idea. I ran a marathon after being sidelined for two months by achilles tendinits. It was one of the most awful experiences ever...i walked (hobbled) the last 6+ miles after crashing and burning around 20 miles and came over the line in 5:19.
I don't have much natural talent but a year after this I ran sub 3 on two months of good training which followed a 3 month layoff, so obviously the 5:19 was pretty bad.
Seems like from the experiences gathered so far there is a good chance of complete bonk huh, not just slowing down to 10 min miles but actually walking. I would prefer not to do that...running a marathon at whatever speed still is different than finishing/run-walking etc. Thanks man. And congrats on the sub 3! This will be a goal for 2012. In 2011 I will focus on building mileage and speed with a 1:25ish half goal.
My marathon was today, so here's my race report.
Let me preface it with my training. When this thread was created, I had been running for 2 weeks with weeks of 15 and 28 miles. I decided to get in as many miles as I could for a week, then taper off, so I ran 70 the following week with a 16 miler this past Sunday, then barely ran at all this week (it took me nearly the entire week to recover from the 16 mile run).
Long story short, I blew up after 16 miles. I went out in 6:43 feeling like a jog, then 7:08, 7:02, 7:14, 6:50, 6:57, 6:55, 7:02, 7:00, 6:41, 6:52, 6:21 (maybe short?), 6:41, 1:30:10 at the half, mile 14 was 6:41, 15 was 6:54, and 16 was 7:00. I still felt good on 16 and thought I had a Boston qualifier in the bag, but that quickly went away. By the end of 17 (7:28) I knew I was in trouble, 18 was around 8:00 and I was DONE. My right hamstring cramped up just past the 18th mile marker to the point I had to stop and stretch it out. I had to do this probably 10 times the rest of the way. Both quads started cramping and I was in by far the most pain I've ever experienced as a runner. I don't remember all of my splits after that, but I do know 21 and 22 were a blazing 10:45 and 10:43 respectively. If I even tried to go faster than 10 min pace my hamstring would lock up.
I don't have the official result yet, but I had 3:26:24 on my watch, after hitting 16 in 1:50:01. It was an epic death march into the finish, but I "ran" the whole way at least.
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