volleyball day and off day, sounds like you're taking this very seriously. Get in a 20 miler this week and make the back 13 marathon pace. Marathon pace and long runs are your key to not collapsing in marathons.
volleyball day and off day, sounds like you're taking this very seriously. Get in a 20 miler this week and make the back 13 marathon pace. Marathon pace and long runs are your key to not collapsing in marathons.
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
volleyball day and off day, sounds like you're taking this very seriously. Get in a 20 miler this week and make the back 13 marathon pace. Marathon pace and long runs are your key to not collapsing in marathons.
Come on, starting from a base of 15 miles, I'm not going to jump right back into 7 days per week of intense training.
Still going strong. Here is my training so far (all at ~7:00 pace unless otherwise noted):
(base of 15-20 miles per week)
Week 1 - 31 miles
Week 2 - 45 miles
Sun - 7
Mon - off
Tue - 10 (last 6 at 6:20 pace)
Wed - 7
Thu - 6
Fri - off
Sat - 18
Legs were tired today, but not dead. I'm feeling more and more optimistic about the marathon.
Two weeks until race day!
One week until race day! Feeling good and optimistic about hitting my goal.
Anybody want to share advice for race day considering this is my first marathon ever?
Here is my training so far (all at ~7:00 pace or faster):
(base of 15-20 miles per week)
Week 1 - 31 miles
Week 2 - 45 miles
Week 3 - 48 miles
Sun - 6
Mon - off
Tue - 10
Wed - 6 (last 4 at 5:45 pace)
Thu - 7
Fri - off
Sat - 3
Sun - 11
How did it turn out?
Bump. How'd the race go?
How did it go?
Maybe he died
Sorry for never updating this thread. Here is how it went:
It was ~70 degrees and humid at the start and got warmer from there. I sweat a LOT so this was bad news for me. I was taking fluids at every station, but had to wring my jersey out from sweat every 2-3 minutes.
Probably went out a bit too fast, but felt fantastic through 19 miles. Legs turned to lead weights in the course of a couple minutes and I had to walk. Definitely dehydration related.
Here are my splits for those that are interested:
6:31
6:33
6:33
6:33
6:35
6:31
6:25
6:33
6:23
6:25
6:32
6:30
6:25
6:30
6:24
6:25
6:30
6:25
6:38
7:01
16:32
12:48
7:42
10:36
9:50
7:47
Total: 3:17:09
I was bummed for a couple days but decided to do another in December. This time it will be cooler and I'll be better trained (at least marginally). :)
Fist time seeing this thread. Absolutely hilarious that it turned out exactly how everyone said it would. Really, really funny. No offense, OP.
I am impressed how far you were able to hold it together, though.
runner dunker wrote:
Legs turned to lead weights in the course of a couple minutes and I had to walk. Definitely dehydration related.)
Or idiot related but you're too much of an idiot to see that.
Looks like it was pretty rough. Impressed you held it together for that long though. Good luck in your next one.
I'm a lot more impressed by the fact that you came back to post your results than anything else.
I thought you only wanted a BQ. WTF were you doing going out in 2.50 pace?
I have seen some idiots here over the past few years but you take the cake.
browski wrote:
I'm a lot more impressed by the fact that you came back to post your results than anything else.
This is correct....
Runner duncer wrote:
I thought you only wanted a BQ. WTF were you doing going out in 2.50 pace?
I have seen some idiots here over the past few years but you take the cake.
...and so is this.
browski wrote:
I'm a lot more impressed by the fact that you came back to post your results than anything else.
You know what, I can respect that. Very few people report back. You may have changed my opinion on said drunken runner.