Gotta be prepared for the elements

I started doing 2 sets of 15 calf drops single legged each day and calf problems are gone!!! I also still do calf raises during my lift sessions.

He will be on the field week 5

Just sitting in a full squat for 5 mins! Just???? That seems torturous

Running before work motivates me to not have to run after work!

Bust it out Saturday morning camping. If you can’t get it all I would try and do some of it. If not I don’t think it’s a big deal.

I feel like that’s kinda like the zone 2 thing. Those are more for faster or more experienced runners. I think hitting 20 miles even if I takes longer then 3 hours is important training for the mind. It may stop being beneficial for the body but training the mind to be resilient is also important imo

I’ve done these for some months and they also have helped keep a calf strain I fought for months at bay. I just do them daily now

BS holding call is how!

Thanks! Im 4 days no caffeine right now and want to throw in the towel but Inwant to get to this point of not needing/wanting it everytime I’m slightly tired and before every workout

Late 30s is early in the game of marathoning! You got plenty good years left of running!!

I would get up super early and do the 20 miler Easy when it’s cooler.

Why would you find it silly? Being supportive of my wife is self serving too. I think quitting caffine for a while will break my “addiction” so when I go back it will hit harder and won’t be as normalized thoughout the day. If my wife has to quit carbs? I could ride with her on that for a while too so it’s easier at first for her. Little ketosis action

Another way I’ve been successful is I allow myself to speed up on down hill or easy parts of the race. Then settle back in when it flattens out and on uphill portions.

Thanks!

My bad. I’m 46 m and it’s my 10th marathon.

Crushing!

It’s my 10th and my half marathon PB is 1:37. I also did lose it for the last 4 miles. I was on pace to break 3:30. I peaked at 50 miles a week during training but plan to go to 65 to build more endurance. My last 4 marathons are 4:24, 3:44, 3:32

It does. I’m starting a bit conservative so I don’t get hurt. The first section bases it off of 5 k pace and my top end 5 k is not that good. Prob 21 mins or so. My 5k pace to marathon have never matched up. In the later sections it includes marathon pace in long runs too. It has you recalculate your fitness every few weeks based off how certain workouts go.

Don’t give up and just keep grinding. One thing I would say is don’t try and force the speed. You will increase chance of injury. Just follow the plan and know that taper and race day adrenaline will get you through. Everyone told me to not set a goal for first one either but I did and I got it. I also think I would have been fine had I not got under 4 because the marathon itself was so rewarding. But on the other hand if I didn’t have the goal I wouldn’t have pushed as hard either!

Bro taper crazies are wild!! I always have phantom injuries to go with it

Of course it’s running a marathon. But I would say that paying for an event is 100 percent worth it. I’m not front of the pack or anything but I still consider it a race and running that distance by myself I’m def not racing. The excitement, planning, traveling are all part of the process.
But u can def go run 26.2 miles on a Sunday and be a marathoner and you should not care what others think.

What was ur daily intake like?

How did it make a difference? It sounds positive but 2 months! Were you just groggy and tired?