| Ultra Nervous |
[09 Sep 2008|12:55pm] |
Greetings marathoners!
I'm tackling my first ultra (52.4 miles) this weekend, and just thought I would put out a call for any advice, words of wisdom, or perhaps even bits of encouragement / reminders of insanity ?
Thanks in advance :)
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| Hurray! |
[31 Aug 2008|04:18pm] |
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So this morning, as planned, I ran Michelle's Grande Ass Marathon, what wasn't planned was running a PR by over 10 minutes and coming 2nd over all!!! Now, sure, the feild was small and no one was taking the race all that seriously, but never the less, I'm pretty stoked! My time was 3:37:47, prior to that my fastest marathon was 3:48: 09.
I'd give you the full on report but to be honest, I was up at 4:15am this morning, so right now all I feel like is a beer and a nap... maybe latter ;-)
Hope you all had good (long) weekend running!
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[08 Aug 2008|05:54am] |
I'm training for a marathon and hoping to qualify; I've also started weight lifting this year and this result is that I'm several pounds heavier. Yeah, most of it is muscle, which I don't want to lose. But I'm curious as to how hard it is to lose weight during marathon training. Has anybody done this? I'm talking about the last 5-10lbs to get my body fat lower, not dropping any muscle. I know how dieting SHOULD be done but I'm interested in personal experience. How clean did you actually have to eat? Did you track cals and always have a deficiency? What were your macro ratio? How hungry did you feel throughout the day?
Actually, I'm interested in what most people do in general. And for those running high mileage - do you have any idea of cal intake (curiosity).
I've started tracking cals, eating in deficiency most days and do around 45/25/30(c/p/f) and always at least 1g protein/body pound. I had been hoping that just being active would naturally cause me to lose some weight, but since it hasn't worked (gave it several months) I thought I would try being more "active" in the process.
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| Overtraining? |
[02 Aug 2008|09:37am] |
Today's run was to be 10 to 12 miles. I decided to try not to run too fast and to hold it to about a 13:30 pace. I did the first seven miles in 1:35:09, which is a 13:36 pace. After that, it started to fall apart. Mile 8 was 14:34, mile 9 was 14:49, and mile 10 was 15:27. When I reached the water station at 10.12 miles, I called it off and got a ride back to the park with the coaches. (That last .12 miles was a 14:55 pace.)
This is the third week in a row where things fell apart during the eighth mile. Could it be overtraining? I spoke with the coach about it and she said it might be, and that it might be a good idea for me to take a few days off from running.
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| Boston Marathon Question |
[21 Jul 2008|11:04am] |
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Hi everyone, I haven't posted here in a long time, but i'm finally get back into running again. The ultimate goal is the Boston Marathon. Has anyone run it and what is the pace you used to train for it and what pace did you run the qualify race at?
Right now i'm slowly building back up to what i use to run, 90 miles per week every week, i'm at about 15 miles per week at a 6:20 pace and slowly increasing the distance with every run. I'm finally back to the point after 2 miles all i want to do is just keep running.
But I'm going to start rambling on, just curious about the Boston marathon pace and times and what not.
Thanks!
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| Nutrition |
[12 Jul 2008|01:12pm] |
After our long run today, a chiropractor who is a runner himself and a member of an association of sports medicine doctors spoke to us. Among other things, he said that we should take 30 to 60 grams of carbs per hour while running; he strongly recommended GU or equivalent every 45 minutes. No high glycemic foods 30 to 60 min before running, but low glycemic during that period is OK. High glycemic 10 to 20 min before is also good. I told him that friends of mine told me that I should train my body to burn fat during runs, and not to intake carbs during my runs. He said that's what they taught twenty or thirty years ago.
Other things he told us are that we should replenish carbs within ten minutes after a run; that will get them into the muscles the fastest. The longer we wait after running to intake high glycemic carbs, the more they will go into fat cells, and the less into muscles. And that we should take one gram of carbs for every kilogram of body weight during those ten minutes. And then another 125 to 175 grams of carbs two to four hours after the run.
We should also consume 1.2 to 1.4 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight every day.
Any comments on any of this?
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| Question |
[09 Jul 2008|04:33pm] |
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Hi! I am new to this community. I am going to be running the NYC marathon in November through a charity called Team for Kids. In order to run we must raise $2500. Do you know any good ways to do so? Has anybody done a marathon through a charity? Thanks!
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| Midwestern marathoners |
[05 Jul 2008|08:28pm] |
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Though I've spent the last few years in Boston, I'm returning to my Midwestern roots this fall for the Lakefront marathon in Milwaukee, WI on October 5th. I actually grew up along the course, but it's been years since I've run in Wisconsin and I've never raced there. Is anyone else training for Milwaukee? (Or, more specifically, have any experience with the course?) I'm admittedly excited to have my parents as a cheering section for the first time.
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| My Marathon Schedule Revised - Good/Bad/Whatever Idea? |
[04 Jul 2008|01:49pm] |
Okay, so as some of you already know I went through nearly 11 weeks of an 18 month training program for my first marathon, and then I got bit by a strained right calf.
Here's what's what: I'm running again, not at full speed, but I can do long distances again. According to my schedule, I'm supposed to run 14 miles this Sunday before doing my 20 miles next Sunday, and then doing the taper. I'm thinking I'll go out and do the 14 miler and see what happens, and then if I can sustain 20, I'll attempt the marathon on August 3rd, given that nothing snaps or breaks in between.
But I'm wondering if I'm being realistic with all the time I've missed. During the week I've been pounding the exercycle and doing short run/walks. Here's the long runs I've missed and shortened:
June 15th: 4 Miles of a 16 mile run, interrupted by my injury
June 22nd: Planned 12 mile day. Ran 6 miles and hit the exercycle for 2 hours.
June 29th: Planned 18 mile day. Ran 5 miles and cross trained for a few hours.
I've also been thinking of possibly extending my 14 miles into 16, just for kicks. What I'd like to know is...
... Am I being realistic? Can I really get back into this schedule after losing this much long run time? Am I pushing myself too hard? Or...
...am I being too pessimistic in considering the idea that I can't hack it, and that it's fine for me to see if I can't manage it and still get back into the race. Or...
...I should just try it and play it by ear. Who knows if I can get it done?
Just like to bounce this plan off of y'all and see what you think.
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| Interval training |
[28 Jun 2008|05:13pm] |
Which of these is a better strategy:
1. Run each interval as fast as I can run, knowing that each succeeding interval will probably be slower than the one preceding it?
2. Try to maintain a pace that I can do each time, even though that means going slower at first than I could do, in order to keep from going even slower in the latter intervals?
Or is there another strategy that I'm overlooking?
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| How much time between marathons? |
[22 Jun 2008|06:40am] |
Maybe I'm jumping the gun by asking this now, but how long should I wait to do my second marathon after my first? My first will be Nike on October 19th. Would the PF Chang R&R Marathon on Jan 18th be too soon? If it is too soon, what about the Lost Dutchman Marathon on Feb 15th?
If both of them are too soon, what about a half marathon?
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| First hill training |
[21 Jun 2008|10:33pm] |
Well, today's long run was our first hilly course, and wow, was it hilly. You can see the course map and elevation profile here.
We were supposed to do six to eight miles; I wound up doing 7.5. The temperatures were in the high 80s to low 90s; we would have liked to have started earlier, but because of the park's hours, we couldn't start much before six am. My time was 1:48:35 (14:28 pace). This course is a lot hillier than the course we'll be running at the Nike Women's Marathon, which is what we're training for.
My splits were 13:01, 15:07, 13:42, 13:54, 17:40, 14:45, 13:55 and 6:27 (for .5 miles). Match up those splits with the course elevation.
We're going to do it again, but for eight to ten miles, in two weeks; all told, we'll be doing it once a month.
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| Injury Question: Adjusting a Marathon Training Schedule |
[15 Jun 2008|03:56pm] |
Hello! I'm new in this community, and I joined just in time, it would seem...
I've been following a marathon training schedule leading up to the SF Marathon on August 3rd. It is/was going to be my first marathon.
Sunday is my long run day, and today I was supposed to run 16 miles, the longest I would've run yet, and this run would've also completed the 11th week of an 18 week schedule. I was just finishing up my 4th mile when my right calf tightened up and I felt a small pop. Tah dah! Strained right calf. I had the very same injury last december in my left calf. There is a very slight chance I might be able to run this out tomorrow, but most likely I'm going to be hobbled for a week.
Next week's long run is supposed to be a step-back week, where I'd only run 12 miles. I don't know if I'm even going to be healed up enough for that run. Given that this malady will most likely last at least a week, I am wondering if my chances of making it to the SF marathon have just taken a nosedive? If I'm up n' running again next week, how should I adjust my training schedule? (Supposed to do my 20-miler in 4 weeks and then do the taper.)
There is always the chance that this injury could stay as bad as it is, or get worse, and make my decision for me, but after getting this injury and swearing my head off for about ten mintues, (cursing the gods,) I got bad rookie angst about how this is going to affect my plans. I'm also pretty cheesed that I didn't get to complete today's long run, and how that might affect me.
When I had this injury before, I was able to use exercycles and ellipticals at the gym without any problem, so I wouldn't be totally immobile during recovery. and I've been following the Hal Higdon Novice I training schedule:
http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/novices.html
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| ATTN: LOS ANGELES RUNNERS! SHOE DISCOUNT! |
[12 Jun 2008|09:32pm] |
Hey LA Runners!
my favorite running store's website is up! and they have a discount coupon for running shoes!
to everyone who still havent gotten a gait analysis and custom fitting for running shoes, this is the best place to go!!!
http://www.toptotop.com
discount is in the About US (what makes us different) page! check it out!!
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| The Green River Marathon RR |
[12 Jun 2008|02:35pm] |
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The short version:
The Green River Marathon was on Saturday 6/7, I ran a PR (by a minute and 21 seconds) with a total time of 3:48:09.
The long winded, drawn out version (with pictures!):
HERE
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| 1000 Maniacs |
[11 Jun 2008|01:44pm] |
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As of today the Marathon Maniacs have 1000 members!!!  Don't know about the (us) Maniacs? Check it 'em out here - http://www.marathonmaniacs.com/(***rest assured, I have no financial interest in the Marathon Maniacs, just a happy member... #932) |
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| Next marathon? |
[26 May 2008|09:09pm] |
What marathons are yall training for currently?
I hurt my ankle a few weeks back and had to take time out, but am training for the San Francisco marathon. My prior marathon times were 4:27 and 4:14, but I'm really, really hoping I can come in just under 4:00 this time around and consequently be eligible for the Boston Marathon. I've been much more consistent and planned in my training this time around, so - here's hoping I can shave off that extra time!
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