Marathon Tips?

evilizac wrote:
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a tribute to walkies?  nice thought, but strange choice of thread to do it in…

Guy in gorilla costume finishes London Marathon after 6 days

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/guy-in-gorilla-costume-finishes-london-marathon-after-6-days/ar-BBAyYR6?li=BBnba9I#image=BBAz6k4

Meanwhile in Florida, the alligators have developed sign making skills.

Forgot about this thread. Just ran my 4th last year (Marine Corps again). Got down to 3:40 and ran every step. Not bad for 40 imo

nkotb wrote:
Forgot about this thread. Just ran my 4th last year (Marine Corps again). Got down to 3:40 and ran every step. Not bad for a boy band that spent 13 years on ice.

FTFY.

nkotb wrote:
Forgot about this thread. Just ran my 4th last year (Marine Corps again). Got down to 3:40 and ran every step. Not bad for 40 imo

Nice time! If they didn't keep changing the qualifying standard, I'd say you're close to Boston!

nkotb wrote:
Forgot about this thread. Just ran my 4th last year (Marine Corps again). Got down to 3:40 and ran every step. Not bad for 40 imo

Kick ass! I am not that fast. Trying to volunteer for the remembrance mile this year at MCM. After 6 in a row, I'm taking a break and running Chicago full and the Wineglass 1/2 this year. Anyone running B&A 1/2 or full this weekend?

Also, my husband ran MCM in 3:40. Maybe you were next to each other!

That's cool! Though by the end, all I could think of was that every single step was the most painful step I've ever taken in my life :)  That last uphill 1/10th of a mile almost did me in. 

K8teebug wrote:
Also, my husband ran MCM in 3:40. Maybe you were next to each other!

K8teebug wrote:
Anyone running B&A 1/2 or full this weekend?

I haven't run a full since 2015, but I'm gonna train again this summer.  Gonna run a fall race, hopefully.

Space wrote:
My heel spur from last year healed in due time. But I've become too fat, old, and debilitated to do any kind of "racing". As if a marathon could actually be considered "racing" for us mid to back of packers.

Two years on from this post and I'm probably not officially retired from marathons. Persistent feet and knee problems. 17 marathons in 22 years, but Baltimore 2013 was my last one. I also like to brag that in my lifetime it seems likely I have ran at least the circumference of the earth (24,901 miles).

At the moment, I'm saying I'm retired from full ones.  I was really surprised at how well I did last year (cut about 10 minutes off my time, recovered way faster than previous races), but the training just takes so much time.  It's kind of hard to be gone for 3 - 4 hours on nice weekend days, especially when my kids are still at the age where they want to be around me.  We'll see though…i've thought this same thing after each previous race.

Space wrote:
Two years on from this post and I'm probably not officially retired from marathons. Persistent feet and knee problems. 17 marathons in 22 years, but Baltimore 2013 was my last one. I also like to brag that in my lifetime it seems likely I have ran at least the circumference of the earth (24,901 miles).

nkotb wrote:
At the moment, I'm saying I'm retired from full ones.  I was really surprised at how well I did last year (cut about 10 minutes off my time, recovered way faster than previous races), but the training just takes so much time.  It's kind of hard to be gone for 3 - 4 hours on nice weekend days, especially when my kids are still at the age where they want to be around me.  We'll see though…i've thought this same thing after each previous race.

Space wrote:
Two years on from this post and I'm probably not officially retired from marathons. Persistent feet and knee problems. 17 marathons in 22 years, but Baltimore 2013 was my last one. I also like to brag that in my lifetime it seems likely I have ran at least the circumference of the earth (24,901 miles).

I just wish I had lasted long enough to have run one that my kid will remember. She was six when I did my last one and she's already forgotten it. Also, apologies to half marathoners who I used to make fun of. I'd be happy if I could gut out a half these days.

nkotb wrote: especially when my kids are still at the age where they want to be around me. 

that won't last long…Don't miss that opportunity

LOl no joke. I was at a wedding right in the worst part of training (3 back to back 20 miler weeks) and talked to a women training for a half. She pointed out her long run was like 11 miles…that seemed like a dream!

Space wrote:

nkotb wrote:
At the moment, I'm saying I'm retired from full ones.  I was really surprised at how well I did last year (cut about 10 minutes off my time, recovered way faster than previous races), but the training just takes so much time.  It's kind of hard to be gone for 3 - 4 hours on nice weekend days, especially when my kids are still at the age where they want to be around me.  We'll see though…i've thought this same thing after each previous race.

Space wrote:
Two years on from this post and I'm probably not officially retired from marathons. Persistent feet and knee problems. 17 marathons in 22 years, but Baltimore 2013 was my last one. I also like to brag that in my lifetime it seems likely I have ran at least the circumference of the earth (24,901 miles).

I just wish I had lasted long enough to have run one that my kid will remember. She was six when I did my last one and she's already forgotten it. Also, apologies to half marathoners who I used to make fun of. I'd be happy if I could gut out a half these days.

I had an epic season in 2015, where I PR'd at every distance I ran and qualified with a 3:24.  As soon as that ended, I caught a serious case of mindblock, where I doubted I could ever do that again.  I stopped training for 2 years and am now just getting serious about rebuilding my endurance.  I'm reconciled to the idea that the speed is gone and I'm just getting older…

One thing that I used to do was to bring one of my kids down to Hains Point and I would run laps while they biked alongside me. It was really enjoyable, but then my pace slowed and theirs sped up so after a few years, that was that.

ISO Apple Watch fitness app that allows me to edit workout details (calories burned, etc.) on the watch instead of having to do it on the iPhone. I'm fine with a parent app that needs to live on the phone, but I want to workout without my phone.

Justin wrote:
ISO Apple Watch fitness app that allows me to edit workout details (calories burned, etc.) on the watch instead of having to do it on the iPhone. I'm fine with a parent app that needs to live on the phone, but I want to workout without my phone.

Why do you want to edit the calories burned?
if you don't bring your phone will it not track the workout?
No advice on app though

Maybe it's just me, but this is how I perceive all runners:

"I used to run 15 marathons every month; I ran a 1000 miles every day; I used to run run run run. But now my body, is all fucked up and I can barely walk.  Why, did I do that to myself."