Running Thread: BR Gyms/Fitness Facilities with Indoor Track?

Is the marathon going to be held inside? If not, why wouldn't you want to train outside? Suck it up buttercup or you're going to lose to an African runner that is used to the heat.

pansy. my mom runs outside.

If you start at 6:00 AM you can be done by 9:00 at the latest. That's plenty of time time to run up to 20 miles. What marathon are you training for?

YMCA on Old Hammond

Crawfish Aquatics/whatever the gym is called now on Bluebonnet(Swaggert's property)

Go early in the morning. Indoor running sucks.

It was hard for me to adjust to running early rather than on my lunch, but the heat is just too much this time of year. A few years ago I could handle it just fine. Knock out 3-4 miles, then shower and back to work. For some reason last summer, it would just take me forever to cool back down after a run. And that was even on milder days when it was just low 80s.

I've been running in the mornings for about a month now. Even in all the heat on my old lunch runs, I never felt gassed at the end of it. But one day last week, I ran 3.5 miles in the morning, and by lunch my energy was just fading. It will take some time to get adjusted to a different time of day, but eventually it will happen. That's about the only way to train for distance this time of year. Most races are in the mornings anyways so it helps that your body is accustomed to exertion during those hours.

If the marathon is in the late fall you should be doing any runs that are too long this early. I'd says suck it up because you will be better off fighting elements come race time.


Getting use to different elevations is a big part of it, which isn't the easiest thing to find I Baton Rouge

When and where is your marathon? If there's a shot you're going to have to run 26.2 in warmer conditions, you need to go ahead and embrace the heat in your training. It will suck, but it may be necessary.

FWIW- I trained for one over this past winter in New England and I have would have killed for heat versus running through feet of snow.

They both equally suck. As much as the heat kills you, the cold burns your lungs. And imagine having to pull your feet up through stuff like this for 10-15 miles at a time.

If you haven't purchased a belt yet, do so asap to hold water and power gels. For one, in that heat you need it. Second, you need to get used to carrying that stuff with you so you're used to it come race day.

Unless you're a experienced runner with a specific time goal you don't need to run much more than a half through summer for your long run. work on speed and your base for now and 18 weeks out you can start marathon training. Varsitys sports has a good group to train with but you'll need to solve your Saturday morning issue. If this is your first, good luck and keep us posted on how things are going.