re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

Sup guys! Thanks for the well wishes. 32, overcast, and windy as hell. Back half had some steep ones boy.

The guy that came in first must have beat me by a mile because I didn’t see him again after mile 2.

Wish I could have been fresher; had to drive to St. Louis and back yesterday. Sub one forty would have been stupid good.

ETA forgot to mention that I ate shite on mile 6. Lol

Good stuff Burt

Got in my 4 miles today. First run outside since Sunday which was nice even though it was 32

Good job Bert. Well done.

I finally took a week off, was more so because I was in Minnesota all week for work and wasnt feeling the treadmill. Got in 3 miles this morning back home.

Going to have to suck it up next 3 weeks and treadmill it. Winnipeg for work and then Colorado for holidays. I am not equipped for outside runs there.

I. Run. 26.2.

Ran the Rocket City Marathon this morning in Huntsville. 40 degrees with a wind chill of 34 and steady rain. I’ve never in my life met a challenge like running a marathon.

PR’d my 10k - 57 minutes
PR’d my half - 1:53 (first sub-2 hour half marathon)

Can anyone see where this is going?










Final (unofficial) Marathon time - 5:06:24.

I was feeling dead at mile 14 and it seemed like every time I tried to walk or stop, the cold caught up to me. By mile 20 my legs were shot and I was walk/running my way in. I probably had the worst splits of anyone out there today.

Live and learn...again. Don’t start out too fast. Same cardinal sin I committed with my first half marathon. It hurt a lot worse with the full.

Nothing wrong with that, man. Live and learn like you said. How was your fueling?

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Nothing wrong with that, man. Live and learn like you said. How was your fueling?

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I’d say good. Took in about 15 grams of carbs every 4-5 miles plus Gatorade every 3.

Same as my long runs. I like eating real food. Apple sauce, raisins, and a granola bar. I did grab a Gu, which was disgusting.

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Did that second half feel like it would never end?

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Yep. Pretty miserable experience honestly.

If it makes you feel any better I knew the night I finished mine that I had to run another!

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Yeeeeeaah, none of this talk is easing my anxiety of running a Full!

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It’s a beast man. Respect the distance.

But notice that I was running way fast for my ability. My goal was a 10:00 mile pace and would have settled for 10:18 (4:30:00). Instead I got excited and felt good about my heart rate at around a 9:10 pace. I pretty much ran a half marathon race and then kept going. Of course my legs died at mile 14.

Also, I do think the weather played a big part. I was really cold the whole time and when I walked or stopped, I actually got scared of hypothermia. My body trying to regulate its temperature probably wore me out even more than running did.

Damn, looks like some chick beat Desi in the 5K at the Gulf Coast event. The dude that won it ran 17:49 - you coulda took that cold/rainy win, Burt! The same dude that won the 10 miler at the Northsore 1/2 I did a couple months ago won it.