re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

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My foot went numb as usual around mile 4 and came back at mile 8. Felt like a new man after it came back and brought it home comfortably uncomfortable

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Nice, I wish my feet would go numb when I'm running endurance races, would help keep the pain down I kid I kid.

Always great when you meet your stretch goal! If you are anything like me you basically have your "goal" that will make you happy, but the "real" goal is the stretch goal, so that's exciting!

Grats man, do you plan to do any Fulls anytime soon?!

P.S: Turns out another friend of mine was also doing the Full at the Big Beach, she finished in a blistering 6:14 - I told her "you went out and did something that 99% of the population couldn't, you should be proud you actually went out and ran / walked 26.2 miles in one sitting, that's pretty stinkin' impressive, meanwhile most of America were sitting in front of their TVs eating Oreos" - I did tell her I felt the Half was the perfect distance... as I train for my 3rd Full

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Aubie Spr96

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Are you running in the Railway half for fun or anything? I'll be doing the half for fun on Saturday.

Did 800m repeats on Tuesday all my thigh muscles and ankles and, well, just about everything was hurting today on my 8 mile recovery run. Tomorrow's Tempo run might end up just being another recovery run... with slightly faster shoes and way less hilly route

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Still doing the zone 2 stuff. Incorporating hill repeats and a threshold run during the week. 13 miles Saturday and cross training zone 2 on Sunday. Target race is the half at Bridge St in Huntsville at first of April. Love to break 1:30.

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So I'm guessing zone 2 stuff has been going good for you? Seems that way

Solid workout today.

3 x 2 mile

11:59
11:47
11:31

Took out the first reps a bit faster than I was targeting but felt good all the way through. Was trying to target 12:20,12:00, then all out on the last rep.

dude it sounds like youre crushing it right now. nothing to feel inadequate about. half of my strava feed makes me feel like a shite runner

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what about this statement you quoted from Aubie leads you t believe zone2 is working for him?

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I wouldn't say it's just the statement as much as all of his statements over the last few months. He seems to keep getting stronger and stronger with statements like this:

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Love to break 1:30.

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while continuing his zone 2 training.

I remember when he first started it he wasn't sure about it, I feel like he's seeing benefits, but just wanted to make sure I wasn't reading between lines that weren't actually there.

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Aubie - never feel inadequate b/c someone else post a strong workout. way to many variables to have any meaningful comparison beyond "feelings".

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This, 1000 times this, everyone has someone else that if they tried to compare themselves to would feel "inadequate" if they let it

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how to gauge Zone2 training is working and or what goals can be achieved by sticking with it.

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a PT I was talking to a few months ago basically put it as, "You just have to trust the science, and the science has proven time and time again that zone 2 works really well for endurance athletes" - does it feel natural or even right? No, but there are so many studies these days that show - it works.

Also, zone 2 might be different depending on who you are - if you were to look at my Garmin data you would see I go into zone 3 and sometimes even "touch" zone 4 during my zone 2 runs. Generally speaking though, I know what speeds I can go and at what effort to get to that 40 miles a week mark without being injured.

At the end of the day "zone 2 training" is really just listening to your body and doing light enough workouts that train your aerobic base and keep you from getting injured regularly.

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Western States 100

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Trail Running is a whole 'nother thing

I've had a few of my trail brethren' tell me about this website

Supposedly some of the highest succeeding trail runners use this calculation for their zone 2 - on The Adventure Jogger (trail running podcast) there was a Lady talking about how she only runs up hills during races and stuff like that. I've kinda gotten away from trails so I can't confirm or deny that stuff, but I do also feel like it was always a little easier to get nagging injuries or small issues on trails than it is on the Road, so I would think there is some truth to that?

Good to see this thread is still going. I am trying to get back int running after a couple of years. I injured my hip doing heavy squats a couple of years and then went through a divorce. If the hip holds up, I hope to be race ready in the Spring.

15 easy miles today at 140HR. Tried taking the dog, but she didn’t want to run today. Only made it 4 miles. Took her home and came back for another 11. Currently sitting at the pizza place drinking beers like it’s my job.

Maybe I’ll get there one day…..