re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

Just part of my yearly maintenance plan. I should get the results today.

Doubt I’ll get 80. Love to get high 50’s or low 60’s.

I'm sure I've asked before, but where do you get your lactate and vo2 max tested? I'd like to get it done maybe next year after my half and the Crescent City Classic

15 miles this AM. Watched the run group pull away as I zone 2’d it again.

6 miles @ 12:00/mile.
6 miles @ 10:00/mile.
2 miles @ 9:00/mile.
1 mile @ 7:35/mile.


Felt good. New Xero HFS2s are breaking in. There’s less ground feel on this shoe and is great for long runs.

It’s my experience that once I blow my HR out over 160, that it’s near impossible to get it back down for low intensity work. That progression run is my absolute favorite workout. It just feels good to me.

Zone 2 is still 80/20 for all my mileage. Supposed to have a follow up consultation. I’ll ask about the increase. I’m not sure what is normal for that level and my age. I’m already in the top 97.7 percentile for my age group, so dramatic increases seems unreasonable. I’d love to get it in the 60’s while I can. Not sure how much longer I’ll be able to make gains.

8 @ 7:45 is impressive. Not sure I could handle the pressure of a pacer.

Im currently in the middle of Pfitz base building plan to 30 miles/week (all easy miles, with some strides built in). Once I hit 30, I plan to stay in the 30-35 miles/week for a month or two just to get comfortable (most I’ve ran previously is 25-27 mile weeks), but start including some tempo work in as well.

What comes next? My thought was to then start (after a month or two of getting comfortable at 30-35 miles/week) pfitz’s 12/47 HM plan for a race in April and then turn that into doing his 18/55 for the St. Jude marathon next December - does that sound reasonable? Another thought (again, affect running 30-35 miles/week for a month or two) was to do his base building plan to 45 miles/week and then maintain in that range until the 18/55 plan starts next summer.

I’ve dealt with shin splints in the past, so I’m trying to be very careful about not building to quickly, but I really want to get into that 40/50 mile week range.

Regardless of what I do - I’d like a “plan” just to keep me motivated and on the right track as far as easy/tempo miles.

quote:

---

TheJunction

---

Personally I keep it in the 30s during "maintenance". To get to 30 a week I would go up no more than 10% a week on distance until you get there. As you increase it's also recommend to have a "cut back" of 10% - 20% every 3-4 weeks, then go back to building.

Once again personally, I actually do my "workout runs" during my building phase, but if you are scared of getting injured then cutting them out while you build is fine.

You can continue to build until you get into the mid to upper 30s and even dip your toes into the 40s if you want, but just be careful. I didn't get into the 40 miles a week until 5 weeks before my Marathon last Fall (my current PR). Before then I had averaged ~34 miles a week.