re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

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Give a report please. Never been to Hattiesburg and wouldn't mind killing a weekend there.

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Cool enough little town. I live here, so as far as touristy things to do, I may not be the best guide, especially with kids now. I don't get out much anymore unless it's to the gym or to run and bike.

-Keg and Barrel on Hardy St. to hang out and to eat.
-Southern Prohibition Brewery downtown has a good selection of craft beers and decent food.
-Glorybound if you like gyros.
-Sully's has decent steaks.
-Big Trouble is a cool little restaurant.
-If you bring wife or significant other, she may want to go to the Lucky Rabbit downtown. It's a very large and unique gift type store.
-The Longleaf Trace is great for running and biking. It's flat and fast and a good place to set PR's. Also, lots of mountain bike courses off of the Trace.
-The Hattiesburg Zoo is a good trip with kids. They sell beer.
-Black Creek has good hiking trails around it, so I hear. I've only ever canoed it.

Holler at me if you decide to head this way. As long as you're not a serial killer, I'll buy you a beer or two.

I’m pretty low across the board. Here’s my HR data from my PR 10k in April (7:22):

Did 2 miles before the Happy's 5k. My left calf muscle is so damn tight. Tried running through it and it loosened up at about half a mile into it. Now it's locking up good. Probably gonna do a hot Epsom salt bath tomorrow and massage it out most of the day. This pain sucks. Held 6:46/mile but my pain was nagging so much that I could calm down and kept around 180+ BPM from half mile to finish.

Oh yeah, the highest ive seen on my watch is 209. I've got an Energizer bunny heart. It's not an issue, it just means I can see some spooky high numbers and still be comfortable enough to talk

I think you’re right about HR. Not that I’m in any higher category of athlete, but I know some guys I train with that are high level athletes, and some have HR ranges at the low end like mine, and others have HR ranges like yours.

I follow a few pros and Emily Infeld, who once upon a time medaled in the 10,000m at worlds, mentioned she got tested in a lab and had a naturally high max HR. She's posted runs in the 160s and 170s

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I think you’re right about HR. Not that I’m in any higher category of athlete, but I know some guys I train with that are high level athletes, and some have HR ranges at the low end like mine, and others have HR ranges like yours.

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Yeah, my Max HR is a good bit higher than it "should be" at my age. At the end of the day it means absolutely nothing - I train with a guy who's heart rate can stay in the 130s while putting out 8:30min/miles while mine will be in the 150s. Every single one of my PRs (1 mile, 5k, 10k, Half, Full, and 100 miler) are a good 20% faster than his, everyone's heart is different.

(as reference, I used to be jealous of his ability to keep his hr in what I thought was "zone 2" while running so fast... meanwhile I was actually in better shape than him and was looking at the wrong stuff)

Rest. Do a zone 2 warm up pre-race to whatever distance you feel comfortable.

Got to pace my 12 y/o niece at a 5k in Waco, Tx this morning. 21:52, 4th overall female and a 3 minute age group win.

Nice work boys, won my age group at Marietta gobble jog over 10k runners total but was about 20 seconds off where i was hoping to be. It's a tough course and super crowded the first mile so hopefully that played a part. Now Im stressed about getting to sub 20 by my Feb run