re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

I did 4 miles today in the dark, under 35 minutes. Work is a half day tomorrow so my run should be during daylight hours.

I notice anything more than two weeks off I "feel" it but nothing a regular schedule can't fix. Once I approach a month I notice a big difference in my time and endurance.

My ironman was in April. I didn't do much of anything after that until September. I'd run here or there, but 2.5 miles was a chore by the end of July. Started up in September again and there is no doubt I got back in the swing of things due to the fitness I had from 5 months earlier. It sucked at first. I lost a lot for sure. But it came back pretty quickly. Like suprising myself every couple weeks that I'm reaching goals in half the time. Your base stays around for a while.

Signed up for the Run for the Ranch half in Springfield on the 29th of December.

I figured this would give me a baseline for the Bentonville half at the end of March. Flat course so I don’t think 6:10 splits is out of the question. Especially with an extra month of training.

Well 6:10 give or take a few seconds. The conditions might have to be perfect but that’s the goal.

The game changer for me is the introduction and consumption of gels for the long races. I must look absolutely ponographic while consuming them, but a little loss of pride is worth the boost IMO.

Ran 2 miles to the gym for some Crossfit, then back this morning. It was cold as shite too.

Also, I’m sure y’all have noticed that I have failed miserably at keeping up with the race list in the OP. I’m so far behind I feel like it would be impossible for me to get everyone and all the races now. I’m a terrible OP, I know.

Anyways, I think I’ll delete that portion. I feel like everyone is pretty good about updating the group about their races and whatnot, so I’m not sure it’s really needed anyways.

If someone else wants to take on that task, I can ask a Mod to pin a post below the OP with all the posters and their races.

What do you guys think?

I’d be willing to pick that up if the fellas think it would be useful. If not, no biggie.

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Has anyone had issues with this app. Ever since the half marathon it hasn't tracked my distances correct. For example I did 3.10 miles on Monday but showed I did .90 miles but the time was correct. My Nike app had same time but 3.10.

Done this multiple times now, including the half where it showed I only ran 9.4 miles. I deleted it this morning and will try and download again and see how it goes tomorrow.

Just seeing if anyone had any suggestions.

6:10s....good lawd

If I can get over this stomach bug, thinking about signing up for Dallas half marathon in a couple weeks. Goal would just be to pace my friend to a sub 2:00

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Strava

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I haven’t had any problem so far. I connected my Garmin, and it just transfers my run info after each workout. Just joined last week though. Not sure what the etiquette on the app is but just went and followed errybody in the TD group.

Did my first MAF test today. First mile clocked just below 9:00/min pace. Hope to do one every month before my marathon as a marker of any progress. Anybody else doing any kind of low heart rate/MAF training? Not doing it exclusively or anything but am doing 3-4 easy runs a week and thought it would be good to throw in the tests every month or so.

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Has anyone had issues with this app. Ever since the half marathon it hasn't tracked my distances correct. For example I did 3.10 miles on Monday but showed I did .90 miles but the time was correct. My Nike app had same time but 3.10.

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The guys I run with that track with the app, as opposed to watches, have that problem all the time. My watch isn’t perfect, especially for elevation when I do hills but it’s always been pretty spot on for distance and GPS.

Watch also let’s you leave the phone, but that’s a personal preference.