re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

PR’d 10k today. Chip time 45:40.3/7:22

Last PR was 48:49/7:51 on March 9.

Training is working. 2 more 10k’s to go in April.

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Pedro

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Ok so I'm 3 weeks out now, this week calls for a 10% cutback with a little more intensity (33% instead of the typical 20%)

I was thinking about doing my entire long run at Marathon Pace this week, does that mean I should take it easier on my mid-week runs so I can hit the long run strong? (Also after this week it would be a slight recovery at the beginning)

Or should I at least still do my interval workout tomorrow? Then cut back for 3 days on intensity?

I plan to do my long run on Friday

How long are you going for your long? I’d lean more towards easier miles but getting an interval in tomorrow/Tuesday probably won’t hurt anything either. Just make sure you’re giving yourself plenty of recovery.

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15 - total week will be ~40

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With the disclaimer that I've never run a marathon: 15 miles at MP 3 weeks out seems like a little much. You'd expect someone to race a half a month out to test the goal pace, so 15 at goal MP might be overcooking it a little. I'll let Pedro or ks weigh in because I'm admittedly inexperienced with the longer stuff (giggity) but you don't want to mess up your training block right at the end

yea 15 is probably a bit hefty this close at that pace. Id say if you were keeping it under 13 youd might be fine but even then id probably just do like the last 5 or so at goal pace. With that Id say your probably still good for an early week workout.

Feeling much better today. taking one last off day to make sure i nip this and getting back after it tomorrow.

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yea 15 is probably a bit hefty this close at that pace. Id say if you were keeping it under 13 youd might be fine but even then id probably just do like the last 5 or so at goal pace. With that Id say your probably still good for an early week workout

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Ended up doing a slightly modified interval session since this is day 5 with no rest. (Having to rearrange my running schedule as I prepare for a Saturday Marathon) I'm skipping my 6 mile slow tomorrow and I think I'll be doing 8ish easy on Wednesday and adding the 8 miles marathon pace at the end of a... 13.1 mile long run Friday.

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Feeling much better today. taking one last off day to make sure i nip this and getting back after it tomorrow.

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Another thing I'm not listening to my own advice for... I had a horrible chest cold last week that literally made me vomit after a progressive run - yet now I'm on my 4th run in a row after that run. :facepalm:

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My general thought is people want to run a particular race distance and set PR but don’t train specific for that distance . Especially less experienced runners

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So a few things... I know I'm training for the correct distance, my normal week looks like this:

Tue: 6-8 miles Intervals (1m wu > 4-6 Miles of some kind of vo2 Max workout > 1m CD)
Wed: 8-12 miles zone 2
Thur: Depending on Long run for the week 6-7 Half Marathon workout (1m wu > 4-5m Tempo > 1m CD) or 8-9 miles all marathon pace

Saturday: 16-22 miles (with at least 1 mile marathon pace)
Sunday: 5-6 mile recover

Been averaging 45-51 miles a week for 2 months now and easily getting to the 20% workout threshold.

I honestly just get in my own head sometimes, like going out today and doing intervals on a 5th day instead of just letting me body rest

ETA: This is all the while of last marathon doing 30-40 miles a week and dropping marathon pace workouts and half marathon workouts down 30 seconds a min/mi and increasing my 1 mile, 5k, and 10k times down their respective amount using the vo.2 calculator

ETAA: even with all of that, I'm not even really training for a PR, because the Rock 'n Roll Nashville course is straight trash haha, I probably will, but I'm just going out to finish my third marathon and try to have fun

ETAA: as an example, I did this run after an interval workout on Tuesday and an easy run on Wednesday and both added up to 17 miles, then on Thursday I:



Reminder, my marathon PR is 8:36/min/mi

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After April 27 I'm done with "training" until late July and want to really try to get my vo2 Max higher... would it be a bad idea to move to more short interval stuff for awhile trying to get my vo2 Max up?

My training for the 100 miler starts in late July, but I feel like a better vo2 could greatly help me more than endurance distances over the next 3 months?

(Clarity: I'm thinking decreasing my 2nd day distance a good bit and doing 2 vo2 Max workouts a week instead of 1 + marathon / tempo stuff)

I would still do 10-15m long runs a week

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yea thats typically my mind set. When im in "off" periods I usually pick a bigger 5k or 4 mile or something to train for for a couple months. That way im backing off of mileage but still getting after intensity. After OKC on the 28th im taking two weeks and then going into training for a 4 miler here in town on July 4th aiming to go sub 21. Allows me to focus on more speedy work and perfect some lactic threshold and VO2 max stuff.

Thanks (although not addressed to me).

I was thinking of backing off distance after April 27 (now that I am just getting some back LOL) and increasing intensity over the summer and just try to do one 5k per month from May-August, then start back with one 10k per month after that, and maybe do a half in December, with 10k's January-April, 2025 and maybe one more half in April, 2025. My regular HIIT will probably be conducive to this, anyway.

In the end, I'd like to get to 22:00 on the 5k and 44:00 on the 10k before the end of 2024 (lofty goals...).