tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380717288501298504.post217619666271483958..comments2023-10-02T02:55:36.488-06:00Comments on Running Only With My Thoughts: The marathon is a beastly thing -Irishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09053614066742121680noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380717288501298504.post-1567221179373941462010-08-18T20:10:48.818-06:002010-08-18T20:10:48.818-06:00Wow, 12-13 minutes are my trail time. I better rei...Wow, 12-13 minutes are my trail time. I better reign my road running in. I probably should have taken in a few more calories towards the end. This marathon will be an experiment and then we'll see. Thanks for your comments!Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09053614066742121680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380717288501298504.post-30005422478649087912010-08-16T08:22:58.119-06:002010-08-16T08:22:58.119-06:00OK, since I'm slower than cold tar, I'm no...OK, since I'm slower than cold tar, I'm not much help in that area. <br /><br />I can, however, tell you that for my best marathons (2 of 6), I did feel like I could go another mile or two after the finisher's chute. <br /><br />For my worst marathons I felt like I could walk another ten steps after the finisher's chute but only because the water was that far away.<br /><br />Worst marathons: <br />1) wasn't feeling great for a couple of days leading up to the race - queasy much of the run - lost all contents of my stomach at mile 24<br />2) didn't have a very good base built up and hadn't run enough long runs<br /><br />Best marathons:<br />1) the ONLY time I've cracked 5 hours (but just barely at 4:59:25) felt great, had lost 20 pounds while training, had plenty of long runs under my belt<br />2) first marathon - was too stupid to know how horrible I was supposed to feel<br /><br />You're going to be just fine. If you could continue the pace of this recent 18-miler for 8 more miles, you would be fine. Since you bonked at the end, go just a smidge slower for the first half.<br /><br />As for food/gel/drinks - water is fine, 4 gels for the 'thon should be enough (3 is probably plenty). I've seen some people take little jerky strips for some protein and salt. Bananas around mile 20 might do the trick. If you can have someone meet you at mile 20-ish with some food choices (even a small plain turkey sandwich), it will be good. You can eat or not depending on how you feel. Whatever you decide to do, make sure to test it once or twice on a long training run before the marathon. Otherwise, you could pay for it on race day with stomach cramps or queasiness.<br /><br />Good luck!TooeleTwinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104667417655628403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380717288501298504.post-35582076323004327162010-08-15T17:10:55.554-06:002010-08-15T17:10:55.554-06:00I think that your pace is probably fine. While tr...I think that your pace is probably fine. While training for my best marathon some of my long runs incorporated sections of tempo so it doesn't always have to be slow. I think you felt tired because that's a long run. Duh :p I still think I might run that. I am slow to really commit though.Dannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201053516148787578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380717288501298504.post-8189695041291333282010-08-15T16:26:55.600-06:002010-08-15T16:26:55.600-06:00Love your new blog look and nice shoes indeed! Not...Love your new blog look and nice shoes indeed! Nothing wrong with loving the road in my book, too and it brings a nice mixture and definitely calls for more speed. Unfortunately I can't answer your questions, having only run one marathon myself and that injured!!! But I would give myself enough time to train, perhaps follow a training program ie. Hal Higdon's or so.<br /><br />Have fun and good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380717288501298504.post-47175236035111546602010-08-15T15:13:40.111-06:002010-08-15T15:13:40.111-06:00According to my RUnning Room book, if you want to ...According to my RUnning Room book, if you want to complete your marathon in 4h45m, you need to do your long runs at around 12:04 - 13:32 minutes per mile (includes walk breaks). The actual race pace is 10:52 for the marathon. Long runs need to be slow enough that indeed, you feel you could go for one more mile when you're done (so it says in my book).<br /><br />Hope this helps :)Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125640729727220332noreply@blogger.com