Same; i was training with kettlebells during all of the races previously, but never with the strongfirst mentality. I feel much more solid all around and have been doing all of my runs (10-20 miles a week) at a very low effort (lsd). So overall interested to see how it goes. I’m just not sure how to approach a full marathon training schedule yet. Especially since my training partner/wife does not subscribe to this mentality.
I agree with what you say here. I would say my goal is 3:45, but more importantly i want to finish strong. Made it all the way to mile 24 before i hit the wall last time, recovered and finished solid but there’s room for improvement. I like to run waterfall glen and palos trails but have heard good things about barrington.
I’ll plug my training log here as well. Larry’s logs
Yeah sorry dude... I guess it’s all perspective eh? I tend to look at things through serious endurance lenses most of the time, so that usually colors my thought processes and comments.
Oh, I don't take offense to it at all, no need to be sorry, I know what can be short for one person is impossible for others. I grew up playing sports of all kinds, and while I was good at most of them, my downfall was always my endurance. No matter how much I trained, I just never developed good endurance. I was always better at the power sports like Gymnastics, that's just how I'm made.
Thanks!
Just say, you're built for speed, not for comfort.
I want to smoke what you've been smoking.
Come on out to AZ Steve... I’ll hook you upI want to smoke what you've been smoking.
When I ran distance, total weekly mileage was key, as was the distance of the weekly or bi-weekly long run. I am delighted to read the stories of people who've done a marathon on very little running but it's not something I would choose to do as a training strategy myself. FWIW, I've run a half-marathon 3 times in my life, all nearly 40 years ago. Training for my first marathon is what turned me off from running - I was just too bored logging that kind of mileage, especially being outside for the required lengths of time in all kinds of weather - and I therefore never completed that "pretty short distance" myself.
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@offwidth , you could start your own Badwater Ultra 2.0, hold it in July. Tucson to Phx. for the half, Tucson to Flagstaff for the full.Come on out to AZ Steve... I’ll hook you up
As an aside... I was reading about a race the other day called the ‘Bataan Death March’ ... 160km (winning times are in the 23hr range)
I like the way you think Don...
Paris-Brest-Paris on a bicycle strikes me as much the same. I did one ride with a local randonneur group, called a Populaire. If memory serves, it was 75 miles with 7000 feet of climbing. It was the last ride I took on my racing bike with a 53/42 double before swapping out the 42 for a 39 - some of the climbing found me serpentining (going back and forth across the road in an effort to flatten out the terrain) just to avoid falling off my bicycle or having to walk. (Lots of bikie jargon there, I know; once a bikie ...)Come on out to AZ Steve... I’ll hook you up
As an aside... I was reading about a race the other day called the ‘Bataan Death March’ ... 160km (winning times are in the 23hr range)
Tucson to Cave Creek, 145 miles.
