Philadelphia Marathon (Page 2)

 I'm 16 - 18 - 20 for the next three weeks so not far off what you're planning.

FWIW, I wouldn't do 50+.  Hold steady near 40.

You may very well be right.  I'm pretty in-tune with my body, and I'm going to see how I feel.  If I feel like I'm getting too lethargic, achey, beat-up, and if I feel like I'm overdoing it to the point where an extra 10 miles that week will be counderproductive, then I'll definitely scale back.  But with the right nutrition, recovery, and a dash of some divine help, I think I can pull it off successfully.  Only time shall tell... 

Problem is you probably won't really know until after you've done it.  And trying to squeeze a few extra miles into your week isn't going to make much difference on race day.

In all effing honesty, I have little to no clue as to what I'm doing.  So you're probably right.  I mean, compared to a couch potatoe or an 'avergae Joe' off the street, I know a shiit load about running.  But compared to someone who's been running for decades... I don't know squat

Well, no decades here...

But I'm just passing along 'accepted' wisdom from those who have the experience.  As always, some individuals will find they don't fit inside the bell curve all the time.  But you're always betting against the house when you assume that you won't. 

Hi lesleyann.  Yeah, if this were a half marathon I'd be ready to go today ...but it's not.  It's a marathon.  And as we all know, even though a marathon is twice the distance it's a lot more than twice as tough.  And the key to marathon success are succesful Long Runs during training. 

My right knee was sore from 32 miles last week, so I took yesterday off and swam.  This week I am going to aim for 35+ miles with a long run of 16 miles. 

The bottom-line is I know how far I can push my body and I am going to somewhat gradually and incrementally push it as far and fast as I can for the next four weeks and then taper for one week.  After four weeks I will assess how I feel physically and mentally, look at what I was able to accomplish in the five weeks prior, based on mileage and pace, and then make a (hopefully) realistic assessment of what my Marathon Goal Time should be.  

So come November 16th, 17th I'll know what my Goal Time is and until then I plan to take it one run at a time. 

Good luck    

How's everyone's Marathon Training going?  I did a 16-miler LR this weekend and it went really well.  I've got a sore right knee, but it's getting better and it's not any injury ...just sore   I put in back to back 30+ miles for the last two weeks. 

I have my 20-miler with some MP miles in the middle planned for next Sunday morning, and I hope to hit 40 miles this week.  Then I figure with 2 weeks left I'll scale it back down to 30 mi for the week, with a slooow 14-miler, then a taper week with a final LR of 10 miles (3 mile WU and CD with 4 MP mi in the middle). 

I hope everyone else's training is going well.  Anyone heard a weather report yet

Training is going good! Doing the half mary, so I did 8.5 miles this Sunday. 9.5 slated for this Sunday. Felt great on the run, except for mega-blister issues. Anyone have any good advice for keeping blisters at bay? They reappear in the same places every run and it sucks. I'm in pain! Any help is appreciated.

Do we have a plan to meet the night before for a BT dinner or anything?

I put vaseline or body glide on my toes and any spot on my foot that may rub before any run longer than 6 miles.  I've heard a lot of people say they use duct tape!

For blister recovery, as odd as this sounds, I've found that rubbing regular jergens skin care lotion onto the blister just makes them disappear.  Weirdest thing, but it works wonders for me. 

Duct tape rules! Make sure to cover any loose skin first or it will come off when the tape does

I did 15 in the pouring rain Saturday. I was supposed to do MP+10 secs (8:10) but I didn't even look at the pacing on my Garmin. I had not been feeling well, had missed a mid-week 10 miler and a couple days of cross training, so I just wanted to finish. I really didn't care about pacing. Guess what it was?

Ok, I'll tell... 8:09. Pretty sweet, huh?

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Twice

Okay, so I got one 20-miler in ...better than none. 

Is everyone tapering now? 

I'm having a slight, small case of ITBS so I have no choice but to taper.  So I think I'm going to shoot for around 25+ miles this week with a 14-mile EZ PACE LR ; followed by another 20+ mile week and a 8 mile Sunday LR with 4 miles at MP; and then 16 miles the week of ...