tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662261418039095613.post7548309908563932175..comments2023-04-06T06:22:31.473-07:00Comments on Marathon After Fifty: Last Long Run of the year coming up...and the longest yet.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05091364691248272512noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662261418039095613.post-77774058023253305682011-12-28T07:31:53.423-08:002011-12-28T07:31:53.423-08:00@Kara: Thanks for the encouragement and the visit....@Kara: Thanks for the encouragement and the visit. <br /><br />Your blog is one of my favorite to read, and some of the posts have both my wife and I rolling on the floor laughing...especially the one where faith beaned you with the door that day when everything was going wrong. Too funny !<br /><br />@Jamie:<br /><br />Thanks for your encouragement as well. I read about you and Mike all the time, and I love your positive attitude and outgoing spirit. Good luck on your first Freezeroo run !Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091364691248272512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662261418039095613.post-68078357799814240762011-12-27T12:22:52.511-08:002011-12-27T12:22:52.511-08:00Good luck with the 26.2! My husband and I haven&#...Good luck with the 26.2! My husband and I haven't started marathon training yet, but when we start in May I think that our longest run is going to be 20 miles. When we training for our half marathon our longest run before the race as 10 miles. <br /><br />Just make sure you have everything you need with you and you should be all set! Can't wait to see how it went.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322401836230674889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662261418039095613.post-27155946472783427252011-12-27T09:45:24.839-08:002011-12-27T09:45:24.839-08:00I've never run over 22 in training, but if wan...I've never run over 22 in training, but if want/need to run 26.2, then it's doable, but not necessary. Personally, I think it's kinda cool to be able to hit a "PDR" (personal distance record) in a race, but different strokes for different folks. <br /><br />Long runs stop being so intimidating after a while, especially after you have a really good pre run routine. Sure, everyone still has bad runs from time to time, but you don't feel as nervous leading up to the run. I think the bad runs are actually good in that regard because they show you that even in the worst case scenario, you're still fine. <br /><br />Good luck!Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506087947077839388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662261418039095613.post-76836460226840921922011-12-27T04:18:56.387-08:002011-12-27T04:18:56.387-08:00Paul,
Thanks for your helpful words, and for stop...Paul,<br /><br />Thanks for your helpful words, and for stopping by. I read your blog all the time (especially like the Haiku posts), and your race report from CIM and your fine run there made me feel like I was there and able to celebrate your accomplishment with you.<br /><br />I haven't yet introduced the concept of walk breaks during either training runs or races, but I have noticed that quite a lot of people do so to excellent effect. Nice to hear that the long runs WILL get easier over time though. :-)<br /><br />Here's to you having a Happy New Year as well, and continued success on the roads (and life in general of course)..!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091364691248272512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662261418039095613.post-30110325570851882682011-12-26T14:14:47.668-08:002011-12-26T14:14:47.668-08:00Hi!
I've never run a marathon distance in trai...Hi!<br />I've never run a marathon distance in training..(24-ish the max) and you really don't need to do it...but I don't see a problem with that as long as you do it slowly so you can recover quickly. <br /><br />I did some walk breaks of a 1 min every 10 min or so for the first 10 miles of my 24 miler to make sure I didn't overdo it...worked really well for me. (still tired at the end but knew I could do another 2.2 miles no problem)<br /><br />The more time passes and you have more long runs under your belt the easier they get.<br /><br />A lot of marathon mainiacs actually don't train much at all..they just use each marathon as a training run for the next. You can't go your fastest but you can do it...and if you don't run all out you can recover quickly.<br /><br />Hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!<br /><br /><br />Re: your "See Food" diet ..gave me a chuckle..never seen that said before. I used to be on that diet too ;)<br /><br />Cheers,<br />paulPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752798450146454511noreply@blogger.com