Running Thread

[Marquette Fan]

12 in the books this weekend. Good cross training for stability muscles given the slush on lakefront path at spots.

Good job on the long run.

I start week 3 of my training plan for the next marathon today.  Last night I finally made it official and signed up for the Knoxville marathon - it's in early April. 

[JakeBarnes]

Good job on the long run.

I start week 3 of my training plan for the next marathon today.  Last night I finally made it official and signed up for the Knoxville marathon - it's in early April. 

Awesome! Good luck on your race!

[Marquette Fan]

Two weeks until the next marathon and I'm feeling a tad nervous.  I lost a week of training to illness and my pace has been much slower than I'd like on my long runs.  Hoping I can do what I need to in order to finish within the course time limit.

[Marquette Fan]

Can I get some weather vibes sent my way please?  There are thunderstorms in the forecast now for my race in a week .  I don't mind getting wet and did run a marathon in CT a year ago in pouring rain so I can do that.  But thunderstorms mean the race has a good chance of getting canceled and I'm out a lot of money for travel not to mention all this training done for nothing if that happens .

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Can I get some weather vibes sent my way please?  There are thunderstorms in the forecast now for my race in a week .  I don't mind getting wet and did run a marathon in CT a year ago in pouring rain so I can do that.  But thunderstorms mean the race has a good chance of getting canceled and I'm out a lot of money for travel not to mention all this training done for nothing if that happens .

I feel bad for you.  The same race was this past Saturday and it was 70 and a mix of sun and clouds.

[Marquette Fan]

I feel bad for you.  The same race was this past Saturday and it was 70 and a mix of sun and clouds.

Maybe I didn't need to know that 😂.  Oh well - the weather is out of my control of course and  it did at least prove I could get a marathon done in pretty miserable weather. 

[Marquette Fan]

Weather forecast for tomorrow still doesn't look very good .

[Marquette Fan]

Thunderstorms stayed away - yeah 😀.  Rained pretty much the whole race but I was ok with that as it was in the high 80's and sunny the last couple days.  The rain was much better - temps were around mid 60's.  Not sure why I thought signing up for a hilly marathon was a good idea though 😂.

State 16 done and marathon 19 overall today in Knoxville.

[JakeBarnes]

So...anyone out there prepping? Week 4 of Chicago training for me. A bit behind thanks to my wife sharing a respiratory illness with me, but still feeling good.

[Marquette Fan]

So...anyone out there prepping? Week 4 of Chicago training for me. A bit behind thanks to my wife sharing a respiratory illness with me, but still feeling good.

Sorry about the respiratory illness - good luck with the training.

I just started training for DesMoines in mid-October and I just came down with a cold or something.

[JakeBarnes]

Sorry about the respiratory illness - good luck with the training.

I just started training for DesMoines in mid-October and I just came down with a cold or something.

Good luck! There's definitely something going around.

Ended up in Michigan for the 4th weekend and spent my long run on much hillier terrain than I am used to.  Still feeling it. But hopefully helps?

This flatlander may need to find more varied terrain going forward

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Good luck! There's definitely something going around.

Ended up in Michigan for the 4th weekend and spent my long run on much hillier terrain than I am used to.  Still feeling it. But hopefully helps?

This flatlander may need to find more varied terrain going forward

Run anywhere in New England.  Just this morning on my 3.1 mile run I went up 4 hills with elevation changes of 25 ft, 130 ft, 70 ft, and 50 ft.
Just a typical morning run here.
 

[Galway Eagle]

Good luck! There's definitely something going around.

Ended up in Michigan for the 4th weekend and spent my long run on much hillier terrain than I am used to.  Still feeling it. But hopefully helps?

This flatlander may need to find more varied terrain going forward

Bridges over highways do the trick!

[JakeBarnes]

Bridges over highways do the trick!

Costco Hill repeats have been my go to.

I may do what I do for the bike and jump out to Barrington Hills a few mornings. 70.3 Madison run is flat, but bike has a few "f you" hills. Even bigger motivation to lose a few kg for the w/kg purpos.

[JakeBarnes]

Progress check. How yall doing?

My update:

2.5 weeks for me until Madison 70.3 (already have my post-race resy at Harvey House).

A month after that Chicago Marathon.

Hit 14 miles on Saturday for the long run. The convergence of lots of distance the day after 3 hr bike rides with a 30 min brick run is making me feel a bit overtrained--but knew this would be a rough month. Recovery and nutrition is at a premium right now.

Have a tempo run mixed into a 16 miler on deck for Saturday. Hoping for the cooler weather to hang on for that.

[Marquette Fan]

Progress check. How yall doing?

My update:

2.5 weeks for me until Madison 70.3 (already have my post-race resy at Harvey House).

A month after that Chicago Marathon.

Hit 14 miles on Saturday for the long run. The convergence of lots of distance the day after 3 hr bike rides with a 30 min brick run is making me feel a bit overtrained--but knew this would be a rough month. Recovery and nutrition is at a premium right now.

Have a tempo run mixed into a 16 miler on deck for Saturday. Hoping for the cooler weather to hang on for that.

Sounds like a lot of work there with your training but also sounds like it's going well.  Good luck with your races.

My training for my October marathon has not been going well.  Long runs continue to be a major struggle due to heat mostly.  I had an awful 17 mile run last Friday - going to attempt 17 again this weekend and hopefully it goes a bit better.  And I've been so slow during training that I'm getting worried about finishing before the cut-off time.

[JakeBarnes]

Sounds like a lot of work there with your training but also sounds like it's going well.  Good luck with your races.

My training for my October marathon has not been going well.  Long runs continue to be a major struggle due to heat mostly.  I had an awful 17 mile run last Friday - going to attempt 17 again this weekend and hopefully it goes a bit better.  And I've been so slow during training that I'm getting worried about finishing before the cut-off time.

I genuinely think the heat has been skewing a lot of our feelings re: training. Stay the course--you've got this!