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Location:

San Antonio,TX,

Member Since:

Dec 13, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR - 18:01 - Nov '14

10K PR - 38:37 (workout) - Oct '14

Half-marathon - 1:22:43 - Jan '14

Marathon - 2:58:43 in Boston! - Apr '13

50 mile - 7:49:30 (2nd) - Nov '15

Short-Term Running Goals:

- Balance

- Run more trails, volunteer, more social running, run with a team

- Race a lot more. learn.

Race results / possible schedule:

Apr 2 - Hells Hills 25k trail - 4th

Apr 9 - Toughest 'n Texas 20-mile Trail - 2nd

May 7 - Paleface - Trail Marathon - 3rd

May 29 - American Hero road 25k - 2nd

Jun 25 - Pedernales Falls 30k nighttime Trail - 5th (sick)

Jul 16 - Muleshoe Bend 30k nighttime Trail - 3rd

Jul 23-24 - Fossil Valley 9-hour nighttime Trail - 2nd

Aug 6 - Colorado Bend 30k nighttime Trail - 4th

Aug 27 - Reveille Peak 30k nighttime Trail (entered)

Sep 10 - Franklin Mountains 50k (entered - not all-out effort...I hope)

Sep 17 - Lighthouse Hill 20-mile trail (entered)

Sep 24 - J&J 50 mile trail

Long-Term Running Goals:

Compete in a few more ultras without going off course (again)

Sub-18 in a 5k

One. Good. Marathon.

Personal:

I started running at age 30, in late 2009. I have 2 daughters (10 and 8 yrs old).

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony A5 Lifetime Miles:						1054.70
Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles:						1551.08
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles:						1244.23
1160s Lifetime Miles:						888.70
Saucony A5 Red Lifetime Miles:						565.10
Saucony A6 - Yellow Lifetime Miles:						214.00
Saucony A6 - Red/blue Lifetime Miles:						61.50
NB MT101 Trail Lifetime Miles:						302.00
Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Lifetime Miles:						286.50
Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Lifetime Miles:						267.00

Mon, Oct 08, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Decided no run today, going for some overall recovery. Still have a lingering sore throat but it's almost gone. I think I probably had some kind of infection, looking back, since it took 11+ days to go away.

But now what to do? 4 weeks of training, then 2 weeks of taper until the full (maybe 1 taper week is all I will need now?) Do I pile up the miles real quick? Do I take it easy for a week, then do a bunch of speed work and tempos? Seriously, I'm asking...

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 10:38:04 from 155.100.226.191

Here's my two cents, for what its worth...

Don't worry about getting up to "peak" mileage - shoot for what your average mileage has been over the past 2 months or so... about 60-65 mpw. That's a volume you can handle w/out risking breaking down (hopefully). 3 weeks at that level, then a 7-8 day taper.

Stay away from the true speed work. Its just going to teach your muscles to use fuel inefficiently, and that will be bad news about 2 hours into the marathon. Run tempos at marathon pace. Resist the urge to go much faster. Work on getting your legs dialed into the pace you'll be targeting. Figure out how to run it w/out even looking at your watch.

I'd do one more good long run 3 weeks out, then a longer tempo run 2 weeks out (that will end up being a "medium long run" w/ warmup and cooldown).

From SlowJoe on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 11:50:26 from 69.131.141.92

Good stuff Jake, thanks, that is what I will do. I get what you are saying about possibly breaking down on the original peak mileage I had planned, and I wouldn't have thought about that side effect of speed work, but it makes sense. That was definitely worth more than 2 cents!

From Rye on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 04:40:43 from 174.19.104.97

I'm with you on the illness. 11 days seems like an eternity when your not feeling good.

From Jody on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 19:10:09 from 70.196.3.170

IJR directed me over here and I am so grateful.

Jake - thanks for the great advice, just what I am looking for.

Slowjoe - glad you are starting to feel better. Best of luck!

From Jason D on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 22:30:25 from 24.1.80.94

Looks like Jake has you covered. Speed work does seem like a bad idea (strides if you feel like spinning your tires). A spike in mileage could leave you injured and fatigued.

I wonder if folks taper too much and too early, but I don't have any support for this (neither research nor experience).

From SlowJoe on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 07:38:17 from 155.219.241.10

Rye - hope you are starting to feel better as well.

Jody - thanks, and good luck at the MCM, should be awesome!

Jason - I definitely tapered too much last marathon; felt myself peak about a 7-10 days early so I won't be doing that again...

From flatlander on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 08:56:51 from 76.31.26.153

Glad I came here, Jake's advice seems right on. I am supposed to start my taper in two weeks, but I think I am going to keep going with the MP miles until 7 to 10 days out, that makes so much more sense for me based on how I have felt in past marathons.

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