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#9,177
#9,177
Only got 11 miles in this weekend. 8 miles at Lakeshore at Saturday, and 3 miles at the gym on Sunday. I need to be doing at least 2x the mileage if I'm going to be ready for the marathon in a month.

This weather has not been cooperating with my training schedule unfortunately. I just hate running in bad weather because of the increased possibility for injury, but I'm not going to have much of a choice since it's going to rain all this week. Ideally, I'd like to log 30-40 miles this week.
 
#9,178
#9,178
volfannbama said:
Gucci, I use Balaga socks for roads running and cep for trails. May want to give some a try. I used to think people were crazy to spend 10 dollars on a pair of socks, not anymore.
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I only wear Balega blister resist. They last forever so it offsets the $12 per pair cost

I might get hotspots from extremely long runs but that’s about it. I had one blister after Bourbon Chase, but I didn’t do anything between runs to protect them honestly. I blame myself.

Can’t speak for toes, I’ve had one black toenail that I lost as the new one came in, ever lost one straight up or had bloody ones.
 
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#9,179
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volfanbill said:
I only wear Balega blister resist. They last forever so it offsets the $12 per pair cost

I might get hotspots from extremely long runs but that’s about it. I had one blister after Bourbon Chase, but I didn’t do anything between runs to protect them honestly. I blame myself.

Can’t speak for toes, I’ve had one black toenail that I lost as the new one came in, ever lost one straight up or had bloody ones.
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I've had some black toe nails. But no blisters or hotspots, it's crazy. Maybe all those years in Marine infantry paid off.
The socks are really good. I use them on all road runs. On trails I use cep since the dry faster.
 
#9,180
#9,180
20 mile run completed on Sunday. If it wasn't for the fact that the arch of my right foot was sore from the sprints and interval work I had been doing previously, I could have gone for another 10 or 15 miles before I hit the wall. This week I'm going to do some light work, with the long run being 10 or 12 miles on Sunday. I'll have 1 more 20+ mile run before March 17th which is the date of the marathon.
 
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#9,181
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I'm hoping that some of the more experienced runners might be able to help me out with a question I have about training in the days prior to a marathon. How much mileage are you all clocking in the 2 weeks before the race, and how much tapering of your mileage do you do?
 
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GoVolsDR said:
I'm hoping that some of the more experienced runners might be able to help me out with a question I have about training in the days prior to a marathon. How much mileage are you all clocking in the 2 weeks before the race, and how much tapering of your mileage do you do?
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For a half, I don’t taper at all. I’ll run 10-11 miles the weekend prior. For a full, most I’ve ever logged in a non event was 18. I just signed up for Marine Corps and I’m hoping to get to 20-22. Last two weeks are taper though. I’ll do two weekends at only like 12 miles.
 
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GoVolsDR said:
I'm hoping that some of the more experienced runners might be able to help me out with a question I have about training in the days prior to a marathon. How much mileage are you all clocking in the 2 weeks before the race, and how much tapering of your mileage do you do?
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I usually peak out with a 20 miler 21 days from the Marathon. From there ill do soemthing like
2 weeks out 5,7,6, 10
1 weeks out 7,6,6, 8
Week of 5,4,5 2 mile walk 2 days before , rest 26.2.
Works okay for me.
 
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volfanbill said:
For a half, I don’t taper at all. I’ll run 10-11 miles the weekend prior. For a full, most I’ve ever logged in a non event was 18. I just signed up for Marine Corps and I’m hoping to get to 20-22. Last two weeks are taper though. I’ll do two weekends at only like 12 miles.
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Enjoy, I did that one last year.
And yeah, no taper for a half here either.
 
#9,185
#9,185
I appreciate the feedback on the tapering. I clocked 4 miles yesterday, really just trying to find my stride. I'll probably be around 20-30 miles for this week by the time it's all said and done, and somewhere around 10-15 the week prior to the race.
 
#9,186
#9,186
I’ll do one day of speed work or hill repeats during training typically. I avoid those the last two weeks as well.

The MCM is my backyard. It’ll be my third MCM. A very fun race
 
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TN404 said:
Cape Cod Ragnar in May. Any tips for a newbie?
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12 man team or ultra?

Either way, plan accordingly. Work with the group for packing things. Anything that can be shared, share it. Space becomes a premium in the vans quickly. Stretch between legs. Figure out a plan to eat. Sounds dumb, but it’s always my biggest issue. I never feel that hungry, then suddenly I’m running another 7 miler and I’ve not really eaten in a day.

Biggest thing is be organized. A race bible becomes your life!

And have fun! Just enjoy the whole moment! I love relays more than individual runs now
 
#9,189
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TN404 said:
Cape Cod Ragnar in May. Any tips for a newbie?
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Have a blast. I did one a few years ago. Nothing to it really. It's weird to run, sit in a van all day, run at night then again early the next morning. But its a blast.

Only bad part was we had an arcadia for 6 people so that sucked. I wanted to punch everyone I saw in a mercedes (sprinter I think). Rent one it's worth every cent. I saw one where they built a simple shelf in the back. There bags on the floor and three on the shelf.....genius.
 
#9,191
#9,191
I'm ready to start running again. I think the last time I did was October. Of course I probably won't be running until June-July, and that'll probably be more jogging than anything.
 
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volfanbill said:
12 man team or ultra?

Either way, plan accordingly. Work with the group for packing things. Anything that can be shared, share it. Space becomes a premium in the vans quickly. Stretch between legs. Figure out a plan to eat. Sounds dumb, but it’s always my biggest issue. I never feel that hungry, then suddenly I’m running another 7 miler and I’ve not really eaten in a day.

Biggest thing is be organized. A race bible becomes your life!

And have fun! Just enjoy the whole moment! I love relays more than individual runs now
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12 man!
 
#9,193
#9,193
15.5 trail run this weekend in 3:55.....though I was gonna have a pretty good time but the last 1.5 changed that, took me 56 minutes. About 1000 foot elevation change
 
#9,197
#9,197
Official half marathon time is 1:50:54 gun, 1:50:15 chip 8:25 min/mile. I know it's nothing special, but I'm pretty stoked I had sub 8:30 pace.
 
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