My Turn ... Running Down A Dream
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Through 2000k running for the year yesterday! Beat my target by 2 months.
Body has really welcomed the break since the marathon though - 2 full weeks off, then only light runs since. Just the one 10k (which oddly, was my best run by a mile) since.
Not sure what revised target will be. 2,500 is certainly out of reach as is 2,400 I think. Will just plod a long and see how we go.
Commence the 4 hour body diet today too, so lack of carbs will likely deplete running energy somewhat too. Time will tell.
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@majorrage Well done mate , keep up the good work!
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We're back. Not 100% confirmed yet, but I think 2023 New York Marathon is a go.
I'm aiming to be at 85 kg when I START the training for that. The last few marathons I've been too heavy for a good time, basically have started training around 92-95kg. Have run them between sort of 85-88, so I'm hoping to start train at 85, and run at 80-81 which gives me a much better chance of smashing the 4 hour barrier.
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@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
In case you need further inspiration, check out this dude, he's due to finish a 3,800 trot on Day 46 this evening at Bondi
23 ? He looks about 63 !
Long distance running is not good for you. Makes one look too old and gaunt.
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@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
New York marathon confirmed.
93.4 kg currently. 4 months out need to be 85. So that gives me 5 months to lose 8.5 kg.
Time for some serious graft. Will be 46 by then, so will be tough to improve times.
That's great news, mate. Hope it all goes well.
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@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
New York marathon confirmed.
93.4 kg currently. 4 months out need to be 85. So that gives me 5 months to lose 8.5 kg.
Time for some serious graft. Will be 46 by then, so will be tough to improve times.
Damn I wish I was 93.4kg…
I might start one of these threads of my own - I have entered the Port Mac Ironman this May - just over 3 months to get into some sort of shape to get through it
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@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
New York marathon confirmed.
93.4 kg currently. 4 months out need to be 85. So that gives me 5 months to lose 8.5 kg.
Time for some serious graft. Will be 46 by then, so will be tough to improve times.
Damn I wish I was 93.4kg…
I might start one of these threads of my own - I have entered the Port Mac Ironman this May - just over 3 months to get into some sort of shape to get through it
I look a bit emaciated at 93kg, 100kg suits me ok these days.
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@MN5 said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@voodoo said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
New York marathon confirmed.
93.4 kg currently. 4 months out need to be 85. So that gives me 5 months to lose 8.5 kg.
Time for some serious graft. Will be 46 by then, so will be tough to improve times.
Damn I wish I was 93.4kg…
I might start one of these threads of my own - I have entered the Port Mac Ironman this May - just over 3 months to get into some sort of shape to get through it
I look a bit emaciated at 93kg, 100kg suits me ok these days.
I do too, but it’s going to be a necessary evil
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Yeah, well Im 177cm 5"9.5'. Put that in perspective.
Reading the thread, it's a bit of a rotation. Get fat. Try and lose weight to train for a fast marathon. Fail to lose what I want. Not get my time.
Will this time be any different? Hard to tell, but I hope not ....
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@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
Yeah, well Im 177cm 5"9.5'. Put that in perspective.
Reading the thread, it's a bit of a rotation. Get fat. Try and lose weight to train for a fast marathon. Fail to lose what I want. Not get my time.
Will this time be any different? Hard to tell, but I hope not ....
Yeah, OK - I'm 6'2 so I guess that evens us out!
OK, I'm starting a thread of my own so I don't hijack yours anymore
Looking forward to everyone keeping each other honest around here and knocking off some 2023 goals
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@MajorRage Awesome. Good luck!
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Something internally does genuinely feel a bit different this time. I've been dry for January, and after the first weekend, I've not struggled and quite enjoyed it. I currently see shit food and have absolutely no desire to eat it. I know there will be weak spots / weak days, but perhaps if I succumb on these days and discover just how shit shit food is then it'll kill the desire permanently.
I've always been pretty good at following a plan. Thus, I've written one out already to get me through to 16 weeks out which is around mid July. I'll have no problems following this at all. It's loosely based around previous ones with 100 press-ups / 3-400 ab exercises every day, 20-25 mins resistance bands 6 days a week, and then cardio of 2 days run / 1 day skip continuously. Running around 30-35k a week at the moment (one long one of 10+) and around 2500-3k skips. Itensity will build up a bit then back, but if I stick to this, I should be in a good state 16 weeks out (where you need to find running a 10k / 6 miles very easy).
The motivation feels like it did for the first one, which is excitement as well as genuinely trying to make a change for good. I've spent too much of my life floating between 90-95 kg, where as it would be much much healthier to be floating between 80-85kg. Yes, that is a long way to go from here, but I'm not aiming to do it in 2 months. I'm aiming to do it in 9. Very different.
Beers and wine have always been my weakness, and will continue to be so. Although I'm very very partial to Guiness 0.0. At 75 cal for a 440ml, I can have 2-3 occasionally for little calorie penalty, and zero penalty on the next days workout. Do love a glass of wine though, and as the weather warms up, it will be difficult to avoid the Sav Blanc.
Wish me luck, I'll need it!
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Interesting few months since 27th Jan!
The internal feeling of difference felt good til July. Despite May/June having multiple road bumps (GP, US trip) I managed to stay pretty healthy and keep the fat off. But I've had a shocker of a July, which has co-incided with the start of the training plan. I also have a bit of plantar fasciitis on my right foot which is causing issues. Not so much with the foot, or during the running, but I think it's slightly altering my technique which is causing recovery pain with my heel & knee. At this point though, it doesn't feel like any more than a niggle so I continue on.
Stats so far are 7.5kg lost for this year & have run around 1200km. I maintain doing 100 press ups and 10 sets of 35 diff ab exercises every single day as well as some looser / non impact workouts on the non running days.
I'm still aiming for 4 hours in NY, so to give me a bit of wiggle room, I've been doing the 3:45 program on runners world. So far, I've not struggled with it and, gasp, actually enjoyed it. It's based around mainly slow running (5:55-6:00 p/km) with one fast run (internal / fartlek) and one marathon pace per week (total of 5). At the moment, I'm really enjoying them all. The slow running I find very peaceful and easy to recover from. Something satisfying about the garmin telling me at the end of a 10 mile / 16k / 1 hr 35 run that my avg heart rate was 139 with not even going close to zone 5.
Tomorrow is a real test though, as I've got a simple 10k, but told to aim for under 46 mins. I know I'm not capable of that, so I'll see how we go. IT's around 4:37 p/km. I did a mini "Yasso" earlier this week where I could do the 800 splits at around 4:25 pace so I'm thinking I might put a full Yasso workout in the garmin (10x 800 sprint / 200 recover) and just see how I go. Something about the watch telling me I can walk a little bit which helps with the mental part. My fastest every 10k is around 48:50 so my main goal is to beat that.
Then next week I have 20k slow. So it'll be interesting to see if I can do that slow with the ease I've been doing the others.
Might start reporting a bit more as the miles roll on ... I have 2 more things to get through which I'll struggle health wise before the race (camping trip & RWC trip) - both are short though so hopefully won't disrupt me too much ....
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@MajorRage said in My Turn ... Running Down A Dream:
47:25 for the 10k. New PB. That'll do.
Awesome! Good shit mate.
Did you run it at the same pace or vary it up?
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@gt12 I put 10x850 plus 150 recovery on the garmin. Doing this 850 in 3:55 was 46 min pace and I beat it 7 times with the average coming in around 3:47. The recovery 150 started out around 5 min pace but by the 7th I was blowing really hard and had to walk some if it. Ended up running the last 2k at around 5:00 min pace.
Next time I’ll prob just try to run it consistently or negative splits. Start at 5:10 pace and try and take 5 seconds off each time.
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6 weeks to go. It's time to enter the worried about injury phase. And by fuck am I doing that!
I think I'm now at the fittest I've ever been. Just smashed my half marathon best time to pieces by posting a 1:44:30, beating previous best by 3 minutes. It was tough, and I was toast at the end, but I think in a race situation I probably had 1-2 minutes more in me as well. Did it with no water too, although this mornings weigh in was around 1kg up higher than expected, so I guess I was holding a lot of water already.The most pleasing part is that apart from 2 separate km's (one at 5:24 : dropped something twice - idiot & the last one at 4:47), my kms were all between 4:54 & 5:01. Ridiculous consistency.
Thats the last of the fast runs on my program. A few training ones have some intervals, but only for 1-2k at at time. I'm currently running the fast parts at around 4:25-4:35 pace which is a solid 30 seconds per km above where I previous used to do this.
All going worryingly too well ...
