If you’ve ever suffered a bonk or “hit the wall” in the marathon (i.e., if you’ve ever RUN a marathon), then this Coach Jay Johnson podcast is for you. Dr. Trent Stellingwerff of the Canadian Sport Center – Pacific shares his keys to successful fueling for the marathon.
A season-ending “short” 4-mile race shows the value of high mileage training across the spectrum of distances, even when lacking race-specific preparation.
High mileage training and a steady, relaxed pacing strategy led to a completely unexpected win at the 2011 Towpath Marathon.
Despite having handicapped myself a bit at the River Run Half-Marathon by forgetting my watch, the scenic downhill course still yielded a new half-marathon PR of 1:23:33 and a 2nd place finish in the age group.
This year’s edition of the Towpath Ten-Miler served as a litmus test on the mile-heavy, speedwork-light training approach, and provided for a pretty thrilling race for fourth place in the process.
This whole base-building thing is overrated. That’s why I’m going ahead and, with a low-cost plan that basically means only paying for the race, planning to run the marathon in the Texas city that rhymes with Boston on February 20.
With 8 weeks of training after the Akron Marathon, I was able to improve on the predicted 1:27 finish time from various online calculators and deliver a 1:24:45 at the Cleveland Fall Classic Half-Marathon, a new PR by over 10 minutes.
Looking back at the Akron Marathon experience, there are several lessons on race strategy execution and the training plan that can provide insights into preparations for Boston 2011.
Despite falling short of the 3:00 marathon goal due largely to a poorly executed race strategy, this report summarizes a race that resulted in a over-five-minute personal record on the challenging and hilly Akron Marathon course.
After all the goal-setting and training, there is still one more step you must take for a successful marathon – planning out your race strategy. Here are some tips on how to do so effectively.
