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[sneaksoy]

How many marathons have you done to hit the sub 3 mark? I was pacing sub 8 and going to hit my goal of 3:30 until mile 20 just absolutely took me out

Was this your first?

Your time + story is almost exactly the same as my first marathon. First 20 miles felt better than expected at sub 8 and then just blew up in the last six and finished in the 3:40s.

How are you feeling today?

 

[mr jordan04]

checking in with the weekend marathon too

Under 7 per mile for 26 ****en miles…..GEEZ!!

 

[Otaku]

That's what I was thinking, insane pace.

I got covid back at the end of July, and I feel like my lungs/cardio fitness are still not back to normal. It freaking sucks. Have any of you had to deal with that?

 

[xbiker47]

Was this your first?

Your time + story is almost exactly the same as my first marathon. First 20 miles felt better than expected at sub 8 and then just blew up in the last six and finished in the 3:40s.

How are you feeling today?

Yup was my first. Probably put in 6 months of running leading up. Besides half marathon my only long runs before the full was one 16.5 miler and one 20 miler.

 

[dacomeup]

Yup was my first. Probably put in 6 months of running leading up. Besides half marathon my only long runs before the full was one 16.5 miler and one 20 miler.

Damn, I’m doing NYC next month and I hit 20, 22 and have another 22 before starting to taper off.

 

[sssstan]

How many marathons have you done to hit the sub 3 mark? I was pacing sub 8 and going to hit my goal of 3:30 until mile 20 just absolutely took me out

picked up running in 2018 doing a few runs a month before getting more serious about in 2019 with the intention to cross "running a marathon" off my bucket list but got hooked and been on the runners high ever since

-first marathon in '19 finishing LA in 4:27
-second marathon in '20 right before covid shut the world down finishing LA in 3:35
-third marathon this past weekend finishing Long Beach sub 3

have done a few half marathons in between (recently PR'd with 1:23 earlier in May) and i fully credit the pandemic for me getting my time down due to the consistency of getting my miles in. best advice i can give to most is to truly take your runs easy and not worry about the pace. as cliche as it sounds, running truly is a marathon and you only get better from there so the low HR/zone 2 type of training is the best way to get faster, have longevity in the sport and most importantly, enjoy running

 

[buddhashark]

I’m really struggling with this HR zone thing. I usually run 3-5 miles at a time and feel like I’m stuck at a 8:45 pace for two years now. How do you guys calculate your max heart rate and what percentage of that do you train in?

 

[sssstan]

I’m really struggling with this HR zone thing. I usually run 3-5 miles at a time and feel like I’m stuck at a 8:45 pace for two years now. How do you guys calculate your max heart rate and what percentage of that do you train in?

personally use my watch (polar grit x pro) and go off what it uses for the different zones BUT i use that as a base/guideline. generally go off how my body is feeling instead of being to worked up about hitting certain numbers

 

[buddhashark]

personally use my watch (polar grit x pro) and go off what it uses for the different zones BUT i use that as a base/guideline. generally go off how my body is feeling instead of being to worked up about hitting certain numbers

I tried to stay at the high end of zone 2 and it felt like I was walking. Also thinking my max is higher than the typical age-based calculations. Or my Apple watch just isn’t accurate for hr. I know just getting the miles in is the most important thing, but I’d like to make some sory of progress.

 

[kvsm23vs24]

My longest run was 10 miles and I was like that’s enough

Did my first marathon and at mile 18-19 my foot gave out. Had to run/ walk the rest in pain. But still happy as my training was crap. LA I will take much more serious.