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- From: page@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Thomas Page)
- Subject: Re: Eating on long runs
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 17:34:02 GMT
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- In article <BzMBMy.2Hyr@austin.ibm.com>, spit@austin.ibm.com (John F. Spitzer) writes:
- |>
- |> Thanks to everyone who replied for all the advice!
- |>
- eating on long run stuff deleted.
- |>
- |> Now another question... I'm following Galloway's marathon schedule
- |> for a 3:30 marathon (hey, it's my first!) He doesn't give any in-
- |> dication of what pace to set on the long slow runs. My goal pace
- |> is 8 minutes/mile, and I was running between 9 and 10 minutes/mile
- |> on my long run. Is that okay? My speed training's going fine, but
- |> I'm still worried about overdoing it on race day and bonking at the
- |> 20 mile mark :^( What are y'all's experiences with putting the
- |> speed and distance training together on race day?
- |> --
-
- I too followed Galloway's schedule and set out to run my first marathon in
- 3:30 and actually did it in 3:25. It was fairly easy, no dramatic wall, just
- gradually increasing leg fatigue. I did my long runs at around 9 minutes/mile
- or a little faster. I did 6 runs between 18 and 22 rather than pushing all the
- way to 26 as Galloway advocates. I would say if you can do a 38-39 minute 10K,
- a 3:30 marathon will be easy, and a reasonably conservative goal for a first
- marathon. If you are a 41 min. 10K runner and picked 3:30 as a goal because
- the charts said you should be able to, then it is probably over-ambitious for
- a first marathon.
-
- If you are running 9-10 min/mile on long runs, you are probably
- doing many shorter runs (your non-speed, non long run runs) at a little faster
- than 8 min per mile, which is your target pace. Perhaps you should try a
- half marathon at that pace, complete with a mini carbo load and mini taper,
- just to get up your confidence.
-
- One note about carbo loading: do it 2 and 3 days before, not the night before.
- The stuff you eat the night before will mostly be carried around in your stomach
- for 26 miles.
-
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