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AndyPants

Nov 5, 12 10:59

Post #176 of 183 (438 views)

Re: Fall Marathon Thread ( 2012 ) [eabecker] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

I'm a canuck so I'll be turkey-free... gobble gobble!

However, I am returning from a biz trip from NJ on Thurs so my legs might be in "interesting" shape.... I'm trying to treat it like a forced taper in compression stockings. :-)

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aTomic

Nov 5, 12 11:19

Post #177 of 183 (432 views)

Re: Fall Marathon Thread ( 2012 ) [blwmhv] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Even though my planned marathon is January 26th, since it's in Yuma, AZ and the temp will be 65-70F, I'm considering it a "fall" activity. Heck, in Arizona, we have Summer and "not" Summer - those are our seasons.

Since I'm still training for the 111 mile Tour de Tucson in two weeks, training has been a bunch of biking, a swim per week and 3 runs per week with weekly mileage around 15 miles or so. I haven't run a full mary since St. George in 2003 so I'm looking forward to this one. Since I'm stubborn and don't want to loose my base of swimming and biking (St. George 70.3 is 12 weeks after Yuma) I'll still be biking and swimming and working on a mixture of (1) medium run, (1) speedwork run and one buildup run (starting at 12 and working my way to 18ish) each week, not including some short recovery runs. Should be interesting. It all starts on Nov 19th (tour is on the 17th). The challenge will be keeping up the training not only on my off season, but also during the holidays with a wicked crazy schedule.

Yuma marathon is a small event - probably 300 runners if even. It's a very flat out and back course. Shooting for sub 4 - not fast for some, but I've never been fast.
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eabecker

Nov 5, 12 11:33

Post #178 of 183 (429 views)

Re: Fall Marathon Thread ( 2012 ) [AndyPants] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Ahh for sure! Best of luck in Seattle then! I hope it treats you well.
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cyberjunkie21

Nov 5, 12 13:38

Post #179 of 183 (406 views)

Re: Fall Marathon Thread ( 2012 ) [blwmhv] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

I'm in for the Houston Marathon this year. Was hoping when I signed up last year it might be a prelude to IM TX, but not this time. Doing the 1/2 mary in Dallas as a tune up. Aiming for a modest goal of sub 4 hour as it will be my 2nd full. Actually doing proper training this time and it feels great so far!
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natethomas

Nov 5, 12 18:01

Post #180 of 183 (384 views)

Re: Fall Marathon Thread ( 2012 ) [cyberjunkie21] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Also did Manchester in place of NYC. Got a BQ -5 on a hilly course, but really wanted a sub 3:00 time. I probably pushed too hard in the first half to keep on sub 3:00 pace, but it wasn't the course for a real fast time.

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zoom

Nov 18, 12 13:59

Post #181 of 183 (313 views)

Re: Fall Marathon Thread ( 2012 ) [blwmhv] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Checking back in. Just did Philly. Hung with the 3:05 pacer for as long as I could. Finished a little shy of 3:06 for a PR and BQ. Not too bad for 10 weeks of run specific training (not including taper period). Pretty good running weather. More running downhill than I expected. The quads and hamstring told me how much downhill it was at around mile 23 :)

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AndyPants

Nov 18, 12 14:22

Post #182 of 183 (301 views)

Re: Fall Marathon Thread ( 2012 ) [zoom] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Nicely done! Enjoy your result and pat yourself on the back.

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blwmhv

Nov 18, 12 14:54

Post #183 of 183 (288 views)

Re: Fall Marathon Thread ( 2012 ) [zoom] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Congrats on the BQ, solid run!

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