The day brings what it does.
I only started doing some serious running 10 years ago at age 50 when I became involved in tri... Up till then I was a 2-3 times a week jogger who wondered what it would be like to 'run' 5 miles! That seemed so far...
This is also my 1st ST post so be kind to me.
But I find it interesting the focus on weekly mileage by almost everyone here... I personally look at time as a better training method for my long distance events... If you can run a marathon in 3 hours, and I can run a marathon in 4 hours, we both complete the 26.2 miles, but I have an extra hour of beating on my legs! Just because you run 40/50/60 mpw it's insane to think I should keep up with your mileage. That's a tremendous amount of extra accumulated fatigue on my poor body!
Now what went wrong in your race? Here's my opinion without knowing you better... You're 45! haha... At 6' 185, that's a bmi of 25? I'm also 6' and have been 185.. I've also been 215... I now float between 170-175 off season and will get close to 165 for the main event...
You might be able to lose a few pounds.
You're 45... nuff said. Good news here is that this was only your 1st mary... You know what to expect next time and you will improve if you train properly for it...
Training on the treadmill is fine... Do set the incline up. I personally just go up .5 - 1%... The treadmill is great for speed work and hill simulation... Just boring as fuck on the long runs. (good for mental toughness though)
If you didn't get sick to the tummy, nutrition was probably ok. You had a plan with the gels, trained that way. All's good.
That pretty much boils it down to the training plan... A good plan will have a good mix of volume and intensity... If you trained at race pace for the majority of your runs, you pretty much set yourself up for the results you got... You say you got to 20 miles in your training. At race pace?.. In the race you got to mi 15(?) before the wheels started falling off. Yep. That's what you trained for.
Long runs should be slow... 1-2 mins slower then your race pace goal. (Zone 2) You're stressing the legs, not your cardio system... Your speed/tempo sessions should fast. (Zone 4-5)... You should avoid spending much time training at race pace. All that gets you is what you got. Don't fixate on weekly mileage... Focus on time... Let the youngsters put in them insane weeks...
I only started doing some serious running 10 years ago at age 50 when I became involved in tri... Up till then I was a 2-3 times a week jogger who wondered what it would be like to 'run' 5 miles! That seemed so far...
This is also my 1st ST post so be kind to me.
But I find it interesting the focus on weekly mileage by almost everyone here... I personally look at time as a better training method for my long distance events... If you can run a marathon in 3 hours, and I can run a marathon in 4 hours, we both complete the 26.2 miles, but I have an extra hour of beating on my legs! Just because you run 40/50/60 mpw it's insane to think I should keep up with your mileage. That's a tremendous amount of extra accumulated fatigue on my poor body!
Now what went wrong in your race? Here's my opinion without knowing you better... You're 45! haha... At 6' 185, that's a bmi of 25? I'm also 6' and have been 185.. I've also been 215... I now float between 170-175 off season and will get close to 165 for the main event...
You might be able to lose a few pounds.
You're 45... nuff said. Good news here is that this was only your 1st mary... You know what to expect next time and you will improve if you train properly for it...
Training on the treadmill is fine... Do set the incline up. I personally just go up .5 - 1%... The treadmill is great for speed work and hill simulation... Just boring as fuck on the long runs. (good for mental toughness though)
If you didn't get sick to the tummy, nutrition was probably ok. You had a plan with the gels, trained that way. All's good.
That pretty much boils it down to the training plan... A good plan will have a good mix of volume and intensity... If you trained at race pace for the majority of your runs, you pretty much set yourself up for the results you got... You say you got to 20 miles in your training. At race pace?.. In the race you got to mi 15(?) before the wheels started falling off. Yep. That's what you trained for.
Long runs should be slow... 1-2 mins slower then your race pace goal. (Zone 2) You're stressing the legs, not your cardio system... Your speed/tempo sessions should fast. (Zone 4-5)... You should avoid spending much time training at race pace. All that gets you is what you got. Don't fixate on weekly mileage... Focus on time... Let the youngsters put in them insane weeks...