RunningAHEAD - Topic: When training for a half, how many miles is your longest run? (page 2)

C-R

posted: 2/6/2009 at 4:43 PM

I sighted what you did there SR

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mikeymike

posted: 2/6/2009 at 4:44 PM

Whoa now, John A. If you're gonna run 17.9 and you're near the Wachusett Res you might as well go all the way around and call it "Stu's". And then your answer would be 30k. Plus 30k sounds like such a good answer. It's metric and everything.

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xor

posted: 2/6/2009 at 4:45 PM
modified: 2/6/2009 at 4:45 PM

Quote from C-R on 2/6/2009 at 4:43 PM:

I sighted what you did there SR

ssshh. It's a secret. (though not an enigma)

C-R

posted: 2/6/2009 at 5:13 PM

Quote from xor on 2/6/2009 at 4:45 PM:

ssshh. It's a secret. (though not an enigma)

I Enola what you mean

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Phidippides

posted: 2/6/2009 at 6:16 PM

Quote from mikeymike on 2/6/2009 at 4:44 PM:

Whoa now, John A. If you're gonna run 17.9 and you're near the Wachusett Res you might as well go all the way around and call it "Stu's". And then your answer would be 30k. Plus 30k sounds like such a good answer. It's metric and everything.

From my house to the STUs course is 1 mile.....run the 30K and then run one mile back home, and suddenly I have a 20.6 distance............. YEAH -- thats it --- I change my answer to 20.6

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posted: 2/6/2009 at 7:11 PM

Quote from C-R on 2/6/2009 at 5:13 PM:

I Enola what you mean

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AmoresPerros

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posted: 2/6/2009 at 10:52 PM

I have a 26.2 mile course that I run once a year. Can I use that?

It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.

Bonkin

posted: 2/6/2009 at 10:53 PM

Quote from AmoresPerros on 2/6/2009 at 10:52 PM:

I have a 26.2 mile course that I run once a year. Can I use that?

Why not? Two halves make a whole.

When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

AmoresPerros

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posted: 2/6/2009 at 10:55 PM

Quote from Bonkin on 2/6/2009 at 10:53 PM:

... Two halves make a whole.

Not if my garmin says otherwise...

It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.

xor

posted: 2/6/2009 at 10:55 PM

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.

AmoresPerros

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posted: 2/6/2009 at 11:06 PM

Quote from xor on 2/6/2009 at 10:55 PM:

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.

Like to see you prove that on a track during a mile race Smile

It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 2/7/2009 at 1:09 AM

Quote from mikeymike on 2/6/2009 at 4:13 PM:

Here's the scientific formula I used to come up with 18.3 by the way... 1.) I have a 10 mile loop that I run all the time (when there aren't 5-foot snowbanks, that is) that I call the Forest Glen loop. 2.) I have an 8.3 mile loop that I run all the time (when there aren't 5-foot snowbanks that is) that I call the Norden Sturgess loop. 3.) Sometimes I run them both, back-to-back. Forest Glen loop + Norden Sturgess loop = 18.3 miles. Sah-WEEET.

Heh...I almost changed my 16 ish to say 15.6 because I think that is what my current favorite "loop around town" works out to be, but I couldnt remember for sure. And by the time I train for a half again I may change my loop.

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Runnerjohn

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posted: 2/7/2009 at 12:19 PM
modified: 2/7/2009 at 12:21 PM

I don't measure the total of most my runs. When I'm feeling good, my easy pace is 7:30-7:45. If I'm really dragging, it's closer to 8:15-8:30. Overall, it averages to right about 8:00 miles, so that's what I base the length of my runs on. If I want to go 8 miles, I run for 64 minutes. 12 miles, 1:36. If it ends up being 5 minutes short or long (usually long), it's no big deal. I put in enough miles that it all averages out. Smile

A couple of years ago, when I was running my annual half in the low 1:20's, I was only going 14-16 on my long runs. I did a lot of long repeats (miles) in preparation, though. Putting in the miles will get you to the finish line. Like someone mentioned before, though, you have to train differently if you want to race it. There are some really good half training plans on places like runnersworld.com or runningplanet.com, with different levels for different goal levels.

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