Is it all just a marketing Sham? (Read 1698 times)

I give up.

I should have started with this. I feel dumber for having participated in this conversation. To the OP: you've done a grand total of one 26 mile training run in which you ran at 110 seconds per mile slower than your recent 10k pace. That should be a very easy pace for you. Had you been running about a minute per mile faster and taken in only those fluids and calories that you listed in your first post, you would have almost certainly come to know the wall. You've had many, many more experienced runners--some faster than you, some not--assure you that the wall exists and what's more, science is on our side. There's not a whole lot else we can do. You had a good training run and you didn't bonk. Good for you. Lots of first time marathoners (and not first timers for that matter) would do well to take as conservative approach. If you go slow enough, you'll never hit the wall. But if you're actually interested in finding your limits and finding out how fast you can really race a marathon, you're going to have to risk stepping over the line--and if and when you do, the wall will be waiting.

LMAO - Some people like to know what they are getting into, so they ask all kinds of silly questions before they are in a mess. Like What if? What happens? Is it posssible? and then some people have to experience problems first and then wonder what happened . Which are you Jake

Asking questions - good. Knowing everything before you experience it - less good. Truly, I surrender. But promise to revive this thread after your third or fourth marathon. Your new perspective will be interesting. And I'm sadly the latter. I had to learn on my third marathon - when I turned an attempted 4:00 marathon into a 4:53 and almost a trip to the hospital cuz I thought I already knew it all. During my 1:20 last 10-k, I came to realize that science occasionally works.

Trent, I didn't read the previous 6 pages of ridiculous comments until now. Yes, you did say that. Pervert

This thread now contains the word, "pervert" twice. It is sure to show up in such a search. Good luck!

Wasn't it it "Boobie Horn" that used to be the top Google search phrase that brought people to RA?

Wasn't it it "Boobie Horn" that used to be the top Google search phrase that brought people to RA?

You realize I now have to go Google "boobie horn." Again. MTA: Sad. Not even first page. However: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsHMliU0WME

I should have started with this. I feel dumber for having participated in this conversation.

How do you think I feel, I'm also done with this one. Anyone got a grenade?

I've read the purpose of the long run is to run slow. Which I did up until the last 5km, when I tried to spend all I had.

The purpose of the long run is to build your endurance aerobic system, and it words differently for different people. Some people need more of one thing or another, I would ask how you felt after the run and the following days ahead. They want lower HR's so you can be comfortable, for the majority, it means running slow, but it might not be the thing for everyone.