El Presidente
"I train conservatively so that I can race recklessly."
Trying to do the carb deplete for a couple of days and I can honestly say I love carb.
Argh I hate the week before the marathon.
Who doesn't love carbs? I started depleting this morning and I'm already feeling sluggish. I had a breakfast of three eggs and a slice of cheese. I'm a believer in taking vitamin supplements and I've upped my dosage this week (of vitamins C, D and E) to hopefully keep any sickness at bay. I kept my mileage higher than usual going into this final week and that seems to have really helped my mental outlook. This week I'll be taking it easy (other than Wednesday's 4 x 1200m workout) and try to not gain any unwarranted weight. With the carb depletion, I typically lose 4-6 pounds, but it's all water weight which I gain right back when I add the carbs and high water intake those last three days.
There probably isn't much to analyze with the first test as it just lays the foundation for future tests, right? Age: 36 Running injury free for 3 years. Weekly mileage: 55-65 MaxHR Guess: 202 PRs 5K: 19:35 10K: 41:42 HM: 1:33:53 M: 3:13:33 This morning's MAF Test results: Time of Day: 5:00 AM Temp.: 31°F (Dew Point: 23°) Target MAF: 149 (after two-mile warm-up) Mile 1: 8:11 Mile 2: 8:14 Mile 3: 8:19 Mile 4: 8:21 Mile 5: 8:27 Anything to learn based upon the results of this first test? Comments would be appreciated.
So I have given up on the carb depletion stuff as I just didn't feel like feeling like crap 6 days before the marathon.
I've lost some confidence unfortunately since Sunday, and hopefulyl something will come back before Monday.
I understand. It's rather strange to feel so lethargic the week leading up to a marathon and expect to do well. Thankfully, I've done this enough times to know that there is a payoff. Come on dcv2002! You know that shaky confidence is just a side effect of the taper (a taper tantrum, if you will). Your training is complete. The runs this week have zero physiological effect on how you will perform on Monday. I ran 7 miles this morning and have now begun the second day of depletion. Let's just say that tomorrow's 4 x1200 at T pace workout is going to be a chore not having any glycogen to pull from. Here is where all the heart rate training should come in handy, right?
Don't know when you are leaving (I'm driving-ferrying-driving up tomorrow AM. Going to take the long route through Hopkinton). My number is 3866 and if you look at this link http://www.runningtimes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8132 there is a picture in there where I might mosey over to around 845/900am Good luck if not and safe travels....
My "fog" seems to have lifted.
Are 25,000 people actually going to be able to fit on school property???