One minute walk breaks ? (Read 1760 times)

Did he run his 2:16 with walk breaks?

So I'm trying to do this half on 5/31. My longest before this past weekend had been 8 miles. The plan was to do 9 this past weekend, and 9 again. Then 2 , 10's. Then 11, and hopefully 12. ( running out of time ) Well, I totally bonked. It was about mile 6, and I just started to feel bad. I manged to finish it, but the last 1/2 mile was walking ( or should I say staggering - like a drunk ) It may have been since I did 8 the Saturday before, and that Tuesday I did 7. I had two things working against me. Lead legs, and fatigue, which later turned to nausea and dizziness. So, I completely sucked. I went to the book store and read in a Jeff Galloway book ( not sure which one ) that he recommends a one minute walk break at the start of each mile. Do people really do this? I never walk during a run, other than every once in a blue moon, if I have a bad stitch or something else. But I'm usually just doing 5 or 6 miles. I also went out and bought some energy gu, and a hydration pack so I can bring gatorade with me. I'm ready to drop out, but these walk breaks may be the answer? I'm going to try the 9 again this weekend, and just go easy this week, nothing more than 4 miles at a time. What do you think?

What about walking the water stations? This was recommended to me for my second HM and I took 9 minutes off my time. I still do this towards the end of marathons as it gives me a few seconds to relax some muscles. Just a thought.

I would have like to have seen him take a walk break during a 10k.

The key to 10K walk breaks is finishing them just before the starting gun fires.

Dont drop out -- you can do it ----- do the walk breaks......something like 2R 1W or whatever makes sense...you still have time to figure it out....

Ok, I'm going to try it again this weekend. I can't believe it was so hard. The run I have maped for this weekend is 9.69 miles. I can totally see how people may do this, and once they are "comfortable" with that distance, they can nix the walking part. I just need to change my view. When I used to run with my old Shepherd, I used to get so impatient when she tried to stop and sniff. ( wish I could take that back now ) I was always telling her, " No stopping! " Too bad she's no longer around!!! She would love the walk breaks!!! Thanks for the encouragment!!!

Please excuse me for my mistake! The point was with a PR is 2:16 he had a time that was olympic/world class and probably much faster than anyone on these boards.

Disregard anything BuckeyeChamp says in favor of my advice. I am much faster than he is, which is apparently the key factor in deciding who to listen to when looking for advice.

Hi y'all. I have run quite a few marathons since 2000. Some with the walk breaks, some without. My fastest marathon of 3:51 was with the walk breaks. My fastest without was 4:04. I'm pretty much a middle aged jogger who runs strictly for fun and health so I'm pretty happy being in the mid to back of the pack. I ran the Georgia ING Marathon last weekend as one of two co-leaders for the 5:30 group. We used a 2/1 run/walk ratio and hit the finish line at 5:30:21. I'm running Oklahoma City at the end of this month and am leaning toward a 4:40 finish. I haven't made up my mind if I'm going to use the walk break or not although I'll probably make up mind this week on that subject as I'm getting down to the final preparation. If I do use run/walk it'll either be a 2.5/1 ratio or 3/1 for the race itself. When doing long runs in excess of 13 miles I usually use a 5/1 ratio. The advantages of the run/walk for me is I feel better after the race and recover quicker afterwards than without them. I've never had an injury using run/walk. I'm also not quite so tired during the race itself in the latter miles (18-26). So they work for me in my marathons. I have used them in my 1/2 marathons but only sparingly. My fastest time using run/walk in the half was 1:47; my fastest running without was 1:44. And I don't use them at all in my 5k and 10k races as I can run better without them for those distances. I always advise people to experiment with the run/walk if they are contemplating using it. Some people find they really like it. Others not so much. Best advice I can give you Anya is try it and see what you think. Regardless of which way you decide to run, best of luck.

By the way, I think walk breaks are great for many runners.

+1 (from a 4:45 marathoning novice)

Anya, Also don't forget that you will have good days and bad days. Maybe you just had a bad day? Don't get me wrong - I'm not opposed to the run/walk thing. I'd just hate to think you'd assume a bad run, which we all have here and there, is representative of your preparation and abilities.

You may be right. The last time that drunken thing happened to me was 3 years ago when I was doing ( trying to do a 10 miler ) I never tried again until now. I just thought I was in better shape now ?! I've been doing a lot of core work, and when I did the 8 miles the week before, no prolbems at all. I hope you're right.