Sub 1:30 Half Marathon in 2019 (Read 641 times)

Yep, Nathan Jones.  When I played cricket against him he was quite overweight, then a few years later I heard he's got into endurance racing.  I think he's placed in the Coast to Coast and has about a 2:40 marathon.

Keen - Yeah, I've been running exclusively on Altras for a few years now, so zero drop was not an issue. But the low profile was, the track felt a lot harder than I thought it'd be.

Cfar - hang in there. Now it's an excellent time to pick up strength training as well to keep busy.

me - I ran the first 200's in 34 seconds today. It felt so fast and great, though at a certain point I felt like I really had to increase the stride cause I was doing 300 steps per minute or something. Gotta get that ass working to push me forward.

Mark - I knew I remembered you from somewhere:

JMac - also I have another race.  Dorne Cup Cross Country 8km, Saturday 8 June.

Watson - no different one. I played with the one you’re thinking of at Lancaster Park. The one who now runs played cricket and indoor in North Canterbury

FWIW, I know another Nathan Jones who is a triathlete and lives near me down in Hobsonville (I see him out running from time to time).

I feel like maybe there is some sort of secret Nathan Jones society or something.

Yeah this thread has just become a place for people to talk about New Zealand issues... Let's get back on topic here folks!

To that point: if you were training for a 5K and running 65 MPW, how would you structure that week? I'm finding it a bit challenging to keep mileage that high, get hard workouts in, and recover enough. It's easy for a marathon because your "quality" days are often 15+ miles, but there's no need to do that for a 5K.

Mark - Ultras can definitely turn into eating competitions, and that becomes more true the longer the race is. I've already done two marathons this year without any calories, so if I do this 50k I'll probably just put some Maurten in the water bottles I carry with me and call it good. That run wouldn't (to me) be long enough to justify anything more solid. The race would also quite likely be 95F/35C+ at the start (and super-humid in this part of the state), so any fuel would have to be really easy on the stomach.

From what I've been told chicken noodle soup is definitely a favorite since it's a bit salty and easy to get down. I've known people who completely avoid processed foods & sweets on a regular basis who will think nothing of downing handfuls of Oreos, gummy bears, M&Ms, and washing it all down with Coke during an ultra. I guess it's whatever looks good at the time!

CFarr - Did the PT say what the actual issue is/may be? It's not ideal, but at least you do have the exercises and you can bike to maintain some fitness.

Flavio - Somehow I had forgotten you wear Altras as well. 34 sec 200s? *low whistle* Wowza. Those average times for the different distances are all really nice.

JMac - Welcome back. Your question is relevant to my own interests. I'm not really focused on anything at the moment, just trying to build more speed. I've been concentrating mostly on Intervals and Reps, with some hill efforts (either 10-15 sec all-out sprints or ~1min repeats), and occasionally longer intervals (maybe 10 minutes) at a touch over T effort.

For the last few weeks I've been experimenting with a higher-cushioned pair of shoes for easy and LRs (Altra Torin 3.5), and using my usual Altra Escalantes for speedy days. While I can certainly tell a difference between the cushion in the shoes, I'm not sure that it's really making much difference fore me - if that makes sense. Has anyone else noticed something like this? It really makes me want to just rotate a couple pairs of the Escalante for training days and call it good.

JMac - I'd consider putting a rest day in there each week.  I'm sure with 5k training there are some quite beastly workouts, and a straight-up rest day will do wonders for the recovery.  If you don't want to sacrifice too much mileage you could always make one of your easy days a double.