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Getting passed 20-22 miles?? (Read 174 times)

Tenacious

Moving right along....

posted: 1/19/2008 at 5:58 AM

One of the things that frightens me the most about finishing a full is getting passed the 20th or 22nd mile where most people hit "the wall." I would be interested in hearing anything special aside from taking it one step at a time that anyone has used to help them through those miles. J

By failing to prepare, you are prepairing to fail. Benjamin Franklin

perfesserr

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 1/19/2008 at 10:13 PM
modified: 1/19/2008 at 10:14 PM

It seems simple, but know your pace and stick with it, especially in the early miles. I keep learning this, over and over again. Jacksonville last month, I went out too fast and it was a disaster, it was a death march in the second half. Result: 4:15 and I felt like I was gonna die Dead

Friday in Dubai I went out at a good disciplined pace and ran even splits (or very close). I was being passed by a lot of runners in the first half. Toward the end, I was running the same pace and passing them. One of them remarked, "you're running fast". I said, no, just steady! Result: 3:54 and felt good Big grin

I much prefer the second method! Oh, and one more thing--carbs. Know what you need during the run and get it.

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nlfortner

posted: 1/22/2008 at 5:49 AM

Even though I hit the wall at 21-22, the pain increased exponentially through mile 25. It took every drop of my will to not stop "running," my pace fell to 12:00 min miles and I was in aweful pain. Perfesser is right, know your pace and stick to it through out. Looking back, I ran way to fast the first half even after telling myself I would not do it. I got caught up in the moment and felt so great that I thought I could sustain it. The other thing I plan to do different this time is add one training run that is between 22 and 24 miles long. I know there is controversy over this distance of your longest training run, but I think it would have done me good to experience that much time on my feet prior to the marathon. Hopefully I will add that run in this program as my last long run around 4 weeks out and we can all see if it works. I would like to experience finishing the marathon with something left in the tank and not crash the way I did last time.

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