Marine Corps Marathon 2021 log

[Anonymous]

Last weeks runs:

Tuesday- 3.67 miles 40:03 time. Hill workout. 10 minutes easy then hills, then another 10 easy

Thursday- tempo workout. 15 easy, 15 moderate, 15 easy. 4.58 miles

Saturday- 3 miles easy. 30:34 time

Sunday- 12 miles 2:19:16 time. My long runs are with my race team. I’m running the marathon with runners with disabilities so there’s walk breaks that I don’t usually take in my long runs.

This training program is mostly slow-paced runs, my only goal for this race is to support my team so we are all able to complete the marathon. I’m having a great time and avoiding injuries (so far!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last weeks runs:

Tuesday- 3.67 miles 40:03 time. Hill workout. 10 minutes easy then hills, then another 10 easy

Thursday- tempo workout. 15 easy, 15 moderate, 15 easy. 4.58 miles

Saturday- 3 miles easy. 30:34 time

Sunday- 12 miles 2:19:16 time. My long runs are with my race team. I’m running the marathon with runners with disabilities so there’s walk breaks that I don’t usually take in my long runs.

This training program is mostly slow-paced runs, my only goal for this race is to support my team so we are all able to complete the marathon. I’m having a great time and avoiding injuries (so far!)

This is so inspiring!
Your Sunday run was almost half marathon already!

[Anonymous]

Some personal problem has dispirited me completely.
I’ll be back - just don’t know when.
My dog is a beneficiary - we go on long walks every day now.

[Anonymous]

I’m so off-track now.
2-hour daily commute and 1 DC in elementary school and some sort of constant fatigue and a doggie and the desire to keep up with with keeping up the house at some basic-neat level are all all true reasons I am miserably failing at mcm prep.

Ah, I’m not gonna stress myself out.
I will keep doing what I can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m so off-track now.
2-hour daily commute and 1 DC in elementary school and some sort of constant fatigue and a doggie and the desire to keep up with with keeping up the house at some basic-neat level are all all true reasons I am miserably failing at mcm prep.

Ah, I’m not gonna stress myself out.
I will keep doing what I can.

Hey! You can do this. Even if this is just accepting your limitations and trying your best you can do that. Hold your head high, keep trying, sometimes getting back on the horse is about feeling good about yourself. You aren’t going to be a better person for having run the marathon but you’ll be a better person for having tried.

Hope everything is ok with you and know that at least on Internet stranger (who will never run a marathon due to bad feet among other reasons) is rooting for you!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m so off-track now.
2-hour daily commute and 1 DC in elementary school and some sort of constant fatigue and a doggie and the desire to keep up with with keeping up the house at some basic-neat level are all all true reasons I am miserably failing at mcm prep.

Ah, I’m not gonna stress myself out.
I will keep doing what I can.

Hey! You can do this. Even if this is just accepting your limitations and trying your best you can do that. Hold your head high, keep trying, sometimes getting back on the horse is about feeling good about yourself. You aren’t going to be a better person for having run the marathon but you’ll be a better person for having tried.

Hope everything is ok with you and know that at least on Internet stranger (who will never run a marathon due to bad feet among other reasons) is rooting for you!!

Thanks so much for your reply. Some people are so nice!

[Anonymous]

So, it was cancelled.
I postponed it to next year.
I have to do this.

[Anonymous]

3 miles.
Oh so slow.

[Anonymous]

… after a huge break from serious exercise and one devastating loss in family.

[Anonymous]

0 miles of running, but
Lots of walks.
Booster shot side-effects were bad, so I took it easy.
I need to find a new plan…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:0 miles of running, but
Lots of walks.
Booster shot side-effects were bad, so I took it easy.
I need to find a new plan…

What plan are you currently using?

[Anonymous]

I’m off that original plan. So no plan now but just trying to get into a habit of CONSISTENT exercise and running. I was going to look for the plan then life went crazy.
Even ‘the new year - new me’ motto did not help while January is almost done.
It was rough two years on personal front. Rock bottom maybe = two days ago.

Anyway,
The dusty elliptical did some work at last - for one freakin hour. Finally, looks like I will get my money’s worth. Glad did not give it away.
I want to keep it up.

I don’t plan sports these days - just if I have time and energy, then I exercise.
If I plan and then I fail it, I beat myself up bad so I stopped planning - just for now, until this stage is over.

Most importantly, ok to drink responsibly - like one glass of wine a week - if you are training for the marathon?

Any studies on optimal drink amount vs marathon training? I like to ask silly questions that just drop on my head.

[Anonymous]

For the record, one hour elliptical. Feeling good.

[Anonymous]

30 min walk - happy dog
1h basketball - happy dc
45 min eliptical - happy me

And "there is no hard and fast rules when it comes to how long before a race you should stop drinking alcohol."

"If you are going to continue to drink during your training, putting an electrolyte tablet into a glass of water and sipping this alongside your drink can help limit dehydration."

Source: https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/nutrition/hydration/a26869316/when-to-stop-alcohol-before-running-race/

[Anonymous]

Interim goal set: Half-marathon on April 10