Recent content by SteveC702

No big goal races in the immediate future, I am trying to get into a couple of half marathons in the fall, so that's why I am messing around with running a bit more miles than I usually do right now (but dialing back the intensity of my quality days a little bit). If you saw my strava post for...

Apologies for not posting in a really really really long time. (although I have been popping my head in once in awhile to see what's going on). Now that I sort of have a few minutes, thought I would share some highlights from the best 19 day stretch of racing that I have had in at least a couple...

Hell of an effort and glad the timing worked out for you that your dad was just a couple of miles down the road from when you started having issues. Your short recap also reminded me of another lesson that should be shared - it's not always your original injury that gets you in the marathon. My...

It depends on how long you were cross-training beforehand and if you are actually sufficiently healed. (and later part only you really know, and you don't really know until you are 20 miles or so into the race). I have done this twice, and it didn't work out particularly well either time. The...

Only thing that mattered was that I found another gear to get by the women's winner with a mile to go.

Congrats @ChiefD for the PR! Sorry our timing (expo, pre-race, post-race) keep on being 1-2 hours off and never got a chance to meet up. I got home and just got slammed at work, so I'll try to post a race report by this weekend (well, by Sunday night). That was probably one of the more dramatic...

@ChiefD - messaged you back man. Looks like there might be a small window that tomorrow could work. (if my travel plans go a bit more smooth or if you guys are running slightly late). I'll keep you updated on where I am at, but don't wait around too long since if I recall correctly you have a...

That would probably work, I am staying with a friend who probably wants to do his pre-race shakeout run early and then I want to go out to get my bib and also get lunch fairly early as well. The only other thing that might throw things off is if I get there early on Friday and just knock out the...

I have been skimming this thread about every 3-4 days for the past couple of months and must have missed this. (I wasn't even signed in, and just got a notification when I did). Shoot me a message when you know when you might head over to the expo, would be up for meeting up if you are.

I wouldn't call myself an expert on it, but I do have messed with it some. To be honest, I personally don't do well on a "3-quality-days per week" schedule. I have been using a 2 workouts per week schedule for awhile. I will make a recommendation on 2-3 modifications you can try if you find the...

Just think of it as a half-marathon with a 30-minute bathroom break in between.

Just checking back in to say hi. I took last week off from pretty much everything (running, message boards, strava) to give myself a break physically and mentally, but did drop in a couple of times to see what everyone else was up to. Great race from MAC and some hilarious stories about...

Thanks, and yep :). Also need to be one of the first 2 Taiwanese runners across the line since there's already one qualifier. The top 2 Taiwanese entrants have run 2:16 and 2:18, although both are dealing with issues and those PRS are 2-4 years old, so it *should* be a matter of getting the time.

Thanks @MAC My race goes off at 5:20 PM EST on Saturday night. (so 6:20 PM CST, 7:20 MST, 8:20 PST, etc...) There should be a live internet race feed, I think. It'll probably pop up on their website on race day. http://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/ I got bib number 26. Race is pretty stacked with...

I read this assessment about heat/humidity training a few years ago, and I think I mostly agree with it, and it goes like this: Humidity/Heat training is most beneficial if you are going to be racing in heat/humidity. However, training in heat/humidity will NOT give you additional benefits over...