Doesn't Get Easier

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Member Since:

Aug 10, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon PR - 3:05 (3:06 at Boston)

Completed a dozen marathons and a handful of 50 mile ultras.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Consistent aerobic and strength training.

Christie Clinic Half Marathon 4/27/24

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 1:35 in half marathon.  Then might consider taking a shot at full marathon again.

Personal:

I started more dedicated running and racing in my thirties.  Eventually I developed symptomatic bradycardia and SVT which required a cardiac pacemaker implant and a cardiac cath ablation.  It has taken a long time to get back to running consistently again.  Counting my blessings and trying to remain more balanced with fitness.

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Miles:This week: 5.12 Month: 74.95 Year: 258.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.750.000.000.0011.75

11.75 mi in the morning. Over the past couple of weeks I've come to realize that I've been doing a lot of things wrong since taking up running in 2005.  You'd think I would have had it figured out by now.  All that time I was focused on the wrong thing, which was running itself.  A paradigm shift.

Comments
From steve ash on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 09:39:37 from 67.2.89.221

There is definitely some wisdom in that I think. Sometimes you just have to let go and "use the force" so to speak. When I was hyper-focused on training to the exclusivity of everything else, I only ended up over trained..

From SlowJoe on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 08:34:52 from 45.18.50.53

Hmmmm, I'm curious to know what the right thing to focus on is, if it isn't running. Although when I don't get the ancillary things right, my running does go down the toilet.

From Bob on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 12:33:03 from 98.222.16.15

Yeah, I wasn't very revealing. This may sound extreme, but I've come to realize that my best running body depends more on nutrition than anything else. I use to think training, even sleep, was more important. Definitely not for me.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 12:36:23 from 24.10.247.181

We are all, as they say, an experiment of one.

How about a list of some of the things you have been doing wrong?

From Bob on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 16:15:47 from 98.222.16.15

Rob, "a lot of things" was related to nutrition mostly. I've spent several years eating too little of the things I needed most. At this point, I'm starting to think it's why my training has declined and paces have slowed. A couple years ago my heart was palpitating and I had very low energy. Went to the cardiologist and was told I was over trained. Over trained! I hardly felt like I was running. I took last year off for the most part to heal, but all along I think it was due to my poor nutrition. You remember I made a change a couple weeks ago. I'm amazed how fantastic I feel.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 16:33:25 from 24.10.247.181

Makes sense Bob. I know that if I have just a day or two of poor nutritional choices, I feel it in my runs.

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