I'd be extremely infuriated by their choice because the beach track they ran on is about 6km long. They easily could’ve used more of it than they did. The guy who is with them and is doing an Olympic tri on each continent instead of a marathon used the entire beach track. No idea why the runners didn’t do the same.Yikes! Paying all that money for this challenge, and all they can come up with for one course is an overglorified track? Oh I'd be mad.
I have not nearly been running as much as I should. The weather has been so rough with cold and snow. Finally got out yesterday for an easy 5 miles. I have princess in a few weeks so need to at least stay maintained for that. February is always a rough month given weather for me.Today’s Question: How are you managing the “off” season, and if it is not off for you what are you up to?
I'd be extremely infuriated by their choice because the beach track they ran on is about 6km long. They easily could’ve used more of it than they did. The guy who is with them and is doing an Olympic tri on each continent instead of a marathon used the entire beach track. No idea why the runners didn’t do the same.
My thighs hurt just reading thatLooks like delays caused some additional issues in Spain. They had to move to an entirely different town than planned, and they were only able to get a permit for a very small, very hilly loop. They did THIRTY THREE laps with 2000 feet (610m) of climbs and drops. Sounds miserable!
Looks like delays caused some additional issues in Spain. They had to move to an entirely different town than planned, and they were only able to get a permit for a very small, very hilly loop. They did THIRTY THREE laps with 2000 feet (610m) of climbs and drops. Sounds miserable!
Geez, paying EUR40,000 for a once in a lifetime experience should mean everything is planned out way in advance. two races that sound much less than advertised should be cause for people to be asking for their money back and heading home.
Incoming opinion from a member of Team Not-So-Fast, so feel free to ignore it. I only dream of things like being able to submit a Proof of Time.SAFD: I took about 3 weeks "off" of structured training after the full and just did 2-3 miles a handful of times. I'm now launching into training for a local half at the end of March and am on the fence whether I aim to PR it, or run very easy with friends. Open to your advice, strangers on the internet: should I try to capitalize on the fitness I gained building to the marathon and focus on speed over the next 8 weeks to PR, or should I just enjoy the local race with friends?
My half PR is 1:56 from this same race in March of last year. In October I ran 2:00 as a marathon training race (having not focused on speed since the PR effort in March) and if I sought a PR this year I'd probably for 1:53 as a goal based on Corral A's typical cutoffs...
I am in a similar boat, I only need to shave off 23 seconds per mile on my 10-mile PR to make it into corral A for the Disneyland half (assuming the cutoffs stay the same). My 10-mile PR was set when the most I had run was 10 miles, and now I have done 2 marathons. But I have also only done 2-3 miles at a time since Dopey, so I've surely lost a good bit of fitness in the last month or two since I was out with Covid in December for a while. My race is further out (late May) so I think I will try and go for it. But marathon training has made me so slow, I have no idea if all that mileage will translate to a bit more speed now that my legs are mostly recovered from the pounding they got from eight months of marathon training milage. You only need to shave off a little over two minutes so if you're feeling good I would go for it if it were me...at least for me it is hard to PR in summer races so March is a much better time.SAFD: I took about 3 weeks "off" of structured training after the full and just did 2-3 miles a handful of times. I'm now launching into training for a local half at the end of March and am on the fence whether I aim to PR it, or run very easy with friends. Open to your advice, strangers on the internet: should I try to capitalize on the fitness I gained building to the marathon and focus on speed over the next 8 weeks to PR, or should I just enjoy the local race with friends?
My half PR is 1:56 from this same race in March of last year. In October I ran 2:00 as a marathon training race (having not focused on speed since the PR effort in March) and if I sought a PR this year I'd probably for 1:53 as a goal based on Corral A's typical cutoffs...
If I were in your shoes, I'd train for the PR unless the main reason you signed up for the race was to run with friends. As you eluded to, you likely have a lot of "bonus" fitness after the marathon training cycle.SAFD: I took about 3 weeks "off" of structured training after the full and just did 2-3 miles a handful of times. I'm now launching into training for a local half at the end of March and am on the fence whether I aim to PR it, or run very easy with friends. Open to your advice, strangers on the internet: should I try to capitalize on the fitness I gained building to the marathon and focus on speed over the next 8 weeks to PR, or should I just enjoy the local race with friends?
My half PR is 1:56 from this same race in March of last year. In October I ran 2:00 as a marathon training race (having not focused on speed since the PR effort in March) and if I sought a PR this year I'd probably for 1:53 as a goal based on Corral A's typical cutoffs...