tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4979545333979747089.post7383917375040604272..comments2024-03-01T06:33:20.145-07:00Comments on The Running Man: New York Marathon Mea Culpa; Training UpdateWyatt Hornsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14224514798393011001noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4979545333979747089.post-8587724523988691492012-11-19T15:31:03.320-07:002012-11-19T15:31:03.320-07:00Wyatt,
You should run the Quad Rock 50 next year....Wyatt,<br /><br />You should run the Quad Rock 50 next year. Seems like a good "local" race for those of us in the metro area.Mike Bigelownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4979545333979747089.post-66506091374648963352012-11-08T16:22:26.657-07:002012-11-08T16:22:26.657-07:00The Knicks, the new Brooklyn team, and the NY Gian...The Knicks, the new Brooklyn team, and the NY Giants are all the home team though. They wanted JTs money and other people's money for a stimulus, but yet not allow you to run on their streets. Its pure greed and selfishness. And Bloomberg admitted it - he said it wouldn't have diverted important resources, and the unused generators continue to sit there to prove his point.<br /><br />For marathon, you probably know how I feel about your training a la Renato Canova. As long as you can recover from your 20 milers, the more the merrier if you ask me. You have the endurance for a PR, now you just gotta get as much miles around your desired pace as possible. I think you can go really low. I can't remember what pace you're running those though - if you can't do 20 miles < 7:30 pace, then you ought to trim a few miles off to make sure you can run the right pace.<br /><br />Thats my 2 cents.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376446409534942024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4979545333979747089.post-67618424068474486762012-11-08T08:30:16.889-07:002012-11-08T08:30:16.889-07:00Great post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wan...Great post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your blog posts.<br /><br />nj physical therapistshttp://www.totalbodynj.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4979545333979747089.post-70356630804250384952012-11-07T08:14:18.854-07:002012-11-07T08:14:18.854-07:00I just thought the call was handled in the worst p...I just thought the call was handled in the worst possible way. Telling runners all week that the race was going to go on and then waiting until Friday night to pull the plug. Whitenberg makes half a million dollars a year, and at that pay you don't make bush league mistakes like this.<br /><br />I still have no idea what happens next year. Hopefully the folks who were in this year get in automatically this year. I'll definitely go back. NYC is a great town. I don't consider it a wasted trip as I crammed about 10 days of awesome stuff into a long weekend.browniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505392867686096325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4979545333979747089.post-47428247710904599992012-11-05T15:01:57.791-07:002012-11-05T15:01:57.791-07:00Wyatt -
First off, I appreciate your contrition fo...Wyatt -<br />First off, I appreciate your contrition for the NYCM debacle. I have biased opinions because I had several good friends, including all 3 of my LT100 pacers, running and they got really hosed on the whole deal. And I really can't find the logic to say it was OK to hold a football game for 80K fans, but cancelling the marathon was the right thing. Bottom line was that it was a mess all around. Their biggest mistake was not making a call early and sticking with it.<br /><br />As for your thoughts on training, I don't know that I can offer much as you have much more experience. I will say that I think you are running a ton of 20 milers, so I don't think endurance will be a problem. I normally only run about 3 or 4 for a full cycle. And I rarely lead into them with anything close to a 10 or 11 miler. But, I don't usually run more than about 55 miles for a peak marathon week. Another thought is that you kind of have to mix up cycles. What works one time may not work the next. The goal is to constantly give your body new and different stress to avoid plateaus. Some coaches think that the more a cycle works for you, the more you need to do something different the next. It sure seems you are doing a great with tinkering.<br /><br />I am still keeping Woody's run in the back of my mind. But, with my latest set back, I am not sure I will be ready. I haven't run anything close to 20 miles in almost 3 months.<br /><br />Anyway, good luck. As always I appreciate following along!<br /><br />AJAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256410616083520026noreply@blogger.com