There's not enough casual inline marathon training videos out there, so very happy to be following this series! Hoping to skate a marathon later this year :)
I get a kick out of you young guys having a hard time skating big miles on your big wheels. I'm coming up on 56-years old. I do 25+ mile skates at least three times a week on either 80 or 90 mm wheels max. Last Thursday I did 31 on 90s, and then Saturday I did 30 on 80s. Keep rolling! :-)
Congrats. It's always a bit of an adventure, even if you already know the paths. Skating at your speed in similar parks in my neighborhood I'd have to be prepared to jump over a dog leash after every curve :D
Just hit 18 miles this past weekend! Been training for a marathon for a bit and I love skating for distance. It would be sick to come out and skate the marathon with you!
Just registered in Berlin Halb Marathon with in line skates! 2 & a half months skating! I just bought my 100mm skates! I live in Athens Greece, so if I was a donkey 🐎 could run in our roads☠️... Try to appreciate the place you live😉 Enjoy your trainings! Nice vid
I would try flexibility training, stretching, should help your back chap! 46 years old here just started inline and just finished a road bike ride 56miles ,core,flexibility,stretching are key. Oh and drink more than you think you need too to stay hydrated, and fuel the same way every hour or so,gels or flapjacks are good! 😃
I live in Eugene/Springfield Oregon and it is fairly flat here. My tip is to skate out halfway to your goal and then you finish by coming back home. Being tired you always are motivated to get back home and it always works for me. I just skated 30 miles from East Springfield to West Eugene and then back. It helps changing up the scenery instead of laps on a track or loops around the neighborhood :)
A park in my area has a 4 miles of trails and a one mile loop is suitable for my skates/abilities. So i think i will try to increase laps to do marathon distances. The only thing I hate about the park is that I skate at night after work, so I have to dodge raccoons and javelinas/hogs. A raccoon bit my skates while I was talking to a man.
If you're not already doing it, I would add a multi skate tool, just in case you need to tighten some loosening screws. That happened to me on one of my rides on a rough trail, one of the screws holding the frame to skate came loose. Luckily I noticed it before it fell off completely since I started to hear a clicking sound every time I put the skate down to glide. Also if you can find a skate buddy to train with that makes the miles go a lot faster. Even if they don't skate and are riding a bike. Good luck on your marathon. I'm thinking of doing one in October.
I skate marathon distances. Finished 47,08km (29,20 miles) this Saturday in my Twister Edge 110mm skates. You NEED a waterbladder on you, an extra pair of socks. Some kind of sandals, and extra energy. About 2-3 FlapJacks. You'll prolly have one left at the end of your ride, but that's better than needing energy to go home and not having any. :) I also take a sunscreen-stick with me and some bandaids. Keep on skating! :)
That is not correct. I skate every two days about 60 km. I do this with 3 L of diet coke BEFORE I eat for the day. The human body is quite amazing. With 3 flap jacks you can climb Mount Everest - I'm not kidding either!
Great video again man! I’ve just started meeting up with a group that skates here in downtown Austin every Monday, and it’s a blast! First time we went about 12 miles, and it felt nice and easy, second time we went 9 and I was beat, lol. The guy who organizes the skates has done the Athens-Atlanta race a couple of times, he says it’s fun, but brutal. Good luck on the marathon, but it looks like you’re gonna be able to do the distance fairly easily. If you don’t already, I would recommend carrying extra bolts/axles/spacers/wheels, etc, so that if you have one go bad you don’t have to walk home, lol.
Great seeing some citizen skater training. I’ve always wanted to do North Shore but like you, I hung up my skates a while ago and just now started looking for skates. If you’re already doing 19 with just a few practice sessions, you’ll have no problem. After North Shore, consider doing Athens to Atlanta…86 miles! That was a blast.
I'm 35 and looking to get back into skating after 13 years off. I have an old pair of Roces Fifth Elements that I'm currently trying to find new liners for. I would be grateful for any tips or advice. I really like the channel. I found it yesterday, and I have been watching almost nonstop. Good stuff!
Well thank you! I always recommend Intuition liners but those are $200 so if you want to be more budget conscious option I would look to My Fit liners. I love the Recall's for a basic heat moldable liner with goo support that wont break your bank.
5 more weeks before my holiday, then i will start.. Skates are already waiting, in belgium, that's where i am gonna start.. (bit too mountainy here in norway to start).. Keep up the vids of prep for the marathon
You should check out the app (If you havent already) Alltrails. It shows topography, how much elevation change there is. You might find some stuff thats near by to you that allows for that training. Near me there is a paved trail thats 26 miles long in 1 direction.
Gonna sound like a joke, but in 2020 three guys from Moscow inline skating community got 300km in 21 hours. For me it's pure madness, I got only 75km this summer using 3x100, while two of those guys were using 4x80 frames! Keeping in mind the quality of Moscow roads. I'm sure that you'll be able to make even a double marathon distance skating in the end of this season.
Seeing casey neistat's lastest video where he meets a guy named hella that runs 40 miles a day from LA to NY, made me think what it might be like to rollerblade across the US as a life challenge / goal.
@@ThirtyandRollin Found a couple examples of a 22yo girl that did it and a guy in 2018 on youtube. The girl didnt even take money and got all her meals and lodging provided by people she met along the way. So crazy!
@@MichaelMerritt if there was a nice path a cross Canada I would love to do it but doing a long the highways no thank no shade most the way Do let my opinion stop you you may enjoy it
I've been getting back into skating with some 3x110s around town. Your videos made me go discover both the esplanade and the Fanno creek. Thanks a lot for the inspiration. Now I'm wondering if I could ever do a marathon...
Dude!! Great job man 🙌 that’s impressive. I love trail skating and taking in the scenery. I’m not near ready this year, but maybe next year I might try a marathon.
Oh man, you're gonna be up in my neck of the woods with the North Shore marathon - I've never marathon skated before but now you have me thinking about it. A buddy just hooked me up with some 110s too, might be time to test them out.
I'm planning on skating the North shore marathon! It'll be my second marathon ever. This is only my third year inlining seriously but I ice speedskate too.
I feel the pain and understand ur frustration with pedestrians and stopping for traffic or traffic lights even ……but then when I saw ur video ……I was like damn duuuuuuude you got this with no problems man ……u should try lovin in a real city like me in Brooklyn NYC ……then I could see u gripe …..seriously I gotta stop and wait every 200 feet ……u r way blessed not to deal with that . Good luck Be well Be safe
@@ThirtyandRollin I bet you would , It is a different pace and u must be extremely AWARE of ur environment and really think of safety and understand the immediate emergency 🛑 stop. It is great to watch ur vids becawz as a past skater , yes many many eons ago , in another galaxy , I was an avid skater …..my girlfriend at the time never thought I had feet only wheels. I had recently picked up on a dude named Lawrence who has another RUclips channel called Back to Blading ; he is older than you , and he was a past aggressive inline skater and well he got back into it. His channel is addicting to the point that I just dug out my skates from storage. Omg 😱 they are in nearly perfect condition…..the only problem is getting my fatlazycrustyolass up shake the arthritis and doubts away and do the same. So back to u , did u finally make ur 26 mile goal? If u did , total awesomesauce bro! If not , u will get there ! So as u have conditioned urself for the marathon miles I need ta git my lardass in gear too hahahahaahaha Later dude 🖖🏻
I'm looking to upgrade from my skates to a nicer skate it it worth going from 80 mm inline urban skate to a 100-110 TRI skate most of my skating it on a nice trail during the week and skating at a rink for 2-6 hours on the weekend.
Curious to see your experience of your first marathon! Just done 25km's (15.5 miles) myself this weekend, but only been skating for about 11 months, so lots to work on before considering a marathon.. Greetings from Belgium, Europe!
Let’s meet in Duluth or Florida marathon… if you come in Europe for PARis or Berlin let me know… you re the kind of skater that can reach 1h10 1h15 believe me …
18 miles is a long skate! 16 miles is also my previous longest, can't wait to reach 20, hopefully by next month. Also, how are the 125s? Have they grown on you or do you still prefer 110s? I'm using 110s and considered 125s but unsure.
I enjoy the top cruising speeds and smoothness but I still prefer the manueverability and lower ride height of my longer 110s. But these will be my marathon skates.
You live in the Portland area and don't have access to trails for marathon skating? I suppose you are way out in the suburbs and have to drive long distances everywhere?
seriously ??? don't take this the wrong way but i did 16 miles 2 days after i bought my first inline skates. not a put down at all, but i'm so very surprised someone at your level has never done this before especially since i pretty much suck at skating and somehow pulled it off on day 3. lol
The current world record for a marathon in inline skates is about 57 mins. So you should compare your time with this to see where you fit in the pecking order. You might well be very talented and good luck to you if you are.
@@ThirtyandRollin awww forsure. I'm from California. I just got back into skating. Haven't rode blades in 15 years. As I get better hopefully I'll make a trip out there to go to one of those. I hear a lot about skating conventions in Minnesota.
Your skating technique is a bit inefficient in that even though you seem to do a sort of double push you actually don't do it. My own version of the so-called double push is that when my foot goes forward and to the opposite side I flex my ankle (this is my first push) to bring it back to the NORMAL position then I push with my legs (the second push). I can cruise around 41 km/h using this method. Bare in mind though - I come from the region of Bart Swings, and I've seem him cruise at about 50 km/h. For your information there is a woman in my country that still holds the world record for skating times for 20 km, 30 km, and 50 km. Would you believe that these records were set in 1985 - and they were set in ROLLER SKATES not roller blades. In all that time they have never been broken. All I am saying is that if you are going to make a video on how to skate marathons make damn sure that you are some kind of record holder (that is you can do a marathon in under 1 hour and 5 mins) - otherwise don't bother because you cannot contribute to what is already known about how to skate a marathon.
So in your opinion no one should share their experience? I'm not claiming to be the best by any means but I may inspire others that have never thought of doing a marathon before.
@@ThirtyandRollin You are right and I was wrong. This morning I am sober. I tend to get on ideological rants when I'm a bit tipsy. My mind races too much. I'm sorry about the comment and I don't mean to be mean. I do hope that somewhere in my comment there is at least a bit of useful information. Thanks for putting me in my place, but in a nice way - much respect.
There's not enough casual inline marathon training videos out there, so very happy to be following this series! Hoping to skate a marathon later this year :)
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying it!
I get a kick out of you young guys having a hard time skating big miles on your big wheels. I'm coming up on 56-years old. I do 25+ mile skates at least three times a week on either 80 or 90 mm wheels max. Last Thursday I did 31 on 90s, and then Saturday I did 30 on 80s. Keep rolling! :-)
Yes is hard to fine a place to train for a marathon
Congrats. It's always a bit of an adventure, even if you already know the paths. Skating at your speed in similar parks in my neighborhood I'd have to be prepared to jump over a dog leash after every curve :D
Just hit 18 miles this past weekend! Been training for a marathon for a bit and I love skating for distance. It would be sick to come out and skate the marathon with you!
Thank you for sharing long distance skating :) Just keep striding is so joyful too.
Just registered in Berlin Halb Marathon with in line skates!
2 & a half months skating!
I just bought my 100mm skates!
I live in Athens Greece, so if I was a donkey 🐎 could run in our roads☠️...
Try to appreciate the place you live😉
Enjoy your trainings!
Nice vid
You are going to come last.
@@SK-ow4vw I'm going to come though🦾
Well done!
I just got back from my fourth speedskating lesson and I am absolutely hooked right now haha.
I would try flexibility training, stretching, should help your back chap!
46 years old here just started inline and just finished a road bike ride 56miles ,core,flexibility,stretching are key.
Oh and drink more than you think you need too to stay hydrated, and fuel the same way every hour or so,gels or flapjacks are good! 😃
Great input! I will do more flexibility training.
I live in Eugene/Springfield Oregon and it is fairly flat here. My tip is to skate out halfway to your goal and then you finish by coming back home. Being tired you always are motivated to get back home and it always works for me. I just skated 30 miles from East Springfield to West Eugene and then back. It helps changing up the scenery instead of laps on a track or loops around the neighborhood :)
Ya that's a great point!
Yoooo, NORTH SHORE. Represent here
The marathon is coming just keep it up! Good work!
A park in my area has a 4 miles of trails and a one mile loop is suitable for my skates/abilities. So i think i will try to increase laps to do marathon distances.
The only thing I hate about the park is that I skate at night after work, so I have to dodge raccoons and javelinas/hogs. A raccoon bit my skates while I was talking to a man.
Omg! Crazy Raccoons!
If you're not already doing it, I would add a multi skate tool, just in case you need to tighten some loosening screws. That happened to me on one of my rides on a rough trail, one of the screws holding the frame to skate came loose. Luckily I noticed it before it fell off completely since I started to hear a clicking sound every time I put the skate down to glide. Also if you can find a skate buddy to train with that makes the miles go a lot faster. Even if they don't skate and are riding a bike. Good luck on your marathon. I'm thinking of doing one in October.
Will do!
Definitely has inspired me 💪🏼
Really wish there was a skate emoji
Haha no kidding! Thanks!
🛼🛼🛼
I skate marathon distances. Finished 47,08km (29,20 miles) this Saturday in my Twister Edge 110mm skates. You NEED a waterbladder on you, an extra pair of socks. Some kind of sandals, and extra energy. About 2-3 FlapJacks. You'll prolly have one left at the end of your ride, but that's better than needing energy to go home and not having any. :) I also take a sunscreen-stick with me and some bandaids. Keep on skating! :)
That is not correct. I skate every two days about 60 km. I do this with 3 L of diet coke BEFORE I eat for the day. The human body is quite amazing. With 3 flap jacks you can climb Mount Everest - I'm not kidding either!
Great video again man! I’ve just started meeting up with a group that skates here in downtown Austin every Monday, and it’s a blast! First time we went about 12 miles, and it felt nice and easy, second time we went 9 and I was beat, lol. The guy who organizes the skates has done the Athens-Atlanta race a couple of times, he says it’s fun, but brutal. Good luck on the marathon, but it looks like you’re gonna be able to do the distance fairly easily. If you don’t already, I would recommend carrying extra bolts/axles/spacers/wheels, etc, so that if you have one go bad you don’t have to walk home, lol.
You’re on the right track! Looking forward to see your race footage!
Thanks! Me too, I can't wait!
Great seeing some citizen skater training. I’ve always wanted to do North Shore but like you, I hung up my skates a while ago and just now started looking for skates. If you’re already doing 19 with just a few practice sessions, you’ll have no problem. After North Shore, consider doing Athens to Atlanta…86 miles! That was a blast.
I will look into it!
I'm 35 and looking to get back into skating after 13 years off. I have an old pair of Roces Fifth Elements that I'm currently trying to find new liners for. I would be grateful for any tips or advice.
I really like the channel. I found it yesterday, and I have been watching almost nonstop. Good stuff!
Well thank you! I always recommend Intuition liners but those are $200 so if you want to be more budget conscious option I would look to My Fit liners. I love the Recall's for a basic heat moldable liner with goo support that wont break your bank.
Well done! Man you have some beautiful pathways in that part of the valley
5 more weeks before my holiday, then i will start.. Skates are already waiting, in belgium, that's where i am gonna start.. (bit too mountainy here in norway to start).. Keep up the vids of prep for the marathon
You should check out the app (If you havent already) Alltrails. It shows topography, how much elevation change there is. You might find some stuff thats near by to you that allows for that training. Near me there is a paved trail thats 26 miles long in 1 direction.
Gonna sound like a joke, but in 2020 three guys from Moscow inline skating community got 300km in 21 hours. For me it's pure madness, I got only 75km this summer using 3x100, while two of those guys were using 4x80 frames! Keeping in mind the quality of Moscow roads.
I'm sure that you'll be able to make even a double marathon distance skating in the end of this season.
Seeing casey neistat's lastest video where he meets a guy named hella that runs 40 miles a day from LA to NY, made me think what it might be like to rollerblade across the US as a life challenge / goal.
That would be insane!
@@ThirtyandRollin Found a couple examples of a 22yo girl that did it and a guy in 2018 on youtube. The girl didnt even take money and got all her meals and lodging provided by people she met along the way. So crazy!
@@MichaelMerritt if there was a nice path a cross Canada I would love to do it but doing a long the highways no thank no shade most the way Do let my opinion stop you you may enjoy it
Super inspiring video, thank you!
I've been getting back into skating with some 3x110s around town. Your videos made me go discover both the esplanade and the Fanno creek. Thanks a lot for the inspiration. Now I'm wondering if I could ever do a marathon...
You can!
The joy of seeing you skate makes me put on my blades every single time.
Same here :)
Dude!! Great job man 🙌 that’s impressive. I love trail skating and taking in the scenery. I’m not near ready this year, but maybe next year I might try a marathon.
Oh man, you're gonna be up in my neck of the woods with the North Shore marathon - I've never marathon skated before but now you have me thinking about it. A buddy just hooked me up with some 110s too, might be time to test them out.
Ooooo nice! You should!
YES!
Great video my man, good work on the distance. Damn, 19miles on day five. That's intense!
It's sure is addictive to add some distance and improve!
Thanks! It really is addictive! I hope more bladers give marathon or long distance skating a try.
For sure! Would be fun to see more people alternating between those and improving their cardio too!
I'm planning on skating the North shore marathon! It'll be my second marathon ever. This is only my third year inlining seriously but I ice speedskate too.
Nice! Well let me know if you do end up going.
I feel the pain and understand ur frustration with pedestrians and stopping for traffic or traffic lights even ……but then when I saw ur video ……I was like damn duuuuuuude you got this with no problems man ……u should try lovin in a real city like me in Brooklyn NYC ……then I could see u gripe …..seriously I gotta stop and wait every 200 feet ……u r way blessed not to deal with that .
Good luck
Be well Be safe
Haha totally! But on the other hand I would love the city for urban skating.
@@ThirtyandRollin
I bet you would ,
It is a different pace and u must be extremely AWARE of ur environment and really think of safety and understand the immediate emergency 🛑 stop.
It is great to watch ur vids becawz as a past skater , yes many many eons ago , in another galaxy , I was an avid skater …..my girlfriend at the time never thought I had feet only wheels. I had recently picked up on a dude named Lawrence who has another RUclips channel called
Back to Blading ; he is older than you , and he was a past aggressive inline skater and well he got back into it.
His channel is addicting to the point that I just dug out my skates from storage. Omg 😱 they are in nearly perfect condition…..the only problem is getting my fatlazycrustyolass up shake the arthritis and doubts away and do the same.
So back to u , did u finally make ur 26 mile goal?
If u did , total awesomesauce bro!
If not , u will get there !
So as u have conditioned urself for the marathon miles I need ta git my lardass in gear too hahahahaahaha
Later dude
🖖🏻
Hills are your friends! Harder you train the easier it will be. Also follow David goggins 👌
Will do thanks!
I'm looking to upgrade from my skates to a nicer skate it it worth going from 80 mm inline urban skate to a 100-110 TRI skate most of my skating it on a nice trail during the week and skating at a rink for 2-6 hours on the weekend.
I would say a nice 3x110 would be a great upgrade for you.
Curious to see your experience of your first marathon! Just done 25km's (15.5 miles) myself this weekend, but only been skating for about 11 months, so lots to work on before considering a marathon.. Greetings from Belgium, Europe!
For me, it wasn't so far from there. I was skating 15 miles last fall, and just skated my first nonstop marathon distance yesterday! You can do it!
@@diminished2nd That's awesome! And thanks! keep rollin'
Keep pushing! Great video
Stocked to get some 125mm skates!
Let’s meet in Duluth or Florida marathon… if you come in Europe for PARis or Berlin let me know… you re the kind of skater that can reach 1h10 1h15 believe me …
Haha I don't know about those times lol but thanks! We should meet in Duluth for sure!!!
What skates do you plan on using for the marathon?
These skates. The Rollerbalde Maxxum Edge 125 3WD. Only change may be the wheels.
18 miles is a long skate!
16 miles is also my previous longest, can't wait to reach 20, hopefully by next month.
Also, how are the 125s? Have they grown on you or do you still prefer 110s? I'm using 110s and considered 125s but unsure.
I enjoy the top cruising speeds and smoothness but I still prefer the manueverability and lower ride height of my longer 110s. But these will be my marathon skates.
@@ThirtyandRollin Yeah, I think I'll be staying on 110s for now.
You live in the Portland area and don't have access to trails for marathon skating? I suppose you are way out in the suburbs and have to drive long distances everywhere?
Ya not too many longer trails. All short.
Springwater
Which trail in the Gorge is paved?
Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail
seriously ??? don't take this the wrong way but i did 16 miles 2 days after i bought my first inline skates. not a put down at all, but i'm so very surprised someone at your level has never done this before especially since i pretty much suck at skating and somehow pulled it off on day 3. lol
how much time did the 16 miles take?
The current world record for a marathon in inline skates is about 57 mins. So you should compare your time with this to see where you fit in the pecking order. You might well be very talented and good luck to you if you are.
Where is this Marathon at?
Duluth Minnesota
@@ThirtyandRollin awww forsure. I'm from California. I just got back into skating. Haven't rode blades in 15 years. As I get better hopefully I'll make a trip out there to go to one of those. I hear a lot about skating conventions in Minnesota.
Your skating technique is a bit inefficient in that even though you seem to do a sort of double push you actually don't do it. My own version of the so-called double push is that when my foot goes forward and to the opposite side I flex my ankle (this is my first push) to bring it back to the NORMAL position then I push with my legs (the second push). I can cruise around 41 km/h using this method. Bare in mind though - I come from the region of Bart Swings, and I've seem him cruise at about 50 km/h. For your information there is a woman in my country that still holds the world record for skating times for 20 km, 30 km, and 50 km. Would you believe that these records were set in 1985 - and they were set in ROLLER SKATES not roller blades. In all that time they have never been broken.
All I am saying is that if you are going to make a video on how to skate marathons make damn sure that you are some kind of record holder (that is you can do a marathon in under 1 hour and 5 mins) - otherwise don't bother because you cannot contribute to what is already known about how to skate a marathon.
So in your opinion no one should share their experience? I'm not claiming to be the best by any means but I may inspire others that have never thought of doing a marathon before.
@@ThirtyandRollin You are right and I was wrong. This morning I am sober. I tend to get on ideological rants when I'm a bit tipsy. My mind races too much. I'm sorry about the comment and I don't mean to be mean. I do hope that somewhere in my comment there is at least a bit of useful information. Thanks for putting me in my place, but in a nice way - much respect.