Im more of a general weights + cardio person than a runner but really like your videos. You're a good example of just ignoring the noise of ppl on social media fighting for your attention by bombarding you with information & actually just going out & doing something that suits your body
Thanks very much. Oh yes there's so much noise out there about what you 'should' be doing. As I've got older I've realised I need to stop listening to most of it!
Love hearing about your journey. It just goes to show that running is a simple game. I too have had my biggest results from consistently hittinf high mileage. I follow a plan which includes speed work and have been practicing with gels for the marathon. It is refreshing to see however what can be achieved by just getting out the door day in day out. Keep smashing it!
I’m interested to see if adding speed sessions, strength and gels actually do help your performance. Maybe you don’t need these things? Or maybe you will excel even further 🤯 Looking forward to following your journey. Incredible
I was thinking the same. I mean, 2:24 is close to getting a championship place I think? I’d be wary of changing much when running that successfully!!! What mileage / frequency were you running each week?
EST 11:32am... Love your demeanor.. Was dissapointed that you just started your RUclips channel because you are very good at it and I wanted more.. You have a fresh perspective and have so much to offer!.. Thank you.
These aren't necessarily mistakes. Jonathon Walton also does very little interval work and races without any nutrition. I don't know if he does strength training. He does nearly all his training at low heart rate. It works very well for him, he's run several sub 2:30 marathons in his 50s and is the world champion in his age group. Jonathon is on Strava and there's an Extramilest interview about his training methods that you'll find easily here on RUclips. It was recorded 4 years ago, so maybe his methods have changed a little since then.
Thanks, I'll take a look at that. I've not heard of him and they are exceptional times so he obviously knows what he's doing. I guess you could say my 3 points are maybe more changes I could test rather than mistakes.
This is super inspiring! My long term goal is to build up to your level of weekly mileage. I love how sensible you are about training: get a good run in and don’t try to destroy yourself. I totally agree about having a track 25min away. It’s so much harder to get out the door, and it eats up so much more time! Have you thought about hill repeats for a strength/speed session?
Thank you very much! Definitely best to be sensible with the training and do what suits your body. Recently I've done some hill repeat sessions and managed to get injured so I need to be careful. But they are a really good idea. I just did them too soon after a marathon.
Patrick, it’d be interesting if you could do a Q&A video… maybe put up a post asking for questions. I’m particularly interested in: 1) Your starting fitness level 3.5 years ago? Eg. Estimated 5K/10K time after your first month of running? Your first marathon time and how long into running you achieved that? 2) after how long did you notice most of your gains plateau- I’m still new to running (2.5 months) and I’m seemingly getting exponentially fitter every 2 weeks or so, im breaking PR after PR but I appreciate this will level off as I get past “beginner gains”. How long/soon after you began running did you hit your peak fitness (or within say 10% of your peak level attained so far).
Thanks for this, I will do a video on those topics. There was definitely a point for me where gains became harder and it became exponentially more difficult to improve my times. I made a big leap quickly over about a year and a half and then it became exponentially more difficult to improve. But I was always improving, just at a slower rate. For me in order to keep progressing, consistency in running was by far the most important factor. Staying injury free with sensible training will keep the improvement curve going upwards. It sounds like you're doing great.
The lack of fueling (and water!) is very interesting. The conventional wisdom is that faster runners can store/eat enough glycogen to get through a marathon, which lets them run closer to their threshold pace where there's a higher %glyocgen burned relative to fat while those further back have to run further below threshold to burn more fat so as not to not tap out their glycogen stores and bonk. But your marathon time is relatively better than your 10k -- maybe that's because you've done so little threshold/speed work? Some threshold work might push up your threshold and let you run the 10k faster and then better fueling let you sustain closer to that pace for the marathon. That's the theory anyway, but we're all experiments of one.
Hi Greg. Thats a really good point. I definitely think my 10k time could be improved with more speed work, which would then improve my marathon time with better fueling. At least I know some significant areas I can improve on or experiment with, so hopefully there's more potential.
Not eating or drinking for an entire marathon and being ok marks you out as being different to a ‘normal’ runner. You note the 3 ‘mistakes’ you made but I’d suggest that to run a 2:24 you made a heck of a lot more correct decisions in your training and race
Your whole story just blows my mind. Surely an elite coach wants to get his/her hands on you!? Please can you touch on your athletic background before the running in your next video? Really intrigued. Cheers, Jack
Thanks! It's a shame I'm 42 and didn't get into running sooner. I would talk about my athletic background but I don't have one before I started running. Only playing tennis a bit and generally keeping fit. I played football as a kid if that counts!
i love your dedication, your strava records underline the hyper important consistency you talk about, putting in the work day in and out. what should be described a bit more in detail: what is your running background? it seems you ran 10-15 ks with 4:00 or 4:30 kms 3 years ago, but we can agree thats not a beginners tempo, right? :) thanks!!
Thanks, yes consistency is so important for me above everything else, which I talk about in other videos.. I'm currently injured and finding it very frustrating because I can't be consistent with the running. I have no running background. I kept fit throughout my 20's and 30's by playing tennis, lifting weights and going on the occasional run. Because of that I had very good aerobic fitness when I started running. That's what I think made the difference anyway.
You're certainly a much better runner than I am...but my advice to you would be-don't try to implement all these things on your next training block thinking you'll race faster. Adding frequent strength work+regular speed sessions+keeping your high mileage may be too much too soon and is certainly not guaranteed to make you faster (but could very well lead to overtraining). Maybe add a couple more speed sessions overall and some conditioning once a week but don't go overboard trying to break 2:20. Congrats on your amazing race time!
Thank you, yes I agree that I need to gradually add all these changes in. I'm not sure I'll have the time to do everything anyway. I do prefer keeping things simple anyway so I'll see how it goes.
Should it be water or electrolyte beverage? From what I've learned, the electrolytes help the stomach empty the liquid faster (Sodium stimulates contractions), so it spends less time sloshing around, and then the rate of absorption doubles as it enters the intestines (compared to plain H20). As for the gels, I've heard too many get nauseous with them, there has to be a better solution.
It makes sense to be electrolyte then, but again something you would need to get used to in training. I might practice taking electrolyte drinks before long runs. I think they are more beneficial in hot weather too.
I think the reason why you managed to stay consistent is because you keep it fun and simple. Some need a lot of structure and planning others need simplicity. I am curious to know if you 1 year after this videso actually have implemented some of these things in your training and what the results are?
I’m blown away that you ran THAT fast without weight training, speed work, or fuel during the marathon! 🤯 (and this is your first?!) Holy heck that is amazing. I can’t wait to see what you do when you add those things in - I think you’ll be running times rivaling professional runners’!
Have you set up an online account with Abbott WMM? With your times, you will surely be invited to the Wanda Age Group World Championships. It was in London last year so will likely not be there next year, but you should definitely run. I would not be remotely shocked if you podium, if not win!
very insightful .. very curious to see if you add these 3 things to your life .. if it will improve your speed .. looking forward to see your progress ... you have to be somehow very talented to be able to do what you did, without these 3 things .. it is amazing .. keep it up Patrick .. thanks for all your feedback .. love to see your journey and the things you will be learning on your way :D
You only need to take on gels for the last 6 miles .I only use the gel as a mouth wash which is just as effective. When i ran marathons in the 70s no one took on food .I ran Dublin last year at 62 years old with no gels and ran 3 hours ,good luck with your training
Thanks, nice to have that perspective. People today think you're crazy if you don't take on gels. Interesting about using it as a mouthwash, I didn't know that. I guess that bypasses the effect of it going straight into your stomach at once.
Please add more videos even if it's simply a running video where your audience just comes along for the ride.. There's a lot to be gleaned even from that... Thanks
The srava link doesn't work on my mobile phone. Congrats on this imm 49 yrs would love just a sub 4 hr is fine by me. May I ask what your avg and peak weekly milage is. Many thanks
Strange, I'm not sure why the link does work. Maybe search for my name on Strava. When I was training for the Marathon my average weekly mileage was 100, I went as high as 135, but that's not sustainable for me.
I think you may be surprised that adding speed work might not give you the bang you think it will. Definitely think the fueling strategy would help with that dead leg feeling at the end. That was just your muscles on empty. Great video
Thanks, maybe not, but I should probably try I guess and see if it helps. Sometimes it feels wrong when I see most other runners focusing so much on it and I don't much at all!
Thank you! I'm talking, with some notes that I'll occasionally look at to remind me of what I want to say. The aim is to keep it simple, so I'm glad that comes across, thanks.
This is best. 2:24 in a marathon without taking any gels. The jury is totally out on that point for me. If what you did were at all mistakes. Except the strength training i am not so sure if interval training and gels will lift your performance very much in the end as you said, you risk consistency and feeling stomach sick. I never felt good after a gel in training. I am not doing it anymore and if i see someone running a 2:24 marathon without it i am celebrating. I am keto or low carb because of my asthma otherwise i would need an inhaler, it is crazy!! I know i should have carbs during a marathon still, and that it is good to have the two energy systems, i just never feel better after the gel rather worse.
Yes, gels don't work well for me, people think I'm crazy not fueling, but it has worked. Who knows I could have run faster with them though. Do what works well for you and find your own way.
I’ve heard good things about Honey Stingers chews for people who have trouble with gels and getting sick. I’m with you on the track workouts. I avoid them because they require planning and they hurt the next day but for sure, increasing top end speed can only help. You probably only got away with no hydration BECAUSE you finished so quickly. A slower runner would never be able to make it.
I'll look into those chews, thanks for the tip. I need something better than gels I think. Yes that's very true about the water. If I'd have run for longer I expect I would have needed to hydrate.
@@robintaylor1466 We’re all glad you are SO smart. That’s obviously not what I’m saying. I’m saying that the only reason why it was even feasible was because he completed the marathon so quickly. Obviously hydration is important and it undoubtedly would have helped him.
I mix salt pills with 1oz water and mix that with 4oz maple syrup, and try and drink it before I can grab some water to wash it down. Works better for me than most gels I've tried.
I share your same concern regarding gels. Its a bunch of sugar and doesnt seem natural or healthy and to make use of it you would need to train with it and in my country it would be pricey to train that way. I am presently trying to find natural alternatives to gels.
@@patrickmartinrunning right.. I am curious to see if you would see a difference. You are obviously super talented as far as running. Might be a fun video idea. If not a fan of gels, maybe honey pouches would do? Either way, keep up the AMAZING work.
I’m terrified to do speed work after having to take 3 x 2month breaks for the same recurring bone stress injury in the last 16 months. I am trying to do a lot more strength training to help reduce this risk but I am kind of emotionally scared from having to stop training because of injury and doing fast internal sessions are high risk for injury. That being said there is probably a lot of benefit to them so I am kind of torn. One thing I am thinking is that if I end up doing some they should only be after a full day off training.
It's a difficult decision in the sense that the sessions definitely help fitness, speed etc but they carry the risk of injury. I totally understand how you feel. I've got an injury at the moment after not spending enough time recovering after the London Marathon. Pushing too hard can be the worst thing to do.
I have hamstring tendonitis at the moment, so am replacing running with cycling until it goes away. I have no idea how long that will be for. I really hope to be back running very soon.
Yes, here it is www.strava.com/athletes/1859864 I'm resting an injury at the moment so you'll see a lot of cycling over the past couple of weeks. Hopefully back to running very shortly.
Even more impressive that you were able to run 2:24 without any strength work, few interval sessions and no fuel before or during the race. Did you and do you consume any caffeine before your morning runs/races?
Thank you! No I didn't have any caffeine, I would like to experiment with it though. It must give a boost, I'm just a bit concerned about potential stomach issues as I'm not used to it.
I have run and coached for over 50 years and must say that you are an exceptional talent by the sound of it. Keep it fun and keep learning.
Thank you very much! I will take your very good advice and keep it fun. That's the only reason I run anyway, because I enjoy it.
Im more of a general weights + cardio person than a runner but really like your videos. You're a good example of just ignoring the noise of ppl on social media fighting for your attention by bombarding you with information & actually just going out & doing something that suits your body
Thanks very much. Oh yes there's so much noise out there about what you 'should' be doing. As I've got older I've realised I need to stop listening to most of it!
I'm 54 - running 7 years - Faster times every year. Starting at a low base obviously! Your right - consistency..
Yes consistency pays off
Love hearing about your journey. It just goes to show that running is a simple game. I too have had my biggest results from consistently hittinf high mileage. I follow a plan which includes speed work and have been practicing with gels for the marathon. It is refreshing to see however what can be achieved by just getting out the door day in day out. Keep smashing it!
That's great to hear! Keep going, you're right, it's simple really.
I’m interested to see if adding speed sessions, strength and gels actually do help your performance. Maybe you don’t need these things? Or maybe you will excel even further 🤯 Looking forward to following your journey. Incredible
Yes I'm not sure but I think it'll be interesting to find out!
I was thinking the same. I mean, 2:24 is close to getting a championship place I think? I’d be wary of changing much when running that successfully!!! What mileage / frequency were you running each week?
I was running 100 miles a week. Yes I agree, if I change anything it will be gradual.
@@patrickmartinrunning 100 miles a week? Not sure if I even bike that much in a week haha, holy damn
EST 11:32am... Love your demeanor.. Was dissapointed that you just started your RUclips channel because you are very good at it and I wanted more.. You have a fresh perspective and have so much to offer!.. Thank you.
Thank you!
These aren't necessarily mistakes. Jonathon Walton also does very little interval work and races without any nutrition. I don't know if he does strength training. He does nearly all his training at low heart rate. It works very well for him, he's run several sub 2:30 marathons in his 50s and is the world champion in his age group. Jonathon is on Strava and there's an Extramilest interview about his training methods that you'll find easily here on RUclips. It was recorded 4 years ago, so maybe his methods have changed a little since then.
Thanks, I'll take a look at that. I've not heard of him and they are exceptional times so he obviously knows what he's doing. I guess you could say my 3 points are maybe more changes I could test rather than mistakes.
This is super inspiring! My long term goal is to build up to your level of weekly mileage. I love how sensible you are about training: get a good run in and don’t try to destroy yourself.
I totally agree about having a track 25min away. It’s so much harder to get out the door, and it eats up so much more time!
Have you thought about hill repeats for a strength/speed session?
Thank you very much! Definitely best to be sensible with the training and do what suits your body.
Recently I've done some hill repeat sessions and managed to get injured so I need to be careful. But they are a really good idea. I just did them too soon after a marathon.
Patrick, it’d be interesting if you could do a Q&A video… maybe put up a post asking for questions.
I’m particularly interested in:
1) Your starting fitness level 3.5 years ago? Eg. Estimated 5K/10K time after your first month of running?
Your first marathon time and how long into running you achieved that?
2) after how long did you notice most of your gains plateau- I’m still new to running (2.5 months) and I’m seemingly getting exponentially fitter every 2 weeks or so, im breaking PR after PR but I appreciate this will level off as I get past “beginner gains”.
How long/soon after you began running did you hit your peak fitness (or within say 10% of your peak level attained so far).
Thanks for this, I will do a video on those topics.
There was definitely a point for me where gains became harder and it became exponentially more difficult to improve my times. I made a big leap quickly over about a year and a half and then it became exponentially more difficult to improve. But I was always improving, just at a slower rate.
For me in order to keep progressing, consistency in running was by far the most important factor. Staying injury free with sensible training will keep the improvement curve going upwards.
It sounds like you're doing great.
New subscriber; looking forward to following you. Amazing how fast you are, having only run for a few years; clearly you have natural talent!
Thank you very much and I appreciate you subscribing.
The lack of fueling (and water!) is very interesting. The conventional wisdom is that faster runners can store/eat enough glycogen to get through a marathon, which lets them run closer to their threshold pace where there's a higher %glyocgen burned relative to fat while those further back have to run further below threshold to burn more fat so as not to not tap out their glycogen stores and bonk. But your marathon time is relatively better than your 10k -- maybe that's because you've done so little threshold/speed work? Some threshold work might push up your threshold and let you run the 10k faster and then better fueling let you sustain closer to that pace for the marathon. That's the theory anyway, but we're all experiments of one.
Hi Greg. Thats a really good point. I definitely think my 10k time could be improved with more speed work, which would then improve my marathon time with better fueling. At least I know some significant areas I can improve on or experiment with, so hopefully there's more potential.
Patrick! Wow! You are quite amazing. I admire you. Just subscribed, I’m looking forward to hearing more from you.
Thank you very much!
Not eating or drinking for an entire marathon and being ok marks you out as being different to a ‘normal’ runner. You note the 3 ‘mistakes’ you made but I’d suggest that to run a 2:24 you made a heck of a lot more correct decisions in your training and race
Thank you. Yes I guess I should also focus on what I did right too. It's just good to know there are things I can improve on.
Your whole story just blows my mind. Surely an elite coach wants to get his/her hands on you!? Please can you touch on your athletic background before the running in your next video? Really intrigued. Cheers, Jack
Thanks! It's a shame I'm 42 and didn't get into running sooner. I would talk about my athletic background but I don't have one before I started running. Only playing tennis a bit and generally keeping fit. I played football as a kid if that counts!
i love your dedication, your strava records underline the hyper important consistency you talk about, putting in the work day in and out. what should be described a bit more in detail: what is your running background? it seems you ran 10-15 ks with 4:00 or 4:30 kms 3 years ago, but we can agree thats not a beginners tempo, right? :) thanks!!
Thanks, yes consistency is so important for me above everything else, which I talk about in other videos.. I'm currently injured and finding it very frustrating because I can't be consistent with the running.
I have no running background. I kept fit throughout my 20's and 30's by playing tennis, lifting weights and going on the occasional run. Because of that I had very good aerobic fitness when I started running. That's what I think made the difference anyway.
Thanks for the info, wish you fast recovery to be able to continue this amazing journey!
You're certainly a much better runner than I am...but my advice to you would be-don't try to implement all these things on your next training block thinking you'll race faster. Adding frequent strength work+regular speed sessions+keeping your high mileage may be too much too soon and is certainly not guaranteed to make you faster (but could very well lead to overtraining). Maybe add a couple more speed sessions overall and some conditioning once a week but don't go overboard trying to break 2:20.
Congrats on your amazing race time!
Thank you, yes I agree that I need to gradually add all these changes in. I'm not sure I'll have the time to do everything anyway. I do prefer keeping things simple anyway so I'll see how it goes.
Should it be water or electrolyte beverage? From what I've learned, the electrolytes help the stomach empty the liquid faster (Sodium stimulates contractions), so it spends less time sloshing around, and then the rate of absorption doubles as it enters the intestines (compared to plain H20).
As for the gels, I've heard too many get nauseous with them, there has to be a better solution.
It makes sense to be electrolyte then, but again something you would need to get used to in training. I might practice taking electrolyte drinks before long runs. I think they are more beneficial in hot weather too.
congrat!
Oops, I just saw this was not your first marathon. But still, STILL. Just incredible.
I think the reason why you managed to stay consistent is because you keep it fun and simple. Some need a lot of structure and planning others need simplicity. I am curious to know if you 1 year after this videso actually have implemented some of these things in your training and what the results are?
I think, based on everything you’ve said, you’ve hit upon the right formula for you to run extremely quickly. Really well done!!!
Thank you very much. I think maybe yes I have hit on a good formula for me.
you are a beast
Haha thanks!
I’m blown away that you ran THAT fast without weight training, speed work, or fuel during the marathon! 🤯 (and this is your first?!) Holy heck that is amazing. I can’t wait to see what you do when you add those things in - I think you’ll be running times rivaling professional runners’!
Thank you very much! It was my second marathon. The first I ran 2:28. I think it's good that there are things I know I can improve on.
Have you set up an online account with Abbott WMM? With your times, you will surely be invited to the Wanda Age Group World Championships. It was in London last year so will likely not be there next year, but you should definitely run. I would not be remotely shocked if you podium, if not win!
Yes thanks I have an account and have been invited in 2024. Not sure where it is yet. Looking forward to it!
very insightful .. very curious to see if you add these 3 things to your life .. if it will improve your speed .. looking forward to see your progress ... you have to be somehow very talented to be able to do what you did, without these 3 things .. it is amazing .. keep it up Patrick .. thanks for all your feedback .. love to see your journey and the things you will be learning on your way :D
Thank you very much. It will be interesting to see the difference these things make for sure.
You only need to take on gels for the last 6 miles .I only use the gel as a mouth wash which is just as effective. When i ran marathons in the 70s no one took on food .I ran Dublin last year at 62 years old with no gels and ran 3 hours ,good luck with your training
Thanks, nice to have that perspective. People today think you're crazy if you don't take on gels. Interesting about using it as a mouthwash, I didn't know that. I guess that bypasses the effect of it going straight into your stomach at once.
Please add more videos even if it's simply a running video where your audience just comes along for the ride.. There's a lot to be gleaned even from that... Thanks
Thanks, I'm definitely planning on doing that. I just have an injury at the moment so need that to get better before running again.
The srava link doesn't work on my mobile phone.
Congrats on this imm 49 yrs would love just a sub 4 hr is fine by me. May I ask what your avg and peak weekly milage is. Many thanks
Strange, I'm not sure why the link does work. Maybe search for my name on Strava. When I was training for the Marathon my average weekly mileage was 100, I went as high as 135, but that's not sustainable for me.
I think you may be surprised that adding speed work might not give you the bang you think it will. Definitely think the fueling strategy would help with that dead leg feeling at the end. That was just your muscles on empty. Great video
Thanks, maybe not, but I should probably try I guess and see if it helps. Sometimes it feels wrong when I see most other runners focusing so much on it and I don't much at all!
Just wondering you talking or reading? Good information without extra garbage. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I'm talking, with some notes that I'll occasionally look at to remind me of what I want to say. The aim is to keep it simple, so I'm glad that comes across, thanks.
This is best. 2:24 in a marathon without taking any gels. The jury is totally out on that point for me. If what you did were at all mistakes. Except the strength training i am not so sure if interval training and gels will lift your performance very much in the end as you said, you risk consistency and feeling stomach sick. I never felt good after a gel in training. I am not doing it anymore and if i see someone running a 2:24 marathon without it i am celebrating. I am keto or low carb because of my asthma otherwise i would need an inhaler, it is crazy!! I know i should have carbs during a marathon still, and that it is good to have the two energy systems, i just never feel better after the gel rather worse.
Yes, gels don't work well for me, people think I'm crazy not fueling, but it has worked. Who knows I could have run faster with them though. Do what works well for you and find your own way.
I’ve heard good things about Honey Stingers chews for people who have trouble with gels and getting sick. I’m with you on the track workouts. I avoid them because they require planning and they hurt the next day but for sure, increasing top end speed can only help. You probably only got away with no hydration BECAUSE you finished so quickly. A slower runner would never be able to make it.
I'll look into those chews, thanks for the tip. I need something better than gels I think. Yes that's very true about the water. If I'd have run for longer I expect I would have needed to hydrate.
So the elite runners don't need hydration because they are fast?🤦🏽♂️
@@robintaylor1466 We’re all glad you are SO smart. That’s obviously not what I’m saying. I’m saying that the only reason why it was even feasible was because he completed the marathon so quickly. Obviously hydration is important and it undoubtedly would have helped him.
I mix salt pills with 1oz water and mix that with 4oz maple syrup, and try and drink it before I can grab some water to wash it down. Works better for me than most gels I've tried.
Sounds good and you know exactly what's in it too. It's also totally natural which has to be better than some of these artificial gels.
Gold for Zatopek in 2:23. And you're going to skip past this. Not bad.
Dude! Imagine how much better you would perform if you took some gels and some water 🤯
I think so! Well that's the theory anyway!
I share your same concern regarding gels. Its a bunch of sugar and doesnt seem natural or healthy and to make use of it you would need to train with it and in my country it would be pricey to train that way. I am presently trying to find natural alternatives to gels.
I agree, gels aren't very natural and I'm not sure if they're the best option.
@@amircastilla07 Try honey. It's all natural (assuming you're not vegan) and it's all carbs so it should fuel you just fine.
@@patrickmartinrunning right.. I am curious to see if you would see a difference. You are obviously super talented as far as running. Might be a fun video idea. If not a fan of gels, maybe honey pouches would do? Either way, keep up the AMAZING work.
I’m terrified to do speed work after having to take 3 x 2month breaks for the same recurring bone stress injury in the last 16 months. I am trying to do a lot more strength training to help reduce this risk but I am kind of emotionally scared from having to stop training because of injury and doing fast internal sessions are high risk for injury. That being said there is probably a lot of benefit to them so I am kind of torn. One thing I am thinking is that if I end up doing some they should only be after a full day off training.
It's a difficult decision in the sense that the sessions definitely help fitness, speed etc but they carry the risk of injury. I totally understand how you feel.
I've got an injury at the moment after not spending enough time recovering after the London Marathon. Pushing too hard can be the worst thing to do.
Zero fueling or hydration - Bonkers! But what ever works, right.
It is crazy I know!
You don’t need to take on fuel if you are properly fat adapted. Carbs will hinder your performance.
I am curious about this, I don't do much training with carbs but everyone says to race with them. How would they hinder performance?
Are you still injured. When will you continue running?
I have hamstring tendonitis at the moment, so am replacing running with cycling until it goes away. I have no idea how long that will be for. I really hope to be back running very soon.
Do you run every day?
I do have some rest days so my body recovers but yes most days. I'm currently injured so not running at all until that clears up.
Can i have your strava? Link
Yes, here it is
www.strava.com/athletes/1859864
I'm resting an injury at the moment so you'll see a lot of cycling over the past couple of weeks. Hopefully back to running very shortly.
Even more impressive that you were able to run 2:24 without any strength work, few interval sessions and no fuel before or during the race.
Did you and do you consume any caffeine before your morning runs/races?
Thank you! No I didn't have any caffeine, I would like to experiment with it though. It must give a boost, I'm just a bit concerned about potential stomach issues as I'm not used to it.
Maybe all those "simple" runs made you super fat adapted, but the water thing is plain weird, god knows how you didn't cramp
Yep very weird! Not sure how I didn't need to drink
Wow... all those 3 "mistakes" sounds like humble bragging... haha.. kidding! Still amazing and give newbies like me some hope
Haha definitely not intended that way. I'm still a newbie in many ways and I think most of us have some unlocked potential.