DopeyBadger
Imagathoner
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2015
It just makes my head hurt
Lots of good info though, you certainly think things through!
LOL! Thanks Mike! Playing with data and Excel is my happy place. I do it all the time at work as well.
It just makes my head hurt
Lots of good info though, you certainly think things through!
Nice work Billy! All this strength training is going to pay big dividends imo. I can’t wait to hear about the impacts when you return to running! Glad to hear your ankle is recovering
As one of the runners who you helped coach across the finish line, I'm grateful you find our success so rewarding. I used to believe the marathon was impossible for me. I once decided against signing up for a 5K the day before a half solely because I was concerned that the 5K would take too much out of my legs for the half. Now I'm a Dopey marathoner. It never would have happened without you showing me a path to the finish line.It was an emotional day. I wasn't at Marathon Weekend for the first time in 5 years. I had 23 runners at the weekend accepting all sorts of challenges with all sorts of goals. Each and every one of them made me truly proud (in addition to all of the runners who weren't being helped by me). Super proud of all the first timers and to those who succeeded despite the weather making the marathon a much harder event. This weekend brought one of my proudest moments yet as a coach. Not long after the 2018 marathon weekend ended, I made a promise to a certain runner who was swept last year when following a different training plan. I promised I'd do what I could to put that person in the position to succeed and finish the marathon like they dreamed of. And they did it! They worked super hard all Fall/Winter and put themselves in a position to succeed. When I saw the results this morning, it brought a smile and tear to my face. On a hotter day and worse environment than 2018, this runner can now proudly call themselves a marathoner. Don't get me wrong, I'm super happy and proud of everyone. But that result holds a special place in my heart. Congrats!
If it's who I think it is too, her willingness to share her experience about being swept at her first marathon, but still enjoying the experience really helped me make peace with what would happen if I was swept and that helped me realize my reasons for running a marathon.I think I know who you mean, and I’ve thought about her occasionally allyear and was so happy to see she finished today! It’s wonderful. Nice going to both of you.
As I look back a year ago, my knees were constantly hurting. At that time, I feared my knee pain might ruin my hopes of finishing my 5th consecutive Star Wars challenge race weekend, let alone the then very small hopes of maybe, just maybe finishing the marathon. I truly hope that someday you will look back at your challenges as having made achieving your dreams all the sweeter.I used to have issues nearly every day. Now I'm down to only feeling it ever so often, or not at all. So I'm hopeful I'm getting close to feeling normal again.
As one of the runners who you helped coach across the finish line, I'm grateful you find our success so rewarding. I used to believe the marathon was impossible for me. I once decided against signing up for a 5K the day before a half solely because I was concerned that the 5K would take too much out of my legs for the half. Now I'm a Dopey marathoner. It never would have happened without you showing me a path to the finish line.
I truly hope that someday you will look back at your challenges as having made achieving your dreams all the sweeter.
It is nice to see in numerical value that consistency is king.
I will consider that as I do not want to go outside for the next month.
Great analysis Billy! I enjoyed reading it. Usually your posts are a little too mathy for me, but these weren't so bad.
Have you done any comparison between Hanson Beginner vs Advanced? I'm following the beginner plan again but now I'm wondering, should I be following advanced? It's too late in the game for me to switch now, but might be something I should look at next time around. Admittedly, I never even considered the Advanced plan because it sounded too intense but now that I briefly looked at it, it appears to just be a few extra easy miles so maybe it isn't that far out of reach.
Have you done any comparison between Hanson Beginner vs Advanced?
I thought my body needs a little break after the 50k, guess it could not wait that long.
i am looking forward to getting a plan, once i finish this 50k and see what i want to accomplish in 2019. I have my name in the lottery for NYC, so after Feb, I will be able to put some solid plans out there. I will say I am thinking 10ks and work on speed for 2019.
#Math #Truth
I get it. Whether it's this journal or in a room full of 50+ year veteran scientists with PhDs, I get the same look. Calm down on the math. Try and explain it to me like I have no idea what you're talking about, because I don't. It's the criticism I receive the most often after my presentations.
It sounds like you need to hide the math in pretty plots and cartooned diagrams. Working with people with limited backgrounds in my technical field and zero English skill has improved my technical conference talks and my pictionary skills!
My idea of a little break was to throw in some road cycling. It still is. Again i want to see what happens in Feb, but i think one of goals will a century ride. Basically that will mean my summer long weekend would be a bike day. If i get into NYC, then i can focus back to running a marathon for Nov. Right now the 100 miler i am looking at on the bike is Sep 8. I would probably plan a 60 mile bike race (ride) at end of July. Again already checked that one out. I will have some good stuff for you once I see what happens with NYC. I will be honest I won't be terribly disappointed if i don't get in this year. If that happens am thinking my next marathon will be Boston 2020, but then i would throw in a half or two. Plus that gives me a chance to work some speed on the 10ks in 2019. i have lots of things running through my mind .
Thanks! I was in fact wondering about the 4 hr marathon runner since that's approximately where I'm at. I find it very interesting that the overtraining only occurs in the beginner plan. Seems like it should be the opposite, with the advanced leading to overtraining.Here is a 4 hour M runner with the same fitness entering both Beginning and Advanced:
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But here is the same scenario with the Beginner runner doing nothing the 6 weeks prior to the plan starting (leads to 6 days of barely overtraining, not surprisingly where the plan jumps from 10 to 15 miles as LR):
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It would appear optimally, the 4 hour runner entering the Beginner plan be around a "Fitness" of 17 entering the plan:
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To accomplish this, as a runner entering the plan with no other training the prior 6 weeks entering, just do the first 5 weeks twice.
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#Math #Truth
I get it. Whether it's this journal or in a room full of 50+ year veteran scientists with PhDs, I get the same look. Calm down on the math. Try and explain it to me like I have no idea what you're talking about, because I don't. It's the criticism I receive the most often after my presentations.
I think sometimes it’s just the way people’s brains are wired. Despite my profession, I’m much more slanted toward the humanities. I easily aced a post grad course that everyone else struggled in because my professor described the science in almost a storybook fashion. Then during training, I actually wore a calculator around my neck (along with many others!) to help complete simple math that we had to do constantly that was a lifesaver - literally!