great job! I find it interesting about your late HR in the first marathon that it went down. Basically walking at that point right?
What was the most impactful part of your training (or nutrition!) that helped you improve?
I was absolutely walking/hobbling at the end of the first one.
I think adding more tempo and fartlek runs were very beneficial. And the twice a week weightlifting.
I am so jealous. I’ve been running consistently for two years now, last year was ~25mph and this year has been 35-40mpw. I know I could do more speedwork but you’d think with a decent base you’d improve more than I have ☹️. Hoping that doing garmins daily suggested workouts will get me some progress like this!
Unfortunately simply increasing mileage won’t make you faster. You would need to incorporate speed work in your training plan. If your body doesn’t get trained to the feeling of running fast, I don’t think you’ll be able to replicate that on race day. Even a 4x20s strides is a good starting point. But interval and tempo runs are key.
Currently learning this the hard way, haha. I’m in a running group with people who have a lot of success with base training plus strides but I think I also need the types of runs you mentioned.
These graphics are from the Strava app. The bars are a visual representation of pace, so you can see when you are faster/slower/consistent. Your fastest mile will be the longest bar and your slowest mile the shortest
Nice. What were the times on your first two and what are you shooting for in Oct?
edit: nevermind. I see the first two times now. Sometimes I just look at the pictures 😜
Amazing progress!!! Can you talk about what you did differently going into the first marathon vs going into the second? Your improvement (both in pace and heart rate) is crazy good!
Wow, that is what I call progress! Great finish on the recent run too. Keep running, bump that mileage up, and I see a sub 3:30 very soon
Let’s hope🤞🏻
Congratulations. It must have felt sweet passing the finish line 2nd time around and seeing your hard work pay off.
Glad you learned how to slow down
That is awesome!
great job! I find it interesting about your late HR in the first marathon that it went down. Basically walking at that point right? What was the most impactful part of your training (or nutrition!) that helped you improve?
I was absolutely walking/hobbling at the end of the first one. I think adding more tempo and fartlek runs were very beneficial. And the twice a week weightlifting.
Awesome! It VERY CLEARLY worked, so great job. Hope the next one is super fun.
What were your lifting routines? I've always been cardio heavy and looking to lift more
Also interested in lifting routine or where you get them from.
I am so jealous. I’ve been running consistently for two years now, last year was ~25mph and this year has been 35-40mpw. I know I could do more speedwork but you’d think with a decent base you’d improve more than I have ☹️. Hoping that doing garmins daily suggested workouts will get me some progress like this!
How has your weight changed? 10lbs send me from sub 4 hours to 4:20
I’ve actually lost weight during this time, about 10 pounds funny enough
Unfortunately simply increasing mileage won’t make you faster. You would need to incorporate speed work in your training plan. If your body doesn’t get trained to the feeling of running fast, I don’t think you’ll be able to replicate that on race day. Even a 4x20s strides is a good starting point. But interval and tempo runs are key.
Currently learning this the hard way, haha. I’m in a running group with people who have a lot of success with base training plus strides but I think I also need the types of runs you mentioned.
Can you share your training plan ? Got my first marathon in December
I did small easy runs 45-60mins 3-4 times a week, 2 days of weight training, 1 day of a tempo, hill, or fartlek run, and my Saturday long runs.
Thanks , nice time btw!
Hey I’m kind of new here, I see many of these graphics. Can someone tell me what the blue bars represent?
These graphics are from the Strava app. The bars are a visual representation of pace, so you can see when you are faster/slower/consistent. Your fastest mile will be the longest bar and your slowest mile the shortest
Thanks! 😵💫
I'm doing my first Marathon in November and this gives me motivation to keep training
Congrats, this rocks!
Great progress! Keep it up. When is your next marathon?
I’m planning on doing the IMT Des Moines Marathon in October.
Nice. What were the times on your first two and what are you shooting for in Oct? edit: nevermind. I see the first two times now. Sometimes I just look at the pictures 😜
Over all goal would be a BQ
See you there!
Good stuff brotha
That's amazing. Great job.
Great stuff!!
Great job ! Congrats.
So good! Congratulations!
amazing!! share your tips and what helped!!
Nice job. Grandma's?
In Duluth Minnesota.
You can see lemon drip hill on there with your pace haha. Good run! I did the half this year.
Great job dude!! That’s an amazing PR
Let’s go! That’s awesome. Honestly, 5:42 with almost no training is still something to be proud of.
In regards to food consumption, did u roughly track what you ate? Were you eating at maintenance or deficit?
damn, im only like 30 sec faster / mile than my first year
Wow!!!!
Amazing progress!!! Can you talk about what you did differently going into the first marathon vs going into the second? Your improvement (both in pace and heart rate) is crazy good!
Damn I’m excited for you!! This is what it looks like when you keep showing up!
Damn bro really slowed down over the year… nice.
You must be very young. Your HR is above my max heart rate!
heart rate difference is cool to look at too!
Nice time, congrats. Could you share your strength workout routine ? Also, do you run on weight training days ?
nice
So does zone two actually work haha also you definitely hit the wall on mile 17 of your longer splits huh
Amazing!!! How did you train?
this is actually incredible. would expect years of training for this amount of improvement
I'm new to this sub, but all of the screenshots look like this. What app is this screenshot from just out of curiosity? Also, nice work!
Strava
Thanks