I felt physically and mentally beat up, and I wasn’t sure what more I had left to give. I managed to sleep a total of 75 minutes, sliced up into a few quick naps, and according to my gadgets, my recovery was deeply in the red at 6 percent. How could I possibly keep charging forward?
In moments like this, you have to dig deep. And while The Speed Project and a marathon are very different experiences in theory, the required discipline, mental strength, and physical readiness are the same. Here are three tactics I learned from my experience that I’ll use for upcoming marathons. Give them a try for your next 26.2.
Reframe your thinking
Committing to a marathon is not something to take lightly—it’s a major milestone in running and should be respected as such. In terms of honoring that commitment, your training carries even more weight than showing up for race day does. It’s important to reframe your thinking when it comes to getting your training runs in, so that the real question you have each day is not if you’ll get the training done, but rather when you’ll get the training done.
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TO RUN 26.2 IS TO FEEL ALIVE
THE SUN IS rising from the east, and the waves of the Pacific crash below to the west.
LEAVE IT UP TO A PIECE OF PAPER TO TEACH YOU TO RUN EASY
BEFORE I FELL for running, I thought the hardest thing about the sport was the fast stuff: the speedwork, the sprints, and the intervals.
WHY-AND HOW-YOU SHOULD RUN DOUBLES
Those are just a few of the titles entered into my training log for the second run of a day.
FIND YOUR RUNNING COMMUNITY, ONLINE OR IN PERSON
I SIGNED UP for my first marathon while sobbing in the back of a rideshare, on my way to the airport to fly to my uncle's funeral.
FUEL WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT
AS AN ULTRARUNNER, I'm all too familiar with the saying that long-distance running is an \"eating contest with a running component.\"
AT THE FERTILITY CLINIC, MY PAST CAUGHT UP WITH ME
I SAT IN the fertility doctor's office white walls, bare wooden desk, opaque window-alone.
THIS IS NOT AN ESCAPE STORY
AT 15, DARLENE STUBBS WALKED AWAY FROM A POLYGAMOUS CULT-THEN DISCOVERED A NEW LIFE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH RUNNING.
RUNNING WITH HANK
How my daughter's rambunctious mutt saved my sanity while she was lost to the darkness.
WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD MS.I THOUGHT I'D NEVER RUN AGAIN.
I checked the pins on my bib, shimmied my spandex shorts into place, and teed up the stopwatch on my wrist.
A RUNNER'S GUIDE to sleep
Nike rocked the running world in 2018 when it released the Vaporfly 4%, claiming that the shoe could boost a runner's efficiency by that amount.
