Do you do any kind of warmup?
I felt optimistic after my chiropractor session. The pain from the plantar fasciitis didn't magically disappear, but things felt different, like I'm finally healing. Also, I figured out that if I train in my trail running shoes I barely feel any pain in my foot, so by doing so I was able to run the volume I was aiming for over five sessions this week. The ultra I'm doing next month is on trails anyway, so it makes sense to get used to running in them.
This coming week I'll run a similar volume while also thinking about a fueling plan for the race. A local experienced ultra-runner offered to support me in that, and I'm excited to learn from her!
Interesting, I'll look into it! Do they help with support around the heel?
You can ask the store whether they accept old shoes to recycle them. If not, there may be a specialized container someplace in your neighborhood that collects old clothes and shoes.
You'll probably take smaller steps which will slow you down until you learn to up your cadence (= step frequency).
Scott Jurek somewhere likens running to a controlled forward fall. Having that in my head as a sort of “mantra” really helps me stay in the correct form.
I know several people in Germany who are regular Komoot users.
Running harder than ever for this kind of workout, I just completed 6×2km intervals.
Garmin: “No anaerobic benefit.”
The race starts Saturday a.m. (Pacific Time) and I intend to follow along with the coverage at iRunFar. Anyone else? Anyone in particular you're excited about? Among others, I find Katie Schide inspiring.
I ran an evening marathon on Saturday. During the day I had to run various errands, then I hopped on a bus, a train, another train and another bus to get to the start. I was pretty drenched already by the time I got there. Still, I felt pumped for the run and started out overoptimistically. I ran the first three quarters at my half marathon pace, only to finish slooowly with heavily positive splits, though I still beat my previous best time by six minutes. I reached the finish about 20 minutes before sunset, then cheered on other finishers for a half hour until it was time to catch the train for the trek back home. A day well spent!
I'm training for a marathon the weekend after next. I'm excited for it. It's an evening event, and since the sun doesn't set till almost 11pm it should be really nice. I signed up for it on a whim last week after my long runs went super well and I felt good about my running, also after going for a few "barefoot" runs (wearing sandals), which is new for me. I ran a half marathon in my racing flats not long ago, but I think for this marathon I will stick to my regular distance running shoes.
It feels a bit weird not to be on a proper training schedule but I think my instincts are guiding me well at this point (and my endurance is still pretty high from an ultra two months ago).
Hard to generalize. I've had two pairs of Brooks Defyance shoes last me 1,500km. A pair of Brooks Ghost only made it to 1,000, and the top mesh of my Sauconys ripped after just 700 (though the soles would have still served me longer – maybe i should have tried taping them...)