HOLY SHIT!!! You killed it, 1:51:03 half marathon. I'm thinking your next goal should be a BQ
OMG ha! Yeah no. I need to figure out how to run marathons first. I honestly feel like that distance is a such a hard nut to crack for me - I feel strong in my half marathons, and I felt strong the entire 70.3. But something about that 20 mile marathon wall just kills me. At this point I just want to finish a marathon without totally imploding in the last 6 miles or so. We'll see at Napa 2017??
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Sept 13, 2016 9:34:56 GMT -5
Congrats again! I love that you left 100% out there. Amazing!
And also, sea lions kinda freak me out too. They're not as aggressive as sea otters, but they can be highly territorial, so I like to not see them also. Lol
I just remembered I got interrupted while reading this and never finished it or commented. So here I am.
Such a strong and awesome race for you. You are always a super example of how working hard and staying focused can yield such amazing results. Congrats on this race!!
Wow! Ironwoman! Congratulations on an amazing race!
And I'd love to hear more about your "race weight" plan, lol. Seriously.
It's a book by Matt Fitzgerald - I think it's fairly old by now and maybe better plans out there? I just used it because someone gave me the book. But the basic idea is that you estimate your TDEE based on your body composition and activity level (training hours) and then it's a modified high protein/moderate carb macro profile with mostly whole foods. I couldn't quite hit the protein levels during the day without a protein powder in my smoothie, so that was pretty mcuh the only processed food i had during that time. The carb intake was higher than low carb diets though because of the training component.
The training part consists of 1-2 fasted workouts per week, and more weight training than I would do during a normal race-focused training cycle. I did hydrostatic body fat testing at the beginning and end of the 8 weeks to get a more accurate TDEE and measure progress.
It was interesting, and it worked for me (I was afraid of just trying to lose the marathon lbs on my own because I really didn't want to lose muscle). But way too intense for any extended period of time.
Wow! Ironwoman! Congratulations on an amazing race!
And I'd love to hear more about your "race weight" plan, lol. Seriously.
It's a book by Matt Fitzgerald - I think it's fairly old by now and maybe better plans out there? I just used it because someone gave me the book. But the basic idea is that you estimate your TDEE based on your body composition and activity level (training hours) and then it's a modified high protein/moderate carb macro profile with mostly whole foods. I couldn't quite hit the protein levels during the day without a protein powder in my smoothie, so that was pretty mcuh the only processed food i had during that time. The carb intake was higher than low carb diets though because of the training component.
The training part consists of 1-2 fasted workouts per week, and more weight training than I would do during a normal race-focused training cycle. I did hydrostatic body fat testing at the beginning and end of the 8 weeks to get a more accurate TDEE and measure progress.
It was interesting, and it worked for me (I was afraid of just trying to lose the marathon lbs on my own because I really didn't want to lose muscle). But way too intense for any extended period of time.
Very interesting! Thanks for taking the time to explain it! I think I am going to use the "off seeason" to really focus on nutrition and losing body fat, so I'm interested to know what others are doing. thanks again! Save