Comments on: The anatomy of a Long Run

By: Running on Faith

Running on Faith — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:23:40 +0000

Darn! Wish I read this before heading out for my run today. As I get back into higher mileage, it is always good to break them apart to help you mentally. And totally agree with the out and backs – those last 2 or so miles on the “out” are always a mental killer, along with the mid “back”. P.S. just found your blog via Aron’s!

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By: Danica

Danica — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:04:13 +0000

I tend to play the same mind games when I run too even though I am usually running with someone for my long run :D. I LOVED reading your break down and the fact that you focus on doing your long run for you not for time.

By: Patty

Patty — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:17:04 +0000

It makes perfect sense, that’s exactly how I think when I do marathons.

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:39:43 +0000

My group runs are always out and back runs, and I get through them by not thinking of the “back” part. Usually if I’m already tired at first I tell myself “only another half hour to go, I can run for another half hour” (even if it’s actually half hour to the turn around point). But breaking it like that, tricks my mind a bit…

By: Stacey

Stacey — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:07:36 +0000

Makes perfect sense! And so glad you took the time to break it down for us. I can’t even imagine running a marathon right now :)

By: Corina

Corina — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:48:15 +0000

Thanks for the great advice, Ill be training for my first 26.2 in Nov and Im super nervous…eek!

By: Alisa

Alisa — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:37:19 +0000

Yes, makes perfect sense.

If it’s a short run of 5 or less I think of it in terms of 2 mile chunks. 12 mile runs are my fave b/c it’s just 3 runs of 4 miles back-to-back =).

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:46:36 +0000

I totally get that last paragraph!

And it seems I am not the only one!

:^)

By: liane

liane — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:22:17 +0000

I always struggle for the first 20 minutes of a run. ALWAYS.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who breaks up their run into segments, when I was training for the half marathon, I had little milestones along each run/distance :)