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Ran first marathon and am crushed!! Advice needed...
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<blockquote data-quote="scottmartin" data-source="post: 73581" data-attributes="member: 342"><p>As the title says, ran my first marathon Saturday. And I use the word "ran" loosely....</p><p></p><p>99.9% of my training was on our treadmill, with maximum weekly mileage topping out at 39 miles. My goal was to finish in under 4 hours. We started at 6:00 am and everything was awesome for the first half (1:50)...then around mile 15 the wheels fell off!!! My quads started to feel pretty destroyed and around mile 19ish my right hamstring started to lock up if I ran...</p><p>So I walked the last 6 plus miles. Finish time 5:03...demoralizing :-(</p><p></p><p>My question, is outdoor running that much harder on the body than the treadmill?? (Sole F80)</p><p>I took a cliff gel every 20 minutes just as I had done all through training (longest runs were 20 and 22 miles) so I don't think it was a nutrition issue. Am I wrong?</p><p>Endurance felt awesome the whole way through...the legs just started to betray me!!</p><p></p><p>If it matters...45 year old, 6'0" 185...primarily do sprint Tri's but wanted a challenge this off season. Longest run race before was Half marathons...have done several over the years.</p><p></p><p>Any insight would be great, as I "may" decide to run another of these awful soul depleting races!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scottmartin, post: 73581, member: 342"] As the title says, ran my first marathon Saturday. And I use the word "ran" loosely.... 99.9% of my training was on our treadmill, with maximum weekly mileage topping out at 39 miles. My goal was to finish in under 4 hours. We started at 6:00 am and everything was awesome for the first half (1:50)...then around mile 15 the wheels fell off!!! My quads started to feel pretty destroyed and around mile 19ish my right hamstring started to lock up if I ran... So I walked the last 6 plus miles. Finish time 5:03...demoralizing :-( My question, is outdoor running that much harder on the body than the treadmill?? (Sole F80) I took a cliff gel every 20 minutes just as I had done all through training (longest runs were 20 and 22 miles) so I don't think it was a nutrition issue. Am I wrong? Endurance felt awesome the whole way through...the legs just started to betray me!! If it matters...45 year old, 6'0" 185...primarily do sprint Tri's but wanted a challenge this off season. Longest run race before was Half marathons...have done several over the years. Any insight would be great, as I "may" decide to run another of these awful soul depleting races! [/QUOTE]
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