Comments on: Taper? http://faster-running.com/general-training/taper/ Tips for improving your running Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:46:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kch http://faster-running.com/general-training/taper/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 kch Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:13:24 +0000 http://faster-running.com/?p=613#comment-1055 Andy, Thanks for the good wishes. I know run/walk has resulted in better times for some people, but I know that's not going to be the case for me this time based upon how my most recent "long" runs have gone. I'm okay with that though. There's always next time. Andy,

Thanks for the good wishes. I know run/walk has resulted in better times for some people, but I know that’s not going to be the case for me this time based upon how my most recent “long” runs have gone.

I’m okay with that though. There’s always next time.

]]> By: Andy http://faster-running.com/general-training/taper/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 Andy Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:18:42 +0000 http://faster-running.com/?p=613#comment-1054 Good luck for the race on Sunday. I didn't realise you'd been injured. You seem to have kept up a pretty steady training regime. As for run-walk in races and the fear of a slow time, I always quote Hal Higdon who said: "You will lose less time walking than you think. I once ran a 2:29 marathon, walking through every aid station. My son Kevin ran 2:18 and qualified for the Olympic Trials employing a similar strategy. And Bill Rodgers took four brief breaks (tying a shoe on one of them) while running 2:09 and winning the 1975 Boston Marathon. Walking gives your body a chance to rest, and you'll be able to continue running more comfortably. It's best to walk when you want to, not when your (fatigued) body forces you too." A 2:18 marathon? Sounds like a reasonable endorsement of a run-walk approach! Andy Good luck for the race on Sunday. I didn’t realise you’d been injured. You seem to have kept up a pretty steady training regime.

As for run-walk in races and the fear of a slow time, I always quote Hal Higdon who said:

“You will lose less time walking than you think. I once ran a 2:29 marathon, walking through every aid station. My son Kevin ran 2:18 and qualified for the Olympic Trials employing a similar strategy. And Bill Rodgers took four brief breaks (tying a shoe on one of them) while running 2:09 and winning the 1975 Boston Marathon. Walking gives your body a chance to rest, and you’ll be able to continue running more comfortably. It’s best to walk when you want to, not when your (fatigued) body forces you too.”

A 2:18 marathon? Sounds like a reasonable endorsement of a run-walk approach!

Andy

]]> By: Dave http://faster-running.com/general-training/taper/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Dave Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:26:40 +0000 http://faster-running.com/?p=613#comment-1053 Kristen, Last year when I first hurt my knee, I was going to run the full marathon at The Outer Banks Marathon in North Carolina. I ended up doing the half, and it was a PR for me. I think though a lot of it had to do with it being at sea level, but I'll take it! Kristen,
Last year when I first hurt my knee, I was going to run the full marathon at The Outer Banks Marathon in North Carolina. I ended up doing the half, and it was a PR for me. I think though a lot of it had to do with it being at sea level, but I’ll take it!

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