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I'm going to offer my two cents on Galloway/Gallowalking/walking in general. I'm a pretty accomplished runner and triathlete. I've run 15 marathons, gone to Boston, have done countless Olympic and half-iron tris and Ironman. I'm not bad, I get age group awards and top tens pretty often.
I WALK. OFTEN.
Really, in any race over 10K I walk at every single aid station. Everyone of them. Always. For a sip of water and a gel (or pretzel or broth) when appropriate. That said, I agree with Tim--- time on your feet is important, but covering 26 in training is not. Every marathon, I walk maybe :30 seconds every twoish miles, sometimes I walk every 10 minutes. I still do this even though my milage tops out around 10 for a long run. It keeps you sane and healthy and lets you finish those long runs, get adequate water and not break yourself.
You are banking fitness for a marathon. It's earned over time, daily, with long runs and longish runs. You'll be busted up for some of those, going into your 18 miler already tired on legs that have run for HOURS that week. Your marathon, however, will be run on fresh, rested legs and you will spend every bit of fitness currency you've invested running the race. Focus on a getting to a max long run of 3-4 hours (3-4 times during training), depending on your speed, and a mid week run of 60-90 minutes, plus 3 days of 30-45 minutes nice and easy.
Tim puts more stock in a flat course than I do. Flat hurts too. But most of what hurts at Disney is poured concrete with banked shoulders. Those highway miles hurt me alot.
Thank you so much kimandmark [emoji5] I'm feeling more and more confident
I always wondered if it's ok to run/walk a full I know my pace is generally 857/902 but I don't think I can do that in a full and honestly keeping that pace in a half is hard on my breathing
All these runs and I still haven't mastered the art of breathing correctly [emoji15]
Sorry slipped o/t lol
Thank you again for your encouragement
Thanks so much, Pixiemom for asking this question.
I (maybe foolishly) just registered for the January 2017 full WDW marathon for me and my husband. He doesn't know yet (shhhh) it's his father's day present He made the mistake of saying he thinks he would like to do a full one day. We just finished our 3rd Disney half marathon. We have also done a Disney 10K. The previous posts have made me nervous, scared but mostly excited for the challenge. It's great hearing the experiences of other runners where I haven't been yet. Thanks.
UPDATE: Disney Marathon 2017 was cold! We had a great time although I was in full walk mode by the time we hit Epcot. For my birthday in July he gave me a trip to Disney for the 2018 marathon. So the training begins
That's the one thing I thought I'd do different if I ran another marathon is more long runs.
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Thanks so much, Pixiemom for asking this question.
I (maybe foolishly) just registered for the January 2017 full WDW marathon for me and my husband. He doesn't know yet (shhhh) it's his father's day present He made the mistake of saying he thinks he would like to do a full one day. We just finished our 3rd Disney half marathon. We have also done a Disney 10K. The previous posts have made me nervous, scared but mostly excited for the challenge. It's great hearing the experiences of other runners where I haven't been yet. Thanks.
That is totally awesome!
congrats and lots of luck!!
I still have yet to conquer my fear of a full
and I am actually passing up on a half marathon this coming sunday because my head is not into it...
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He made the mistake of saying he thinks he would like to do a full one day. We just finished our 3rd Disney half marathon. We have also done a Disney 10K. The previous posts have made me nervous, scared but mostly excited for the challenge. It's great hearing the experiences of other runners where I haven't been yet. Thanks.
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