Comments on: Fall Racing and Tackling Our 18-Miler

By: The Best 20-Mile Run EVER

The Best 20-Mile Run EVER — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:56:26 +0000

[...] 5 miles, 6 miles, 4 miles, 1 Taekwondo class, and our 18-mile long run, which we tackled as part of the Ocean City Half Marathon. A full recap can be found here! [...]

By: Karla @ Run, Karla, Run!

Karla @ Run, Karla, Run! — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:37:43 +0000

Hope you had a great race and warm-up run! I’ve done this a few times with extra miles before and/or after a race. I don’t think it’s crazy at all! I’ve run to the start or run back to my hotel from the finish. Once, I did both to get my mileage for the day. When you’re marathon training, you gotta do what you gotta do! Hope your training is going well!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:57:11 +0000

Thank you! I definitely was NOT looking to PR, believe me…just to make the miles go by a bit more enjoyably. I never thought to run to a race, such a great idea (if it’s close enough to do so, of course)!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:56:11 +0000

LOL, exactly. That’s AWESOME that you were able to finish so strong after 5-6 miles beforehand; it definitely wasn’t easy running a half after a 5-mile “warm-up” this weekend, lol.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:54:50 +0000

Thanks, Jaime! Ugh, injuries are THE WORST! But, hey, you made it…that’s all that matters.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:54:22 +0000

Hahaha, ohhh, man, there was NO WAY I’d go back out into the cold after that experience, lol.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 23:13:16 +0000

Your strategy is a good one! Ideally I like getting the miles done ahead of the half so I can enjoy myself after (I mean…all the goodies). BIH wasn’t ideal when I missed the earlier portion. I think last year I ran 5-6 miles before my Wineglass Half and at that time I ended up having my 3rd best half time. I guess warming up helped

By: Jaime

Jaime — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 23:54:18 +0000

I crashed and burned at last year’s NYC Marathon, too! I was injured and toed the start line not having run in a month. I was incredibly disappointed. Wishing you the best for this year!

Have a fabulous race this weekend!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:02:09 +0000

I was actually supposed to do this after that CRAZY windy channukah chalf we did, but yeah…that was NOT happening after that! I think I may have gotten on the elliptical for 30 minutes (after I thawed out!) to simulate the 3 miles I was supposed to do, but I’ve decided that race + extra miles for long run really isn’t for me.

By: Katherine Kovac

Katherine Kovac — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:27:00 +0000

As long as you’re not looking to PR, it’s a great idea! I’ve often signed up for 10ks or 15ks in preparation for a half, and I even know of a few local races that are out and back type courses and allow you to go back out and be supported if you need mileage afterwards. Living in a city (Chicago), I also sometimes like to run to a race start if it’s not far away and run back home afterwards.