Hey Derrick, this is Bailey from Strava. Not sure if you’re looking for this kind of advice or not, but one thing I noticed looking through your peak long runs on Strava is that the elapsed time is usually 5-10 minutes longer than the moving time. One thing my college coach emphasized for me while I was training for a marathon (that unfortunately got cancelled) was to minimize breaks on the long run as much as possible. It teaches the body to work through peak fatigue without relying on rest time to bounce back. This might be why you’ve had some struggles around the 18-20 mile mark in your races, your body may be used to taking breaks when it feels it needs them. Again, sorry if you aren’t looking for this kind of advice but it’s just one thing I’ve noticed. It’s only a matter of time before you have a breakthrough, you have the dedication and work ethic for it!
That's the unfortunate side effect of not having a bike/coach along the way to hand off liquid maurten on long runs. Certainly not ideal, but minimizing water/nutrition breaks is front of mind.
@@ZenithEndurance Definitely. One thing I tried to do when I didn't have someone to hand me gels/water was set it up somewhere I could loop back towards, like having my water bottle and a few gels at my car. Then I'd run a loop of however long I wanted to go before my next planned nutrition/water stop and I'd try to pick it up and take the water/gel while still running around next to my car, then dropping it back off at my car and repeating this for the entirety of the run. So if I planned to take nutrition every 5 miles I'd run the same 5 mile loop however many times I needed to with the water and nutrition back at the start. This might not always work depending on location/route but I think it could be helpful
Hey Derrick, this is Bailey from Strava. Not sure if you’re looking for this kind of advice or not, but one thing I noticed looking through your peak long runs on Strava is that the elapsed time is usually 5-10 minutes longer than the moving time. One thing my college coach emphasized for me while I was training for a marathon (that unfortunately got cancelled) was to minimize breaks on the long run as much as possible. It teaches the body to work through peak fatigue without relying on rest time to bounce back. This might be why you’ve had some struggles around the 18-20 mile mark in your races, your body may be used to taking breaks when it feels it needs them. Again, sorry if you aren’t looking for this kind of advice but it’s just one thing I’ve noticed. It’s only a matter of time before you have a breakthrough, you have the dedication and work ethic for it!
That's the unfortunate side effect of not having a bike/coach along the way to hand off liquid maurten on long runs. Certainly not ideal, but minimizing water/nutrition breaks is front of mind.
@@ZenithEndurance Definitely. One thing I tried to do when I didn't have someone to hand me gels/water was set it up somewhere I could loop back towards, like having my water bottle and a few gels at my car. Then I'd run a loop of however long I wanted to go before my next planned nutrition/water stop and I'd try to pick it up and take the water/gel while still running around next to my car, then dropping it back off at my car and repeating this for the entirety of the run. So if I planned to take nutrition every 5 miles I'd run the same 5 mile loop however many times I needed to with the water and nutrition back at the start. This might not always work depending on location/route but I think it could be helpful