u/CrypticWeirdo9105

No judgement at all! I am genuinely curious.

Here’s mine

Breakfast 2 hrs before:

Oatmeal/granola/banana OR bagel/maple butter/banana, glass of milk

Intra-run: various candies, liquid IV

Lunch right after:

Sandwich (usually egg or canned fish), a large portion of fruit, Clif bar

(Today however it was just the sandwich and fruit, and a little later, 3/4 of a pint of gelato 🫣)

Dinner:

A rice/pasta dish, or a curry with bread, 2-4 dates

Snack/dessert:

Milk, handful of nuts, dark chocolate (sometimes a cookie or other sweet treat)

Edit: 60-70 km/week, 23+ km long runs

I’m just not sure what to look for in a shoe if I’m not interested in a carbon plate one (goal 3:40 marathon so I don’t think it’d be useful to me).

According to the Pfitz plan I’m following, long runs are supposed to be 10-20% slower than MP. My goal pace is 5:30/km, so that would mean long runs at 6:05-6:35. He also says that you should start at the slower end of the range at the beginning, and progress to the faster end by the end of the run.

However, I do my long runs with a club that is a bit slower, around 6:40/km. Is that too slow, and what happens if you do your long runs too slow?

In this plan, the recovery runs are on Saturdays, while the long runs are on Sundays. I was originally planning to do my long runs on Saturdays because I wanted to run with my run club. Does the order of these runs really matter, like is the long run supposed to be run on tired legs? I did read the whole book but don’t recall Pfitz saying anything about the order of these runs and whether you can switch them. Any thoughts?

I never really considered Dollarama for groceries before, but I was in yesterday and noticed how drastically lower the food prices were! For example, I eat canned salmon almost every day as part of my lunch. It is almost $5 a can at Walmart and No Frills, but only $2.25 a can at Dollarama! Switching to Dollarama would therefore almost cut my lunch cost in half, but my friend says the Dollarama brands are much lower quality, is that true? What’s the catch with this price?

I never really considered Dollarama for groceries before, but I was in yesterday and noticed how drastically lower the food prices were! For example, I eat canned salmon almost every day as part of my lunch. It is almost $5 a can at Walmart and No Frills, but only $2.25 a can at Dollarama! Switching to Dollarama would therefore almost cut my lunch cost in half, but my friend says the Dollarama brands are much lower quality, is that true? What’s the catch with this price?

I’m visiting Oshawa this weekend and noticed that hotels are very expensive on those days compared to the surrounding dates, is there some event going on? I booked my hotel a few weeks ago, and have been watching hotel prices since then in case they go down, but they’ve just been going up…

Paces that felt so easy last week feel impossible now. It’s so demotivating and makes me feel like I’ve lost all fitness, why does this happen?

For example, last week I ran 19 km at 5:42/km on a hilly route. Average HR was 147 bpm and it felt so fun and easy! This week, I ran 13 km at almost the same HR, but my pace was 6:18/km and it felt so difficult and miserable the whole time. I felt like the most out of shape person to exist, like it was my first time running. It makes no sense, I’ve been sleeping and eating well as I always do.

This has happened a few times in the past, and it has nothing to do with my menstrual cycle either. I just wish I knew the reason so I could address it, but I’ve been racking my brain for a possible cause and can’t come up with anything.

I've been looking forward to taking this course ever since I learned about it in my first year, it sounds like such a cool experience. I just submitted my application, is it hard to get approved? Does anyone have any experiences to share about the course itself?