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Random question that I was curious about...

My usual training run is a 1 mile loop in my neighborhood. For my long runs I just run this a bunch of times. Ror example, this morning I just ran the loop 14 times for my long run. Often there are other people walking this loop as well. Whenever I see someone I will smile and say "good morning" but I since it's a loop I will inevitably see them multiple more times (especially if they are going the opposite way) and I feel weird waving each time. What basically do now is just keep my eyes forward and kind of ignore them. It's kind of like driving next to someone you know and you keep getting stopped at all the red lights next to them. It's just a silly thing, but curious if other runners deal with this differently. I used to literally kind of smile and wave EVERY time I passed them, but then it just gets super repetitive and awkward ha ha.

I am a total new runner but really enjoying it. I have found that it feels great physically, which I was anticipating, but also helps so much mentally. I currently run 5 times a week (three of those are easy runs, 1 is a speed session, and 1 long run). I find that even with running more than I have ever run in my life I have a hard time taking rest days. I conceptually realize the importance of it but still can't help feeling crappy when I skio those days. My question is... if I take REALLY slow "runs" on these days (like zone 1) is that physiologically similar to an actual rest day? Does anybody do this or am I just being stubborn and stupid?

So my goal is to run my first marathon at the end of this year. I have been very loosely "training" for the past month or two which just consisted of trying to be consistent and get familiar with longer distances. My initial goal was just to complete the marathon regardless of time but after starting to get more comfortable I got interested in a time goal (which I know a lot of people don't recommend for your first marathon... but I decided to do it anyway). Now with a time goal in mind, I realized I should probably be a little more structured with my runs. I got an actual running plan and it includes interval training which I have never done. I was kind of dreading it, but this morning was my first time doing it and I actually liked it way more than I thought I would. It is definitely hard running those faster paces, but the little walking breaks between sets are a nice way to break it up. I'm hoping this will help increase my overall pace and it's a nice way to break up the training so it is not just a bunch of slow long runs.

Got a chance to travel for three weeks to Asia and didn't do any running. Additionally I ate a bunch of food because Korean and Taiwanese food is amazing ;) Anyway, those first two runs after coming back were TOUGH. Hoping I can get back into training shape soon. Crazy how fast I lost the conditioning.

I am planning on running my first marathon this December. I haven't started officially training yet but I've been starting to stack up weekly miles just to get my body "pre trained" and get comfortable with it. It's been hard but really enjoyable (I've even ran 20 miles twice so far just to prove to myself that I can do it). When I initially started my goal was just to finish, then I wanted to go sub 5, then sub 4:30, but just today I decided I think it might be possible to go sub 4. My garmin seems to think I can do it in 3:50 which is encouraging (even though I've heard Garmin can be pretty optimistic). I've put my data into runalyze and it says right now I should be able to do it in 4:05. I'm leaving for vacation for a couple weeks and will start actual training in mid Jume which will give me 26 weeks to get ready. Anyway I'm just posting this here so that hopefully in December I can come back to it and give a good report.

TLDR: 44 year old Dad thinks (hopes) he can run first marathon in sub 4 :)

I am planning on running my first marathon this December. I haven't started officially training yet but I've been starting to stack up weekly miles just to get my body "pre trained" and get comfortable with it. It's been hard but really enjoyable (I've even ran 20 miles twice so far just to prove to myself that I can do it). When I initially started my goal was just to finish, then I wanted to go sub 5, then sub 4:30, but just today I decided I think it might be possible to go sub 4. My garmin seems to think I can do it in 3:50 which is encouraging (even though I've heard Garmin can be pretty optimistic). I've put my data into runalyze and it says right now I should be able to do it in 4:05. I'm leaving for vacation for a couple weeks and will start actual training in mid Jume which will give me 26 weeks to get ready. Anyway I'm just posting this here so that hopefully in December I can come back to it and give a good report.

TLDR: 44 year old Dad thinks (hopes) he can run first marathon in sub 4 :)

I am planning on running my first marathon this December. I haven't started officially training yet but I've been starting to stack up weekly miles just to get my body "pre trained" and get comfortable with it. It's been hard but really enjoyable (I've even ran 20 miles twice so far just to prove to myself that I can do it). When I initially started my goal was just to finish, then I wanted to go sub 5, then sub 4:30, but just today I decided I think it might be possible to go sub 4. My garmin seems to think I can do it in 3:50 which is encouraging (even though I've heard Garmin can be pretty optimistic). I've put my data into runalyze and it says right now I should be able to do it in 4:05. I'm leaving for vacation for a couple weeks and will start actual training in mid Jume which will give me 26 weeks to get ready. Anyway I'm just posting this here so that hopefully in December I can come back to it and give a good report.

TLDR: 44 year old Dad thinks (hopes) he can run first marathon in sub 4 :)

So I recently got a Garmin forerunner 55 to help track my miles, HR etc and it has the "race predictions" on it. I have heard from a lot of people that these, on average, tend to be pretty optimistic but it's been kind of fun watching the race time predictions get faster with the more run data it collects. This is my first marathon and I am definitely a beginner but my goal is to get 4:30. Well my Garmin is predicting a 4:01:04 and so now my goal (in training) is to get a sub 4 race prediction and I figure that should give me hope that my actual race time will be around 4:30 ha ha.

So I recently got a Garmin forerunner 55 to help track my miles, HR etc and it has the "race predictions" on it. I have heard from a lot of people that these, on average, tend to be pretty optimistic but it's been kind of fun watching the race time predictions get faster with the more run data it collects. This is my first marathon and I am definitely a beginner but my goal is to get 4:30. Well my Garmin is predicting a 4:01:04 and so now my goal (in training) is to get a sub 4 race prediction and I figure that should give me hope that my actual race time will be around 4:30 ha ha.

I am training for my first marathon and a lot of things I keep seeing are people saying to make sure you are also doing "strength training" in the midst of your weekly running. This may be a stupid question, but is this specific to let strength training or is it also referred to like lifting and upper body stuff as well?

Training for my first marathon that is at the end of this year. I have been using Strava on my phone for the last couple weeks and it's been good for tracking distances and paces, but didn't have any heart rate info. Just got the Garmin Forerunner 55 yesterday and I love it! It is a super basic watch and doesn't have a lot of the bells and whistles that the more expensive ones have but I got it brand new for $100 so the band for buck ratio is great. It's been really interesting seeing all the HR info and it's been a good motivation to keep going because it's like having a new toy ha ha. As stupid as it sounds... it also makes me feel more like a "real runner"

Hey everyone, I just got my first Garmin (the forerunner 55). I love it. I know it is the most basic one, but it is all the stuff I need. The only problem I'm having is that I am currently training for a marathon but the training plans only go up to half marathon. I had read that if I add a marathon event in the connect app then it should sync to the watch and give me suggestions for marathon training. When I put the event in the calendar on the app and I go to "send to device" it then lists the forerunner 55 as "not compatible." I have made the event "primary" and all the permissions look correct so I'm just wondering why it's not working. Any suggestions would be helpful. Or any suggestions on how to get a marathon training plan onto the forerunner 55. Thank you.