Lukehumphreyrunning.com Website Review

take part in a social community of runners. support one another as you train. every race this season i have had a pr and i am now placing in my age group -- something that i never dreamed i received an interesting question from an hmm user. essentially, the athlete asked.. luke humphrey2018-05-03 17:54:212018-05-04 05:35:47what to train for when past our prime? when is our prime? college. i left my d2 university in 2008 with personal best of 1:55 in the 800m, a 15:59 5k and almost no pas*ion to keep training. after a few years of not running i got the inspiration to run marathons after spectating the pittsburgh marathon. i figured if the hordes of people out there can do a marathon, surely a seasoned runner such as myself should be able to run a sub 3. so, i started haphazardly training and debuted with a 3:14. i got a bit more serious and ran the philly marathon next year in a 2:57. my training consisted of some longer runs with plenty of fast stuff. having qualified for boston i spent the next 12 months base building to build my marathon strength. i followed a more traditional training plan that consisted of 20 mile runs with fast finishes and a couple of weeks with doubles. there were a few mile repeats sprinkled throughout, but nothing too serious. i got up to 80 miles and sensed a i would run my first boston (2017) in 3:14. the heat didn’t help, but the 6:40’s killed me. i went an ran 2 more marathons each of frustration was setting in. i wasn’t getting better even after running thousands of miles since my 2:57 in 2015. i looked for another training method and stumbled upon hansons. des had just won the 2018 boston (which i also ran!) and figured if it works for her, why not i devoured the book in a week and plotted out my training plan. i didn’t miss any of the key workouts and spent plenty of time running at 6:30 pace. i only ran beyond 16 miles once and my mileage peaked at 68 miles per week. i’l admit i was nervous heading into the columbus marathon. the idea of only running 16 miles was somewhat ludicrous, but i put my faith in