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My paces are getting slower in this marathon block, past 3 weekends I’ve done 18, 20, 20 mile long runs so hoping it’s the fatigue. I’m going to dial the distance back and try and increase the speed for a few weeks, I really want my marathon pace to feel “easy” on the day.

As title says, I'm trying to convert a drop bar gravel bike to flats for the other half and looking for some shifters.

I'm sure its been done before but half tight recommendations with storage please. I want the janji but they are out of medium so something similar would be ideal. Theres some half price lululemon senseknit 10 on ebay for about £65, I'm not sure whether they have a drawstring which may be an issue if gels in pocket.

At least the weather was glorious, we went out yesterday around Marsden and it was horrific at times.

I did Barcelona half the weekend before and have developed a taste for running in the Spanish February sunshine.

Sounds amazing, well done! I’m very tempted by Seville next year.

Me too, just outside top 100 and 7 mins better than previous PB. I have a cold and decided kill or cure and I’m now dead.

I have for the past 6 months, just getting over it now. Soleus wall squats have helped a lot and extra rest days. Are you feeling it in your achilles?

I prefer fasted for that type of run as long as I’ve refuelled properly from the previous.

It’s taken me years to realise that I suffer from reactive hypoglycaemia and if I eat too close to running (unless within 5 mins) I feel much worse.

https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/how-to-avoid-a-pre-workout-bonk/#:~:text=Also%20referred%20to%20as%20bonking,exercise%2C%20could%20be%20to%20blame.

Usually a favourite amongst guests when I make this, so delicious!

It’s taken me 5 years to realise this. If I eat within about 2 hours it spikes my insulin and I bonk during the run.

I eat substantial meal 3hrs before and then sip energy drink as warming up if doing a hard session or fine without anything if easy or steady.

I’d assume you probably aren’t doing the half, I’m about 10 weeks into trying to rehab a calf/ Achilles injury and only just getting back to running properly. It’s been a bumpy road and had to pull back and rest a few times.

As above see a physio who may say that a few weeks rest and it might be ok but it sounds like it’s past that point and rehab is needed.

What’s the general consensus on decent available m marathon plan, ideally it would be pretty flexible to fit in club training sessions and I don’t mind paying a bit if required.

3 peaks race today, made the cut off unlike last year. Absolutely brutal, not sure I had fully recovered from Manchester marathon and haven’t been training in the hills as much lately. It will be a good few years before I do that again.

Where in Manchester, my brother recently had some work done and they were pretty decent.

He’s in Levenshulme but pretty sure they cover south Manchester.

A few other mates have done knock throughs using one of their footy team mates whose a brickie but had really good results but had to manage the process more closely, ordering steels etc.

For me it’s the 5-8km in a 10km that seem to last forever, the last few you are nearly home.

Ffs, now I have to buy one of them for camping etc.

I get it if I’ve pushed myself hard in a race or similar where I’ve gone heavily into the red.

I’ve recently been trying to down regulate for a little bit after a track session or similar through nasal breathing, a few times I’ve listened to really relaxing music, it seems to do the help a lot.

I think I heard about it in a Huberman podcast, the last in his series with Andy Galpin.

https://joshmbunch.medium.com/why-you-should-practice-down-regulation-breathing-after-your-next-workout-a6c16641dcdb

Really happy, was aiming for 3:45 and got 3:46, I stupidly hadn’t put enough miles into my new shoes, some carbon adidas ones and the soles of my feet were killing in the second half.

Without the out of body experience I would probably have snuck under but I needed to walk for a min as I was feeling really strange.

Manchester marathon today (my first). I totally understand why people say it doesn’t start until 20 miles, the end was brutal. At 22 miles I felt like I was having some kind of out of body experience but luckily managed to sort my head out.

Yeah more volume.

85.5-> 81.5kg. Not been hungry, eaten more than usual, never “dieting” again.

I’ve now got a sore right ankle, left knee and right side of core.

Like the look of that! I’ve been meaning to make something similar with kefir but not got around to it.

Increase then sharp decrease when you lose the water weight from all the extra carbs. Skiing is solid exercise, you burn loads of calories in a day on the slopes.