As many of you know my primary fitness goals over the last 4 years have been related to doing triathlons. When I started, running was my primary obstacle not only because I had never done it before but also because of my high weight and knee issues. I started with the sprint triathlons (0.5mi swim, 12mi bike, 3mi run), then moved on to the olympic distance triathlons (1mi swim, 25mi bike, 6mi run). My next goal is the half ironman which is a 1.2 mile swim, 56mile bike ride, and a half marathon and I plan on doing one next spring.
Since running has always been my main obstacle, I have been focusing hard on that. Not only have I been running a lot but I have been working on my calves and hamstrings flexibility because those were causing some of my knee issues. Yesterday was my first trial run of the half marathon and I have to say that overall I was very, very pleased. Mainly because I had no joint pain whatsoever. Between my floating-head technique that minimizes impact force and my stretching, I had no crippling knee pain even after 13.1 miles.
The race day was quite hot, upper 80s near 90 so hydration was key. I started my hydrating strategy 4hours before the run to make sure I was 100% fully hydrated before the race. After the first 40 minutes of running my big green hat was completely soaked and dripping with sweat so it was clear that despite being fully hydrated that some hydration breaks were in order. No biggie, I didnt care that much about my time and it was more important to stay fully hydrated.


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Scooby, you are the best!
Scooobyyyy, good luck, you transmit your energy to us ! I really like It ! thanks a lot bro :)
Congratulations, Scooby! I really appreciate all your help and it's great to share in your successes. I run my first 10k race in 6 weeks!
Nice Scooby !
I really tried to follow your technique of runnig, but since I have nothing to compare to – it's difficult. Is there any chance that you will publish a video of you running with explanations ?
And before i forget, few months ago you wrote that you began some fancy trainers course and you will update us about it. Well, what about it ? :-)
Thanks.
Congrats my brother is running a half marathon next week I believe I am going to have to remind him to get hydrated before hand. My brother also watches your videos and has gotten fairly lean and somewhat ripped this summer. He follows a lot of your stuff pretty well, eats lots of beans, salsa egg yolks etc avoids "bulking foods" like pizza except he dabs off the grease so its ok ;)
Just kidding of course. Next time I am sure you will either skip leg workout or do something else so you don't have bad leg pain =)
Respct….just ran 10km today in 55min. And 28sec. That's enough for me….now graveyard shift and this afternoon back to lifting weights….life is great!!!
Congratulations :) I was thinking about you all day and I was interested how you doing…So I am glad that You were successful… did you get some pics of you during running? I know you were busy..hahaha.. but some one else could take them…
Btw. why is your 100% hydration 4hours before the start? In my running years I 100% hydration at 2hours before the start. It worked for me and that is also what I read in many running books.
But anyhow. Congratulations. And next time you are wiser ;).
Great job scoob!!!!which IRONMAN are you shooting for???
WOW!
You still amaze us all!I ran my 1st 1/2 marathon this year also. Went as well as it could. Not sure if it helps you,but when I start getting knee pain I got to a "barefoot" style. keeping my heel from hitting the ground. It stops the pain for me.