Of Mice and Marathons

I like that Jason. I like that a lot. 'The Bam Mile.' Has a nice ring to it. I hope you're not shaving your legs while dropping the nut on your sodie pop cans:)

Great run - a big marathon breakthrough's on the cards. I doubt you'll die in the last few miles of your next one. You're teaching the body to access fat stores at mp - this is what so many are not doing and is why they die in and around mile 22. This type of run puts the hairs back on your legs.

'The Bam Mile.' I like that.

Strong looking run there, Jason. I don't think I've ever gone past 22 in a training run. The fact that you could throw in the cheeky Bam mile toward the end and still be fine for miles 22-24 says a lot about how your endurance has come around.

I felt so strong on this run, Bam. The whole time I told myself "no more walking in a marathon." I could have probably beat my marathon PR but that seemed foolish, arrogant, and unproductive. Going into mile 23 I was uphill and feeling it a bit, but once I got on the flat I just coasted. Amazing how the muscles fire differently.

Thanks, Joe. It was the best run of my life I think. I was planning 22, 20 if I was just suffering. I miscalculated a bit on my planned route, but kept saying "maybe just one more mile."I keep revising my long run philosophy. 22 miles is sensible, especially if you do more than 1 in a training cycle. I will sometimes do more than planned if I am feeling really good, which I think goes against conventional wisdom, but I am tired of dying in the last few miles of the marathon. I don't need to negative split them, but I'm done walking. Not going over 19.5 even with solid long tempos hurt me a bit last fall I think.