THIS is How I’m Going to Qualify for the US Olympic Trials 

I appreciate that! I did only start this month, so I’m feeling very grateful for the quick growth 🙏

I appreciate that! I hope you're right about the future;)

Lots of ideas are stewing. Thank you!

Of course! I love making them, it’s a lot of fun

Glad you like them!

I appreciate the kind feedback, I’ll keep ‘em coming! It’s too fun lol

I'll give it my best shot!

You're right about that! It doesn't usually end well.. I think I'll be OK, though, I've been training for a 2:13-2:14 marathon and then goin going out at 2:17 pace lately. I'm just planning to go out closer to the pace I trained for this time

Haha I’m always glad to hear from others I’m on the right track. And yeah, Ive been doing single-leg weighted calf raises every week for the last 3 months or so now 😅

Thank you! Will do!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Yeah that’s a good idea. I even have easy access with a professor on University campus right here to try something like that.. definitely worth looking into! The issue is that I’ve never cramped in training. Only once I run race pace for 18+ miles

Love it, keep working, it’ll come!

Haha Alright, I didn't ignore this comment;) Here's the background behind that note... I haven't had the test done, but I have played with vastly differing amounts of electrolytes taken in before and during marathons and had literally no difference in cramping. And I am aware of how different the concentration of sweat athletes can have. I think this is more relevant in long endurance races like ultras and Ironmans than a quick road marathon though. In June, I ran Grandma's marathon and took about 3-4 times more electrolytes (I used pedialtye and ate several salt tablets) during the race and had the SAME cramping as before. No Improvement. This last marathon a month ago, I went back to the low amount of electrolytes from before, and had HUGE improvements. The difference was strength training, certainly not anything to do with electrolytes. And the peer-reviewed research on EAMC is fairly clear on the electrolyte theory too, so I've given up on it. I may still need to do the sweat test out of curiosity though! cause I am curious

@@mottesen_runs Dang. Calf cramps are the absolute worst! Have you seen a PT? I just saw one for the first time and found out I have super limited mobility in the arch of my foot, which apparently can cause your calves to cramp up. Not saying that's it for you, but maybe something like that?

And this KEEPS me sane haha

I love been running competitively for many years. But marathon training just for the last couple years since graduating out of the NCAA!

Yeah it doesn’t change. At 4:50- 4:45 I’d be running a little faster than threshold. That’s how I wrote It to make it easier to understand. That would still be the primary system I’d be working

I have wondered… interestingly, I have only had 2 marathons that my legs never fully seized up, both in Adidas. The really bad cramping has always been in Nike 🤷‍♂️. But I have run in 3 different shoe models across 6 marathons, so I don’t think it solves the issue to switch shoes

I typically join them for long runs on Saturdays, but my schedule with work doesn’t allow me to train with them during the week. And I’m not gonna pretend that I could train ‘with’ them anyway 😅.

@@mottesen_runs Sorry, I finished the video and you have a clip of Conner. Impressive ya'll still run together.

@@Davbaldwin1 No worries! Yeah, I love that we all still get together on weekends to run together!

I wear plated shoes pretty frequently in training too, but have never cramped in training still. Just marathon races

There goes that theory haha...Very interesting. Hope it stays at bay through the buildup and race!

Technically I’ve tried that every time;) negative splitting down to an OTQ really leaves no room for error. I may try it in the future, but it’s too risky with only one more shot!

Had to run sub 2:18:00, came up short with 2:18:55. Got sick before the last attempt and dropped out :/

@@mottesen_runsI am confused, paris entry standards say 2:08:10 but the olympics say 2:18:00, which is it? if you qualify for 2:18:00, can you not run in paris 2024? So you are just doing it to say you ran a qualifying time or hoping one year the respective country matches what the olympics have?

Glad someone appreciated the note haha. I've been marathoning for a couple years, if electrolytes were the simple problem, I wouldn't be cramping anymore;)