Anyone faster using Galloway than full run?

First marathon running as much as I could without scheduled walk breaks took 6 hours 6 minutes.  Second marathon a year later using Galloway's 3:1 walk breaks all the way, took 5:06.

Good point- may not be giving herself enough credit for working hard and improving run fitness over a year vs attributing to the plan.

2x..I only use it in 1/2 or full marathons (including HIM).  I take a 30-60 sec walk break at each mile starting at mile 2.  If only for the fact that for me it mimics race day where I need to slow down at the aid stations to make sure I'm getting enough hydration. I find it also helps me focus...not to think about running 13 miles but focus on the mile I'm currently running and make necessary changes each mile.  

I do think I'm faster at these distances using the run/walk method.

Depends - IM is a different beast - even pros walk some aid stations in an IM to get nutrition down but that's not the Gallowalking method either. 

If it gets you through the distance quicker to take walk breaks then go for it. But once the distance is no longer an issue, and it's just about speed then you usually move on from the walk breaks.

Yea, forgot to mention.  Only use it or a HIM or IM.  Do not use for stand alone HM or full marathons or anything shorter than a HIM.

enjoy,

Duane 

I started doing the Galloway method in training for my first half marathon in 2009.  If definitely allowed me to cover more distance in training than I ever had before. 

In my personal experience, using the run/walk I'm faster on distances longer than 5K. 

It also helps me manage some chronic problems with patella tendonitis in my right knee and Achilles tendonosis in my left foot.

Mark 

If you want to run a 1:59 half mary (9:05m\m) and you use the 4min run:1min walk, what pace are you running during those 4 minutes?  What pace are you walking?

I see where his 9:00m\m says 4:1 ratio.  Does he mean run a 9:00m\m?  I would think that walk would chew some time.  I would like to try this on my next long run. 

In my case study of one, this has held to be true. I will add, however, that after training runs and races using run/walk, I feel better and recover faster.

http://www.coachdino.org/runwalk.htm

In my case (edit to clarify: a 2:04 HM), my pace during the run segments was pretty close to my 5K PR pace at the time (though a month later I knocked a minute off of my 5K so, probably more accurately between 5K and 10K pace).

i think this works if you can make up the time you are walking easily in the pace of the run. Otherwise, a steady effort will be faster.  Also, I think that the slower the run pace (or closer the run pace is to the walk pace), the less you have to 'make-up'.

I do agree that walking some of the aid stations (to make sure you get the drink down especially if you're also taking in a gel) works well for me, but that's the only reason I'm slowing down from my constant effort.  I think you can do the same thing just by regulating your pace (for example, dropping down from 7:45/mile to 8:15/mile pace would slowly level off heart rate if it was climbing too quickly without having to actually walk).

I am definitely faster on anything 10k or over using the run/walk method.

I have had the best results with 9:1, but I haven't done enough experimenting to be sure that's really the best for me.

Endurance racing (for most of us) is about NOT SLOWING DOWN!

Run/walk/run can be effective for longer/harder races.  Badwater 135, for example.  No one is running that whole thing. 

It is WAY better to work walking into your race strategy than to hit the wall & be forced to walk late in the race.

Totally agree about making it your strategy.  Especially if you do it in training. If that's the way you should race.

I started with a popular running store here in Canada and they use the 10:1 ratio - worked really really well for me as I started out. I eventually phased them out. But I did experience the faster with run/walk than steady at the 10k distance. It was very surprising.

Do what works for you - lots of people don't like it but it can work. On another running board there was a guy who could do 3:30 marathon as a pacer.   If you're aiming for faster than that it might be challenging to maintain but really do what works for you.