Maybe they removed the feature, idk. But I can not find it for the life of me. In v5 of the controller you could manually specify your ISP upload and download speed but I can just not find the option anywhere in v6?
(Just need to vent a bit I guess)
Marathon prognosis before the plan: 4:16
Marathon prognosis after the 26-weeks plan: 3:36-3:42
Actual result: 4:08
Ngl, I feel super bad. The training went fine I guess. Hit the wall at around 25-28km during my longer training runs but I had extra gels with me on the actual race, with plenty of water and electrolytes, so nutrition was not the issue. I "trusted the plan" and the fact that you generally perform better during that race day high.
I was perfectly on pace for the first 25km but the conditions were really bad. Pouring rain the entire time, and about 15km of the course was unpaved. I started feeling downright miserable, despite my legs still not hurting all that bad. But my hat was wet, my shirt was soaking, my socks and shoes were muddy and heavy. I took a mental sledgehammer to the face and all I could think about from that point onwards was "fuck it" as I saw my time drift further and further away from my 3:40 goal. "I'll just go 3:45 then". Then the 3:45 pacer team overtook me. "Ok, 3:50 then". Started walking more and more often, a total of 35 minutes I just spent walking trying and failing to convince myself that running would actually be better. Then the 3:59 pacer team overtook me, trying to encourage me to pick up with them but I just couldn't. The last 2K I tried to overcome the burden and finished the race running.
Lesson's learned? Fuck if I know. I can't control the weather and I've always been a glass half empty kinda guy which obviously isn't very constructive during these situations. Not sure where to go from here. Either this was my first and last marathon ever and I'll just stick to HMs from now on. Or I'll get over myself and try to look a bit brighter at the future. Time will tell. For now the focus is on recovery.