Enough training time for marathon?
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CarsonRuns wrote: »
Good plan.Training2BeFast wrote: »MountainMaggie wrote: »I like to do a short run before my long runs sometimes. For instance, the evening before my 15 miler, I ran 3miles, and kept thinking "Ok. Just gotta do this 5 times tomorrow." I think of it as a warm up. I'd be scared to do more than 5 before a long race, and 5 is pushing it. But I'm no expert, and I'm listening to you all.
Not the day before a race. I just do a very easy very short "shake out run" the day before a race. The point of running a medium length run the day before a long training run is to pre-tire your legs to better condition you for running on tired legs on race day.
Not before a race either. I'm a bit extreme and take 3 full day off before a marathon
Fresh legs are amazing!
I'm afraid my legs will seize up :laugh: I'm actually just about to go do a real easy 3 miles with a couple of strides in a few minutes. Then I'll take tomorrow off. Then my little shake out run on Saturday and as much just laying around doing nothing as I can get away with until Sunday morning.
Thanks!
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Training2BeFast wrote: »Training2BeFast wrote: »MountainMaggie wrote: »I like to do a short run before my long runs sometimes. For instance, the evening before my 15 miler, I ran 3miles, and kept thinking "Ok. Just gotta do this 5 times tomorrow." I think of it as a warm up. I'd be scared to do more than 5 before a long race, and 5 is pushing it. But I'm no expert, and I'm listening to you all.
Not the day before a race. I just do a very easy very short "shake out run" the day before a race. The point of running a medium length run the day before a long training run is to pre-tire your legs to better condition you for running on tired legs on race day.
Not before a race either. I'm a bit extreme and take 3 full day off before a marathon Fresh legs are amazing!
I'm afraid my legs will seize up :laugh: I'm actually just about to go do a real easy 3 miles with a couple of strides in a few minutes. Then I'll take tomorrow off. Then my little shake out run on Saturday and as much just laying around doing nothing as I can get away with until Sunday morning.
It's all about what works for you!
We're all different. But we're all here for the same thing.0 -
Training2BeFast wrote: »Training2BeFast wrote: »MountainMaggie wrote: »I like to do a short run before my long runs sometimes. For instance, the evening before my 15 miler, I ran 3miles, and kept thinking "Ok. Just gotta do this 5 times tomorrow." I think of it as a warm up. I'd be scared to do more than 5 before a long race, and 5 is pushing it. But I'm no expert, and I'm listening to you all.
Not the day before a race. I just do a very easy very short "shake out run" the day before a race. The point of running a medium length run the day before a long training run is to pre-tire your legs to better condition you for running on tired legs on race day.
Not before a race either. I'm a bit extreme and take 3 full day off before a marathon Fresh legs are amazing!
I'm afraid my legs will seize up :laugh: I'm actually just about to go do a real easy 3 miles with a couple of strides in a few minutes. Then I'll take tomorrow off. Then my little shake out run on Saturday and as much just laying around doing nothing as I can get away with until Sunday morning.
It's all about what works for you!
We're all different. But we're all here for the same thing.
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MountainMaggie wrote: »One factor no one mentioned that played into my decision is heat (though perhaps that's where the Fall suggestions came from). As much as prefer summer for everything else I do, cold weather shaves minutes off my mile. I need to work on that. Someone who does 60 hours of manual labor a week in the southern summer sun really ought to be able to run in the same sun.
Heat sucks. I walked the last mile of Saturday's long run(18 miles) due to the heat. I wasn't breathing hard at all, my legs were still in pretty good shape. I was just getting hot. It was 75, sunny and I needed more water. I still made it in 3 hours even walking the last mile so I felt pretty good about the workout. I just wish it had been cooler. It was 40 degrees the day before on my easy run.
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