Feedback on MCM taper schedule

RoyalMoose11
RoyalMoose11 Posts: 211 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello. I'm looking for some feedback on my Marine Corps Marathon taper schedule. Any thoughts would be appreciated. My next two long runs are 18 then 20 (the next two Sundays). These are the weeks after the 20 mile run (the two weeks leading to the event).

Weeks are written as Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday
Week starting Oct 12:13/5/rest/5/7/5/rest
Week starting Oct 19:10/5/rest/6/rest/5 (flight to MCM)/rest
Sunday Oct 26: Race day

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  • RoyalMoose11
    RoyalMoose11 Posts: 211 Member
    bump for visibility :)
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
    I am not as experienced as a lot of folks here, but 26 miles the week of your race seems a little high. I am running a 50 mile race on October 12. I finished last week with a 26 mile training run and my program calls for a total of 35 miles this week, a total of 27 next week and only 9 total miles the week of the race... Maybe there is a difference in prepping for long distance road races as opposed to trail races. Maybe somebody smarter will jump in with some pointers...
  • Ianultrarunner
    Ianultrarunner Posts: 184 Member
    Here's my MCM taper which actually has already started and includes one Half Marathon race this coming Sunday.
    Days are in Mon-Sun Order, numbers as miles run, CT=Cross Train, RD=Rest Day.
    Sept 29: 3, 9, 10, 4, RD, 4, 13.1
    Oct 6: 4, 7, CT, 8, RD, 3, 12
    Oct 13: RD, 6, CT, 6, RD, 7, 7
    Oct 20: RD, 5, RD, 3, RD, 2, Marathon

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