Marathon Training Panic
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I could see running 23 but only running 20, that's nearly adding another 1/3rd of the distance, or 1/4. something. it's a lot
How can people climb Mt. Everest if they've never climbed Mt. Everest? They train on smaller mountains, and the skill that they obtain from all those climbs is enough to get them to the top. (and back down safely)
while mountain climbing is strenuous, it's not quite the same thing, that I understand perfectly find.
so about 1/4. that seems like a lot. a whole other six miles
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I could see running 23 but only running 20, that's nearly adding another 1/3rd of the distance, or 1/4. something. it's a lot
How can people climb Mt. Everest if they've never climbed Mt. Everest? They train on smaller mountains, and the skill that they obtain from all those climbs is enough to get them to the top. (and back down safely)
while mountain climbing is strenuous, it's not quite the same thing, that I understand perfectly find.
so about 1/4. that seems like a lot. a whole other six miles
after you've already come 20 another 6.1 is mentally far more demanding than physically.0 -
I could see running 23 but only running 20, that's nearly adding another 1/3rd of the distance, or 1/4. something. it's a lot
How can people climb Mt. Everest if they've never climbed Mt. Everest? They train on smaller mountains, and the skill that they obtain from all those climbs is enough to get them to the top. (and back down safely)
Wow. I love that analogy. Mind blown.0 -
I could see running 23 but only running 20, that's nearly adding another 1/3rd of the distance, or 1/4. something. it's a lot
How can people climb Mt. Everest if they've never climbed Mt. Everest? They train on smaller mountains, and the skill that they obtain from all those climbs is enough to get them to the top. (and back down safely)
while mountain climbing is strenuous, it's not quite the same thing, that I understand perfectly find.
so about 1/4. that seems like a lot. a whole other six miles
after you've already come 20 another 6.1 is mentally far more demanding than physically.
fair enough. only running six now...it seems like a lot but I suppose not to more experienced runners:)0 -
I could see running 23 but only running 20, that's nearly adding another 1/3rd of the distance, or 1/4. something. it's a lot
How can people climb Mt. Everest if they've never climbed Mt. Everest? They train on smaller mountains, and the skill that they obtain from all those climbs is enough to get them to the top. (and back down safely)
while mountain climbing is strenuous, it's not quite the same thing, that I understand perfectly find.
so about 1/4. that seems like a lot. a whole other six miles
after you've already come 20 another 6.1 is mentally far more demanding than physically.
fair enough. only running six now...it seems like a lot but I suppose not to more experienced runners:)
The whole "I feel like I should go further than 20 miles" in training for a marathon is a very, very common thought but the prevailing advice from every expert I've seen is that going past that mark is not a good idea to for the reasons already stated in this thread.0 -
3dogsrunning wrote: »I could see running 23 but only running 20, that's nearly adding another 1/3rd of the distance, or 1/4. something. it's a lot
How can people climb Mt. Everest if they've never climbed Mt. Everest? They train on smaller mountains, and the skill that they obtain from all those climbs is enough to get them to the top. (and back down safely)
while mountain climbing is strenuous, it's not quite the same thing, that I understand perfectly find.
so about 1/4. that seems like a lot. a whole other six miles
after you've already come 20 another 6.1 is mentally far more demanding than physically.
fair enough. only running six now...it seems like a lot but I suppose not to more experienced runners:)
The whole "I feel like I should go further than 20 miles" in training for a marathon is a very, very common thought but the prevailing advice from every expert I've seen is that going past that mark is not a good idea to for the reasons already stated in this thread.
I understand, I read the article as well. but still boggling
but the article explained it well0 -
Prediction: instead of panic you are going to be giggling with delight when you hit these big new milestones. Just get to the first all time longest milestone and let that feeling carry you through all the rest.
This! Or you'll be so proud you'll start to cry and quickly realize it's really hard to run, breath & cry. I almost died that way. True story.
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I could see running 23 but only running 20, that's nearly adding another 1/3rd of the distance, or 1/4. something. it's a lot
How can people climb Mt. Everest if they've never climbed Mt. Everest? They train on smaller mountains, and the skill that they obtain from all those climbs is enough to get them to the top. (and back down safely)
I'm going to start training for a full starting next year, thanks for this, that idea is really going to help me. Looking at the training plan i'm like whaat only 20 miles?! I have to go further than that!0 -
I think if you are worried about not doing long enough runs, it might be better to think of your training in terms of total weekly mileage instead. So if you do more miles in the week in total, that's probably going to help your training a lot more than doing, say, 35 miles but your long run is more than half that.0
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That's mostly likely a bigger factory than your longest long run. If you run 50 miles a week and only do a 16 mile long run max you'll probably do better than someone that runs 30 miles per week with a 20 mile long run. I'm thinking about doing another full in December. I'm not doing a set training plan yet. I'm just working on miles per week. I should hit 38 miles this week.I think if you are worried about not doing long enough runs, it might be better to think of your training in terms of total weekly mileage instead. So if you do more miles in the week in total, that's probably going to help your training a lot more than doing, say, 35 miles but your long run is more than half that.0
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