Message Category: Running Tips/ Training
Topic: Running a Marathon as a trining run, 3 weeks before Goal Marath

Reply: From: Date:	6 weeks might not have been enough RNR girl 5/9/01 10:47:58 AM ET
I don't think that running two marathons within a month is smart if either one is going to be a at relativly hard pace. THe sheer distance of the marathon does extrodinary damage to the muscles of your legs. I ran the MAui marathon on march 18 as a long run for the OK city MArathon on April 29. MAui I ran very slow, at about a 10 minute pace, and it was very very hot and humid. COme race day for OKC, I don't feel like my legs are ready to handle the pace I wanted to run at. I never got on my target pace and finished in 3:57. Granted, I wasn't that sore after OKC and am already running, but I would not recommed the back to back marathons. Maybe a half marathon would be better. RNR girl Post a reply on the Bulletin Board
Message thread: Running a Marathon as a trining run, 3 weeks before Goal Marath - [Tom G-MN 5/4/01 1:41:31 PM ET] Conventional wisdom says no - [Dave from Oakton Va 5/4/01 4:05:19 PM ET] Running is supposed to be fun - [North 5/7/01 10:51:12 AM ET] Speed vs endurance - [Dave from Oakton Va 5/7/01 2:13:09 PM ET] I tried it and... - [ollie 5/7/01 3:18:25 PM ET] 6 weeks might not have been enough - [RNR girl 5/9/01 10:47:58 AM ET] Give Yourself a Break - [Hopkinton 5/10/01 12:16:04 PM ET] I did the opposite - [Will 6/14/01 1:35:09 PM ET]

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