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

Reply: From: Date:	Give Yourself a Break Hopkinton 5/10/01 12:16:04 PM ET
Why put yourself through 2 marathons so soon? There is some degree of wisdom in your notion, however. A long, slow run 4 weeks before your target race does have merit. I used to include a training day like this a month prior, running 30 minutes beyond my marathon target time. It always helped. But the key is to go very easy by time only, not miles covered. 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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