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DF3 I checked my training log for 1st week of running after a 25 year rest.
Week 1 Sat 5, Sun 10, Mon Rest, Tue 4, Wed 6 ........
Week 2 13LR,
Week 3 14 LR
This was for a bloater of a 40+ year old, not a young whippet. No one is saying he should be doing 10/12 every few days, but weekly in the 36 day period he has, interspersed with easy running midweek, and maybe the odd bit of threshold to aleviate the boredom if necessary.
In Alex' case he could lengthen out the LR session through walk / run at the weekend. Now I know how you feel about walking so as his coach I leave that up to you.
don't be so touchy, my little cream puff.
My dear wife (45) ran a 5:38 marathon off a long run of 9 miles; it was done on a run/walk strategy from the off and it hurt her quite a bit, but she got the medal and t shirt.
No reason why a 21 year old male couldn't dip in sub 5 with a slow, controlled start.
Training between now and then? Every run a slow run and nothing above 10 miles for me...
Some of the people that have commented on this have done numerous marathons/ iron distances and know what they're talking about. If you choose to ignore it - fair enough but don't argue with people more hugely experienced than you.
I do hope he remembers to register!
I've missed one of the best threads ever!
I'm sure the OP will get round - I'd be genuinely interested to read his race report.
I'm looking forward to the finish photo - the one with the marshalls on either side of him that are holding him up photoshopped out
Something tells me he won't be back though. Still, we'll have David's marathon succcess to celebrate
Yep. I thought it was pretty decent of me too! And also the physiological comments I made in the 2 previous posts... all in response to Alex's pleas for detailed advice. But he chose to ignore debate or acknowledgement on that, and chose to dig himself into a deeper and deeper hole with petty arguments that went nowhere.
I feel a little disappointed to have wasted my time really. So I hope you're right that someone else might take advantage (if there is advantage to be had from my suggestion !! It would have been nice to have debated it.)
Perhaps Runners World will pick up on these schedules for future articles. "Be Marathon Ready in A Month" - definitely front page material, along with a photo of a sexy girl of course.
I wouldn't be prepared to put MY good name to it. Well, not unless they paid me fifty quid.
I know a picture means a thousand words, but just to clarify I will be back, win or lose; I will be prepared to debate the realtive merits/flaws in what I did and how well it worked.
Yesterday I ran for 30 minutes, today 40.
Yesterday was really difficult, felt terrible, did not stop though. Around 8-9 minute miling
Today felt much faster, probably 7.5 minute miling, (may have been due to the fact I run better at night than the morning).
Legs were slightly sore this morning, not bad at all.
Good luck to everyone else training for whatever marathon.
from your statement of probablys i take it you have no idea of how far or how fast you went...
have you tried measuring the route on one of the sites that do it and then doing the maths
Did we mention not to run all your miles flat out ? I'm sure someone must have.
Keep up the good work !
Just don't neglect the rest! That's when you get stronger.
On marathon day, make sure you start slowly. I know lots of people have said it already, but 8 or 7.5 min miling at the start of your marathon will wipe you out by 16 miles. Sloooooooowly!
"from your statement of probablys i take it you have no idea of how far or how fast you went..."
It's very difficult for me to measure since I don't know exactly where I'm going (all the signs are in swedish)
But I do have a vague idea from when I was trying to run a 6 minute mile in the summer. (I'm really bad at 400/800/1500 etc)
Longest run of past two weeks 6.68 miles. If I didn't have a niggle in my hip I might have gone for it! I'd have followed the 'run wales' plan over AC2's mate.
That said, I have known a couple of young males who've done good (1:40) HMs on little if no training apart from a bit of football. Do think a marathon is a different beast, but good luck to you. Will be interesting to see how you get on. And annoying if you beat my time (4:41, with 4 months training!)
You can use Google Maps or a number of other online tools to measure your route and distance. Blimey, for a young bloke you're not very web savvy are you?
When are you going to enter the race Alex?
I saw the date... I am aware he is possibly not used his real name but just curious why there is a gap in the entry list where Alex Coward should appear?
maybe because its all made up.His name is A Coward..sounds a bit dodgy
Having left his training until the last minute, why would you think he's anymore organised about actually entering?
Unless it's a way of making sure the race is already full?
I know. That's what I thought, seren.
His imaginary friend sounds pretty good though. Trying to figure out if his sub 3 marathon in training is better than my 9.3 sec 100m warm up effort beating all 4 Ninja Turtles and a Unicorn in the process. For information Rafael pulled up with a hamstring injury.
I feel Rafael`s pain! You must be a monster when warmed up!