Any advice would be great. Training been going really well and since Jan have done 4 runs of 18 -20, plus a final fith one of 21 miles which was a couple of weeks ago, about 6 weeks to the marathon. I ended up with a tendon injury which I have rested for 2 weeks and had a couple of sports physio sessions in between.
I started up again then with a small 2 miler, 5 miler and a 7 miler yesterday. My query is, as we are almost at the taper of 3 weeks before, is it best now to forgoe another long run in case of setting any injury back...and if I do, will the training I have been building on since last November and more specifically the long runs since Jan still count for anything?? I never planned to do my last long run 6 weeks before, but on the other hand I want to make it to the start line! I did want to aim for the 4.5 hour mark originally....
Thanks, am going between feeling OK and panicking!
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If marathon running is new to you then I would advise never to do a very long run every weekend, but to do one weekend long and the next weekend a step back week. Gives the body a bit more time to recover from the long runs and lessens the chance of injury.