0 miles per week to 13.1 mile race...

Don Minquez

Anyone know how to work miracles?

fat face

and if you don't fancy that, do loads of training.

[Deleted User]

How about long runs of 10 - 12 miles every Sunday, do one faster session (alternate tempo run / reps session perhaps) each week, and then one or two slow runs (9 min miles at fastest, for aerobic conditioning and building muscle strength). And be prepared to drop the slow runs at the merest hint of any niggles.

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Don Minquez

Thanks... I'm gonna try the leg on Thursday to see how it feels. Caz wants a long slow one, so a long slow one it'll be!

Nessie

If you find the answer, let me know.

Bl***y flu. Bl***y snow.

Arghhhhh!

Gavo

Jon just find something nice to run behind (behind being the operative word here) and you'll notice the miles just fly by with next to no effort.

Not trying to be sexist but it's a plan that can work for all.

Godzilla

Failing Gavo's advice (which is my entire 10km strategy - sorry but it is...) you could be so slow you get stuck behind me, on request i could eat another madras prior to training.... would speed you up some....

[Deleted User]

I'm in the same boat mate!
Gavo may have the answer - at least Im more likely to try it than 70 mile weeks.

SusieBee

...But Jon, at least you 'have' actually run more than four times since December 1, unlike me, and you haven't got to run 26.2 miles in 10 weeks' time,,,!

Don Minquez

This, my dear is true...

[Deleted User]

And I thought I was the only one who was starting my 10 week crash course marathon training - after the Xmas break! Encouraging to know I'm not.

[Deleted User]

At the risk of publicising the opposition (sorry Sean), the new Running Fitness magazine out today has a 9 week marathon schedule. Could be handy. It's also got a fair few forumites quoted in one of the articles...

Don Minquez

Hmmm... Namely... YOU?

[Deleted User]

And Snicks. And RichK. And quite a few others.

Jealousy talking there Jon?

Don Minquez

Yes