Forums >Racing>Fall Marathon - General Training Outline
They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that. "If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a Board and knock me down, because that means I didn't run hard enough" If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death. "Don't fear moving slowly forward...fear standing still."
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Get "Advanced Marathoning" by Pete Pfitzinger...it'll tell you how to do it right! Steve
It only takes about 8 weeks to really train to race a marathon, once you've got the base. Really big long runs are your most race-specific workouts when you're marathon training so leave them until that last 8 weeks.
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What additional advice would you have for me at this point - looking towards a decent BayState. One more thing --- Are you coming to STU's???
"With 6 months to go I'd keep my long run about 2 hours." Why is that? Is it just a concern for an injury or is there something else? I am, too, planning for my first marathon in the fall but I regularly run more than 2 hours now on my long runs.. It is a simple function to my tortoise like speed.. But is this more harmful then perhaps running doubles at max 2 hours at a time?