Forums >Racing>First Marathon - Too Tough? Too late...
See...I knew it would come across wrong. I am asking for advice. Otherwise I would not post. Yes I did run it on hills. If you look at my post I said I ran the first 10 miles of the course. Not any hills, but the exact marathon I will be doing. And then I ran those 10 miles again back to where i started. 20 miles of hills. I wasn't arguing against the advice. I was wondering if the training program I was using was incorrect or if the calculator I was using is wrong. Does anyone have any thoughts on that? If I ran a HM in 1:45 with not much difficulty and sprinted at the end, the calculator makes it seem like I would be OK during the marathon. Am I wrong in thinking this? And what does an Air Force Base have to do with this?
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My suggestion is to keep your long runs to no longer than 18-20 miles so that you don't leave your best performance on a training run, and focus on finishing this marathon as opposed to hitting a goal you are not prepared to hit this time. Aim for a 4:30 finish, and if you feel good at the 20 mile marker, pick up the pace and finish strong.
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If you can get back to it to run on it again, I would run the 1st 20 of it as one of your long runs. Get someone to give you a ride back, or bring a bike and leave it there to ride back. You could then experience for real what that long hill is going to feel like from mile 15 on...it might also help you refine your time goals.
Goals : •Drop to 180 #s and hold steady around that weight
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I think that is what I am leaning towards now is 4:30 (though I can't promise if it starts to feel right that day I wont go for it ) So the general concensus is to keep it under 20 for my long runs? Why is that? I'd think 20 this last run was good, so take a week off, run 12 then go up to 22, then 12 then 24... No? I guess I know the answer already ... too much too soon. Oh well... 4:30 gives me an easier PR to beat. I am moving to Hawaii in Oct and plan on running the Honolulu Marathon in Dec
Hey I live down here in Biloxi and work at the Air Force Base. I can link you up with a group that runs on Sunday Mornings and can even get many of the runs in with you, maybe. Let me know when and I will gladly give you the info.