Heh. You just reminded me of this. Just sayin'

Scout isn't a member here. And to answer your text message Trent (sorry, had bad reception at the campsite)...I already told you I wasn't running Monkey. Stephen said Monkey = bad idea with what i'm going to do for fall training (i.e. to get faster before Boston training) I really am bummed actually. I'll help out again though.

Well I wanted to. I still want to. That doesn't mean I should. And I made this groups threads viewable to only those who are members.

1. Join group 2. View forum 3. Leave group

I already told you I wasn't running Monkey. Stephen said Monkey = bad idea with what i'm going to do for fall training (i.e. to get faster before Boston training) .

Hum. I attribute the '06 Monkey and the summer/fall training I did for it for (in part--but a large part) taking 18 minutes off my spring marathon time. I can see where a coach might warn against too much hill running/training in that it could lead to injury, but generally hills make you stronger and faster, not the opposite. I always think of what good old what's-his-face said: Hills are speedwork in disguise.

I found the recovery time this past year to be less than what it had taken me to recover from CMM 7 months earlier. But it was about the same recovery time I needed after Boston 5 months later. In other words, the recovery time, for me, was the same or a little less..

Yea. I can see that. It was hard not to register. Question.... Anyone who's ran the monkey in the past (besides Trent because he's biased)... do you feel the recovery was just like any other marathon?

IMHO, you could run it easy/moderate without it setting you back much at all. I think you can recover faster because of the terrain variation--you actually get to vary up the muscle groups. MTA: Yeah--what JK said. And what Tanya said.