Forums >Running 101>20 miler in marathon training -- what's your take?
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interesting question... I just did 12 (hilly 2029 ascent 1890 descent) at marathon pace... yesterday an my marathon is may 18th.
So, now we're trying for normal? Longest run to date?...little over 32 1/2 hours, more than 20 miles. there was snow. it was pretty. the hallucinations were nice
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I agree with this. Would you say that a 16miler, given proper traininng, 8 days before the race done at goal MP would be beneficial as the final temp workout you mention? Or is it too much?
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That would depend totally upon your fitness level and how appropriate your goal pace is to your fitness level. Personally, I wouldn't do a 16 miler at goal pace a week before hand. Then again, before my last marathon I did a 10.5 miler at tempo pace or a little quicker since I needed to test some new shoes and determine whether they were going to work for the marathon or not. (Mar 30 marathon @tempo was 6:50 pace, Apr 26 10.5 miler @6:37 pace, May 4 marathon at 6:15 pace) So not quite marathon pace but not 16 miles either. I only ran 6:15 pace in the marathon, but my AMP runs in the weeks before that were at 6:00 pace which is what I wanted to run.
I only ran 6:15 pace in the marathon,
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I take it AMP runs are Anticipated Marathon Pace runs? What do you attriibute the 6:15 pace (my hat's off to you on that!) versus your AMP of 6?
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