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ok lets assume getting to 50 miles a week was a bit of a stretch (check my log)... And well generally after 3 weeks of training at 50 my body will be in need of a little break... The concern is that tapering too much will cause a loss in stamina... Basically the week of 5/4 doesn't do much but drop my long run from 22 to 15 and cut out my monday run to to give me back to back rest days... which I think I will need... (comments) The question is about the following week... the week of the 11th... from what you are saying I should probably run my mid week 12-13 and begin to taper from there... monday 8, tue 3, wed 13, th rest (begin taper), friday 6.2, sat 10, sunday 4 = 44.2 Then take it easy the week of the marathon? like monday rest, tue 3.2, wed, 6.4, thru 3.2, friday sat rest (maybe an easy 1 or 2 on saturday)... sunday race?