gwaveswims wrote:
TriguyBlue wrote:
Really depends on his 5-10k speed and if the goal time was a stretch or not.
if he's a 25min 5ker than the training was too low, closer to a 20min 5k runner than it should be no problem on 40k per week.
Agree with this ^^^^
Trained for my first marathon (during which I hit my 5k PR of 19:50) and then Boston with the following weekly mileage -
Training Totals for 16 Weeks Leading up to Boston -
Week 1 - 1.5 miles
Week 2 - 16.38 miles
Week 3 - 17 miles
Week 4 - 20.77 miles
Week 5 - 22.59 miles
Week 6 - 24.43 miles
Week 7 - 26 miles
Week 8 - 16.87 miles
Week 9 - 27.72 miles
Week 10 - 21.25 miles
Week 11 - 43.71 miles
Week 12 - 36 miles
Week 13 - 43.25 miles
Week 14 - 35.25 miles
Week 15 - 21.16 miles + 4/12
Week 16 ... race
First marathon = 3:16:02
Second marathon (Boston) = 3:16:06
I really crapped it out but again agree with above... It is doable on lower mileage if you have the speed to begin with.
Good for you but you are def farrrrr the exception rather than the norm. Most marathoners run more than you and come nowhere near a 3:16, even if they can run a 5k faster than you. (I fall in that category).
It's def possible, but unlikely that someone else will be able to pull it off on that low a mileage unless their 19:50 5k was a real sandbag job, like out of shape or not at all near their real trained capability. That said, I'm sure the guys with 2:40 marathon talent can def do this, no problem, but they're less than top 1% of all runners. (I knew an ex-pro cyclist who ran 2:58s after doing similarly <25mpw training for 2 months prior to the race, then he'd be wrecked for a few months after the marathon.)