Curious if you had 25 days to go from 70.3 fitness to running your first marathon, how would you program?
I don't have a lot of racing experience and am just learning how to taper properly. I feel like I don't want to go deep past 14 days out. I'll probably continue to swim and bike some, but it's not a priority other than when it can augment the running training for the next month.
My last 5k was 20:03 on a track. I am approximating my marathon pace at around 7:50 / mile. My longest run in preparation for St. George was 16 miles and that was about two weeks ago. I'd like to get a 20 miler in on October 2nd, that would be 2 weeks from race day. So probably an 18 miler on the 25th of September, this upcoming Saturday.
Anybody have any tips for how to squeeze the most out of the next 3.5 weeks?
I don't have a lot of racing experience and am just learning how to taper properly. I feel like I don't want to go deep past 14 days out. I'll probably continue to swim and bike some, but it's not a priority other than when it can augment the running training for the next month.
My last 5k was 20:03 on a track. I am approximating my marathon pace at around 7:50 / mile. My longest run in preparation for St. George was 16 miles and that was about two weeks ago. I'd like to get a 20 miler in on October 2nd, that would be 2 weeks from race day. So probably an 18 miler on the 25th of September, this upcoming Saturday.
Anybody have any tips for how to squeeze the most out of the next 3.5 weeks?