Anyone done a marathon on 10 weeks of preperation? I figure i can get in 6 long runs which is all right since I have been doing some 14 and 17km runs already. My pace for the long ones are 10min/mile and my normal runs are 9:15/mile.
Does anyone have any good websites with programs or wanna share there thoughts?
thanks in advance,
t~
Depends on your current fitness and your race goal(s).
If you can share those, you’ll get a better response…
what’s your base? have you been doing at least 20-28 miles a week, and for how long??
i would think the earliest is 12 weeks, and that’s with a solid base of 20-30 miles ran on a consistent basis over time…but that’s just me.
Mostly the goal is to get off my couch, and get fit again (been doing 3-5hrs a week since IMFlorida). Time wise i think 3:45…maybe a decent time? Maybe faster but that be tough on 10 weeks.
Any thoughts on hill repeats or mile repeats?
My last stand alone 10km was 43:00 but that is also what i usually run in an Olympic Triathlon.
t~
Base, since January about any where between 10-20miles per week.
t~
I’m not a coach, but I’ve ran several marathons w/o “real” training (helping friends out).
FWIW - I’d work move towards endurance fitness/consistency rather than speed as (at this point) the primary goal should be not to hurt yourself. Mile repeats/hillls/track = increased injury.
I’d start 3-4 miles 2x a day for the next week. Then jump in whatever 3:45 program you can Google.
Perhaps the biggest “ah-ha” I’ve learned is that frequency of running trumps killing yourself in a looong weekly long run. So…my long run is a lil shorter now, coupled with a mid-week mid-distance (15 mileish) run.
Wait a minute, I’m confused. Your “normal” runs are at 9:15 pace, and you want to do a marathon at 8:35 pace? Am I missing something?
For my first marathon last december, I used Hal Higdon’s (www.halhigdon.com) Advanced II program. I think I did 12 of the 18 weeks, as I had just come off tri season. I think it was a pretty good program, but I don’t have anything to compare it to. I probably didn’t need to to the advanced II program for my first, but I wanted the milage.
-Colin
Nobody can answer this question until you tell us;
A. what your current fitness and past times are
B. what your goals are.
I wouldn’t dream of attempting a marathon on 10 weeks preparation time, but then my goals would probably be different from yours … as would my current lousy fitness level.
Marathon training is pretty simple, especially if your focus is purely on getting to the finish line on one piece. Run as many miles as you can between now and race day. Split them up any which way you want so long as you get in a long run or medium long every week to 10 days. The rest of your mileage can be split up evenly in between.
Taper for a couple of weeks and you’ll be ready.
If you’ve done a marathon before, this worked well for me as my second marathon training plan (8 weeks and I ran 3:36)