8 days until Marathon Question

8 days until Marathon Question 4/19/2012 1:37PM

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OK so two weeks out from my marathon i had to take two days off/ run easy instead of workouts because i took a fall on a run.

I finally got back to running on Tuesday (11 days out from saturday marathon) and I did 13 miles with 8 miles at MP (6:06 avg).

It was a comfortable effort, and I was thinking I wanted to get one more workout in this friday (8 days before the race).

Since I have not gotten any running faster than marathon pace in the past 3 weeks, I was hoping to touch up on either vo2 max pace or lactate threshold pace to maybe sharpen or add some efficiency to my running in the final week.

If i had not had to take days off i would have done this workout a couple days earlier.

So will i reap the benefits of this workout 8 days later or is this unnecessary exertion?
would it just be better to do another workout at marathon pace?

i will already be doing a little MP tune up the week of the marathon though.

any input would be helpful. i know it depends on the person but i'd like to hear some personal experiences about final workouts before the marathon.

RE: 8 days until Marathon Question 4/19/2012 1:41PM - in reply to Foogo

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So, you're going to ask a long question in 8 days? What will it be?

RE: 8 days until Marathon Question 4/19/2012 1:44PM - in reply to Foogo

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Dude, the hay is in the barn. No workout 8 days out is going to make a difference from a physiological standpoint. Do another MP Workout.

RE: 8 days until Marathon Question 4/19/2012 1:53PM - in reply to Magic 8 Ball

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I agree with 8===D ball. You won't develop any material fitness from any workout at this point.

RE: 8 days until Marathon Question 4/19/2012 2:03PM - in reply to asdfasdf

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Ok yeah that's what i was thinking.

Still i sometimes feel like with hill running or even some up tempo stuff you get some of the adaptations relatively quickly even if you do not get all the adaptations in 8 days.

But yeah, maybe ill just do more of the comfortable MP stuff and then just do a good set of strides or something

C&O Pain Clinic

RE: 8 days until Marathon Question 4/19/2012 6:55PM - in reply to Foogo

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You're going to blow up at the marathon anyway, no sense in even running it at this point. Who falls on runs, anyway? How can a fall necessitate 2 days off? Are you Ed Whitlock?

RE: 8 days until Marathon Question 4/21/2012 10:32PM - in reply to C&O Pain Clinic

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C&O Pain Clinic wrote:

You're going to blow up at the marathon anyway, no sense in even running it at this point. Who falls on runs, anyway? How can a fall necessitate 2 days off? Are you Ed Whitlock?

I fell a couple weeks before Boston on an easy run. Just daydreaming and caught a bad spot on the sidewalk...

...as Forrest Gump would say...

...it happens.