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13 years ago 05/15/2013 8:07am EDT

Hi,

I have a marathon on June 1st. My last marathon was Boston and after that I have not really trained that much (maybe like 2-3 times per week, mostly easy ones, longest run was around 11 miles, and had a couple of relatively easy intervals). The reason I didnt train that much was because I felt some pain on my knees and didnt want to aggravate it. So was mostly focusing on recovery and doing Bikram yoga 4-6 times per week. Now the pain seems to have gone. Are there any key workouts that I can try in the coming 2 and half weeks that can help me benchmark my fitness level and decide to race or not? For example, I was thinking of maybe going for a 30K at around 90% of my marathon goal pace on saturday (2 weeks before the race) or maybe a 10-15 mile at marathon goal pace..

Thanks a lot!

13 years ago 05/15/2013 8:38am EDT

re: dilemma

Too lazy to read all that.

I say just flip a coin.

13 years ago 05/15/2013 3:18pm EDT

re: DeBeSo

come on man, you can do better than that :-)

DeBeSo wrote:
Too lazy to read all that.
I say just flip a coin.

13 years ago 05/15/2013 3:42pm EDT

re: dilemma

I don't know man. It sounds like a risk. A marathon really takes it out of you. That's part of the reason why elites only do two a year. You can run for awhile and decide but I feel that you are asking for trouble.

13 years ago 05/15/2013 3:53pm EDT

re: dilemma

I would suggest doing a long run to see how your knees react. Question to be asked is why are you running the race? Is it because you like it? Pacing a friend? Feel up to racing for a time? Your reason behind it will be part of the equation on whether you do it.

13 years ago 05/16/2013 4:09pm EDT

re: Robert Paulson

Robert, you raised important point. Main reason was to race with a friend, with whom I did it as well last year (we managed to go upto 40K side by side, then I let him go as he was in a better shape, and he finished a minute earlier, 3:01, I finished 3:02). This year we were shooting for 2:55, and my friend was right on target, so would have been nice to go along with him. But I think maybe no need in pushing myself, better if I try to sneak into the race at around 30K and pace him to the finish...Yes, I think I will just do that!!

Robert Paulson wrote:
I would suggest doing a long run to see how your knees react. Question to be asked is why are you running the race? Is it because you like it? Pacing a friend? Feel up to racing for a time? Your reason behind it will be part of the equation on whether you do it.

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