Best way to jump back

Training Advice/Discussion Marathon

8 years ago 01/29/2016 2:00am EST

Hi,

I'm in the middle of Boston training. I bumped my mileage a bit from 45-50mi/wk to 55-60mi/wk. That's all fine. The thing is, all was good and I'm nailing my workouts in good way. However, I think the higher volume is getting to me gradually. During the last couple of weeks, it has been more and more difficult to nail the sessions and it feels that I'm not responding as well as I should or am used to.

So, I think I'm overtraining slightly. The question is how should I bounce back as quickly as possible? I'm not over the edge yet, but most def overtraining a bit. Is it better to just totally rest for a week and then continue, being a bit careful with mileage, or maybe keep mileage and pay attention to keep the recovery and distance speeds down?

What you think?

Aiming for a 2:48 finish.

8 years ago 01/29/2016 8:44pm EST

re: northener

8 years ago 01/29/2016 9:15pm EST

re: northener

It takes three week to see the full return of a compiled accumulative load of workouts during marathon training. So, a good idea would be take two cut back weeks in a row so on the third week you will be caught up recovery wise to train at the same intensity you would have anyways if you didn't slightly overtrain.

It's complicated but trust me - take 10-14 days easy - not 7 days off.

8 years ago 01/29/2016 11:27pm EST

re: northener

I've been there - up your mileage again. To 65-70, then drop back to your original mileage for one week, then up to where you are at. It works.

8 years ago 02/01/2016 12:59am EST

re: Runnerdd

Sounds like a sound way to go. Just have to convince my brain that less is better! I've been putting solid work in for about 18wks, would be stupid to loose that by continuing to overload and be sub par come race day.Thanks for the advice.

Runnerdd wrote:
It takes three week to see the full return of a compiled accumulative load of workouts during marathon training. So, a good idea would be take two cut back weeks in a row so on the third week you will be caught up recovery wise to train at the same intensity you would have anyways if you didn't slightly overtrain.
It's complicated but trust me - take 10-14 days easy - not 7 days off.

8 years ago 02/01/2016 1:03am EST

re: Up it again

I understand the rationale for what you're saying, but I'm afraid that would push me over the top. If I'd done it when first starting to plateu, then yes. But I kept going for an additional 3-4 wks, spiralling downwards. So now I'm afraid that would do me in.Will keep this in mind though for next time. Smart piece of advice! Thanks!

Up it again wrote:
I've been there - up your mileage again. To 65-70, then drop back to your original mileage for one week, then up to where you are at. It works.

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