Any advice for those who ran a marathon 3-4 weeks prior to your goal marathon?
I want to finish the first marathon and use it as a boost to fitness, more so as a longer run. I want to run the second marathon at sub-3.
What pace would you recommend in the first marathon compared to goal time for the second? Any specific approach?
In advance, thanks!
I would not do this at all.
I know a few people who do this and it makes sense to me. Run your 1st marathon at the same place as you would for your 20 mile run and then jog to the finish.
I did exactly just this. Ran the NYC Marathon as a training run for Philly. My advice is only do this if you know you can avoid getting caught up in the excitement of the first marathon. I don't think there's much of a different between a 23-24 mile training run and using a full as your last long run. The biggest risk is going too fast.
Personally I ran 3:18 in NYC, probably would've been better off with a 3:20-3:25 and then came back 3 weeks later and hit my goal of breaking 3 at Philly (2:57). So it's doable. I'm not sure if I lost or gained time by using this strategy but it was a lot more fun than doing a non-race last long run so it was worth it to me since enjoying running is what its all about.
Best of luck to you!
Done this multiple times. If you treat it as a training run, you'll be fine. Or plan a workout -- 20 miles easy+ 6 miles at MP, etc.
DreamTeam1992 wrote:
Any advice for those who ran a marathon 3-4 weeks prior to your goal marathon?
I want to finish the first marathon and use it as a boost to fitness, more so as a longer run. I want to run the second marathon at sub-3.
What pace would you recommend in the first marathon compared to goal time for the second? Any specific approach?
In advance, thanks!
it could be ok if you are really used to high mileage and would do 22 or so miles anyway for a LR. for most it is not a good idea. you will be running for 3:20~3:30? that is a lot.
It can be done....Just know that it will take "atleast" a week to fully recover from 26.2 miles. (No matter what the pace is)
Giorgio Calcaterra,16 sub-2:20s in 2000 including this streak:
10/8/00: 2:14:24
10/15/00: 2:19:40
10/22/00: 2:17:55
10/29/00: 2:19:07
11/12/00: 2:16:06
11/19/00: 2:17:43
11/26/00: 2:18:34
12/3/00: 2:19:46
12/10/00: 2:18:54
3 weeks if plenty of time to recover, don't overthink.
Never understood this strategy - 26 miles is too long of a total no matter how slow you run or walk the last 3-4 miles, and you also have to pay money for the marathon.
Doable, yes, but not advisable. It is for people who like to pad their marathon totals and enjoy telling people they have run x number of marathons.
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