didnt finish my long run due to heavy rain

Nobody with a functioning spine lets rain get in the way of their daily run. Find your spine and get moving!

Are you made of sugar?

i have run many times with rain for more than 2 hours, but today it was an extreme case of a heavy rain believe me

Ur some pussay

Please find a sport people care about

Thanks

You're too close to your race date for 1 missed long run to hurt you that significantly.

Just distribute the missed mileage throughout the weeks workouts and keep pressing on.

Well, people are not being very nice but the bottom line is that you have to get a bit tougher. Do you give up in a race when things are not going perfectly?

I can't remember ending a run because of rain. I've been running consistently for 30 years. You can imagine that I may have been stuck in a few heavy downpours now and then.

Been running for 30 years & couldn't end a few runs short due to crappy weather??? Sounds a bit neurotic at the very least. The op sounds like the healthy one here. Sorry

So you ran 22 instead of your planned 28 K long run, and you think it will make a difference after months of training?

Hate to break it to you, but your marathon training plan is not perfect. Maybe an ideal plan would have been a 35km training run and then you really fell short. Maybe it should have just been a 15km run. Get over it and focus on the race.

stelios wrote:

hi i am running my 1st marathon (Athens Greece)in 3 weeks i follow my plan without any interrupts for 14 weeks today i started my last big long run (28km) but due too heavy rain i did 22km (12km stopped for 20 minutes rain got easier started again next 10kms rain got really bad i had to stop), Should i rest 2 days and do it again or go on with my rest training plan. Thank u all

What a bunch of jerks we have here!

I would not try to do the long run again. You didn't cut it that much short. Instead I would do only 1 or 2 runs of 20k at most in the next 8 or 10 days, but with shorter runs in between. After that, nothing more than 10 or 15k.

Wimp

Don't change the plan. No such thing as "making up mileage."

It started pouring on me today and yesterday. At the end of today's long run, in driving rain, I ripped off a 5:56 last mile. Rain makes me feel sooo good.

I get the feeling you are not in the hunt for prize money so if common sense tells you it is too dangerous to run because of aa exceptional severe storm--don't run. Come race day if it storms you run. Sleep easy with your decision.

Wasn't this exact same post up a few weeks ago?

American Idol wrote:

stelios wrote:

hi i am running my 1st marathon (Athens Greece)in 3 weeks i follow my plan without any interrupts for 14 weeks today i started my last big long run (28km) but due too heavy rain i did 22km (12km stopped for 20 minutes rain got easier started again next 10kms rain got really bad i had to stop), Should i rest 2 days and do it again or go on with my rest training plan. Thank u all

What a bunch of jerks we have here!

+1 for the jerk club. I ran a 20 mile threshold workout last weekend in heavy wind and rain. I even had to hurdle a few trees that were blown over. I also ran my marathon PR when it was cold and rained the entire time (Boston '15). I actually love running in torrential downpours because of the badass factor.

"There's no such thing as bad weather, only soft people." - Bill Bowerman, Head Jerk

1. No training plan ever goes perfectly.

2. I've never let rain be the reason one didn't go perfectly. Once you've gotten wet, it doesn't get any worse. Wet is wet.

3. This little bit of missed mileage won't hurt you, so long as the rest of your training has gone well.

4. Being soft enough to let rain impact you WILL hurt you.

Keep Calm and Carry On...