Finished my first marathon last weekend, disappointing result. Found another marathon in a few weeks. Probably a bad idea to do it, right? Kinda tempted.
Finished my first marathon last weekend, disappointing result. Found another marathon in a few weeks. Probably a bad idea to do it, right? Kinda tempted.
Really only two important questions here:
1) Why do you think it was disappointing? Just running another one will likely produce a similar result unless there's some sort of extenuating circumstance.
2) How does your body feel? I felt like I got hit by a bus after Marathon #1.
Was sick for about 10 days leading up. Felt fatigued the whole week before. As a result died really early in the race and had to gut it out for the whole second half.
Why not take a few days off if you're sore and then go into another 12 week training cycle?
Probably the sensible thing to do. Just very frustrated with the result because I know I was in much better shape and I want to somehow salvage my training. I know this is probably silly. Maybe at the least I can run a half in a few weeks. Maybe not all out, but enough to feel a little better about the training.
I've done this for 4-5 marathons, and some close friends do up to 3 marathons per build cycle. For me I usually do best at 1, and the other suffers. Depends on how you recover though. What's your mileage like? How was you build and taper?
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year