Might have to bow out of the race I had planned, and looking to add something into my 2023 races.
Got a 50k in early April, then October marathon, but wanted to see if I could add in a June marathon or early July. This would give me 8 weeks to get ready after the 50k.
Anyone gear up with only 8-ish weeks of training? Or less?
Sub 3 runner, mid 30's
I've trained for a marathon for zero minutes.
Trained maybe four weeks for my first? Yeah, it didn't go so hot.
I don't quite understand. I ran one on 25MPW amd I ran one.on 40 MPW. What exactly are you asking?
Timeofessence wrote:
Might have to bow out of the race I had planned, and looking to add something into my 2023 races.
Got a 50k in early April, then October marathon, but wanted to see if I could add in a June marathon or early July. This would give me 8 weeks to get ready after the 50k.
Anyone gear up with only 8-ish weeks of training? Or less?
Sub 3 runner, mid 30's
June is 30+ weeks away, not 8 weeks. What am I missing here?
Yes it's 8 weeks after your 50k. But you don't start over from scratch after a race.
Started training 4 months before my first. I was fit from the bicycle and hiking anyway. Got first pair of running shoes and felt amazing. Got injured 7 months before the thon. Started again 3 weeks before by running 21 miles. Too sore to run for another week. Managed 1 or 2 more runs before the thon and ran 3:20 and felt fine after 5 days. Got too ahead of myself and ran myself into the ground the following year. I tried another thon and all I did was do high intensity stuff on various cardio machines in the gym. Started the thon and could feel trouble just a mile or 2 in. Bad pain from 3 miles but adrenaline kept me going. Got to 14 miles at sub 3 pace before DNF. Could barely walk for 2 weeks. That was 10 years ago. Now I have had other distractions so haven't been able to see what time I'm really capable of. I'm running a few times a month but because I'm not doing other cross training it is a struggle to run a few miles at the pace of my first thon. Maybe someday I will run a massive PB but I'm not interested in doing a thon unless I'm really fit and well trained
As Nike said: Just do it.
If you train year around this shouldn't be a problem. It might be not ideal for the perfect October Marathon but which training year is ever perfect. Sometimes thrown in races like this are really good.
If you think it fits into your schedule just go for it.
Good luck.
Banana Bread wrote:
Started training 4 months before my first. I was fit from the bicycle and hiking anyway. Got first pair of running shoes and felt amazing. Got injured 7 months before the thon. Started again 3 weeks before by running 21 miles. Too sore to run for another week. Managed 1 or 2 more runs before the thon and ran 3:20 and felt fine after 5 days. Got too ahead of myself and ran myself into the ground the following year. I tried another thon and all I did was do high intensity stuff on various cardio machines in the gym. Started the thon and could feel trouble just a mile or 2 in. Bad pain from 3 miles but adrenaline kept me going. Got to 14 miles at sub 3 pace before DNF. Could barely walk for 2 weeks. That was 10 years ago. Now I have had other distractions so haven't been able to see what time I'm really capable of. I'm running a few times a month but because I'm not doing other cross training it is a struggle to run a few miles at the pace of my first thon. Maybe someday I will run a massive PB but I'm not interested in doing a thon unless I'm really fit and well trained
I always thought your Banana Bread addiction is not good for running.
With a good healthy diet combined with consistent training Marathon running is possible.
Interesting question as I think back. I could answer that I was always training for a marathon or that I never was. I just trained for distance races and it was always the same atany given time.
I was deployed to Europe one year and got into the Berlin Marathon through the lottery. I didn't have time to train so I did not run a single step for the six weeks heading into it and only ran about four times total in the final two months. Ended up suffering through a 3:50. I would love to go back and actually RUN Berlin but it is an expensive trip.
Under 60 minutes per day, all fast. You'll get results!
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