Need help with my first marathon training

Training Advice/Discussion Marathon

1 month ago 03/15/2024 2:22am EDT

Hey, I am training for my first marathon and I definitely chose a bad plan, I am at 35km a week - 7.5 weeks out, is that super low? I'm not aiming for any sub 4 time, finishing it would be enough. My average easy pace is 5:30/km
I decided to up my mileage a little more than a safe 10% a week. So I will ideally hit 55km in my peak week with a longest run (30 or 32km)
My longest run rn is half marathon, did another 20k yesterday. I'm planning to do 25km, 27km and 32km before taper 2 weeks before.
Is it stupid to have that peak week of 55km the week before taper, aka finish the longest 30/32km run and go into taper. ?
Or if anyone can give me like a rough realistic plan to follow for the next 7.5 weeks.
I'm kinda lost and any advice would be much appreciated, thank you so much!

1 month ago 03/15/2024 3:18am EDT

re: cadde

If your goal is just to finish the 42.2 km, you could probably do that tomorrow. You said not sub-4, but sub-5 maybe? Sub 6?

You could run 1km at your 5:30/km easy pace, walk the next km at 10 min pace, repeat that 21 times and be done in about 5:30 I think.

If you are asking about "running to the limit of your potential," my advice would be don't run this race. 35k for an entire week is less than the race distance and not conducive to achieving a specific sub-anything.

I think you can go the distance. Maybe just have fun and not worry too much. Then, if you're still in the mood to give it another go, yeah... choose a stronger plan.

Good luck with the rest of your training and have a blast on race day.

1 month ago 03/15/2024 7:33am EDT

re: cadde

If your "Easy" pace is 5:30/km, then you should be able to finish it in under 4 hours, given that a person's easy pace should be slower than their marathon pace.

Most people's easy pace should be more than 1 minute per kilometre slower than their marathon pace.

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