What can I run a marathon in?

Waddle on troll.

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King Runner Man wrote:

Am signed up for an October marathon.

I say you can run a marathon in a pair of shorts and shoes.

Assuming you aren't just trolling and are in earnest, I would say that your shouldn't set a time goal. Run the marathon and accept whatever time the marathon gods hand down. Don't worry about speedwork at this stage; your main problem is going to be avoiding bonking at the 20 mile mark. In the future you should work on increasing your base mileage and then you can think about speedwork and time goals.

Plan for a 4 hour marathon effort 9:05-9:15 pace that will seem slow early but off limited milage you aint racing a marathon you're attempting to survive the distance.If its NYC beware you'll get an artificial boost at mile 16 because of the crowd visual impact of turning on to First ave. Beware do not attempt to speed up stay on slowpoke pace- Rono calls it grandy pace meaning it's slow enough for grandparent types it's meant to keep you moving for 4 hours.

DeanKarnazesIsMyHomeboy wrote:

Assuming you aren't just trolling and are in earnest, I would say that your shouldn't set a time goal. Run the marathon and accept whatever time the marathon gods hand down.

I am not trolling. Actually I post here quite a bit, but did not want to use my normal name.

I lost interest in running, felt sluggish, was injured and took some time off. As a result I did very little running from April to July.

I ran 3:30 last year off very low milage. I ran 30 miles last week and should average that till October. I have no intention of getting much above that. My plan is every weekend till 2 weeks before the marathon will have at least a 16 mile run in it.

if you run 30miles total, 5 runs a week, with one of those being a 16miler, that gives you 4 4 mile runs to do the rest of the week.. I'm not convinced this is the best or most enjoable way to train, can't you alternate between 5x7mile runs one week and 4x5mi+1x15mi run the other week? it's only 35mpw and probably will reduce injury risk and be more fun.

I know you didn't ask for training advice so sorry if you got pissed off :p

P.S I guess you should probably run 3.30/3.45 judging by PB since fitness is much easier to regain than it is to get in the first place.

feww wrote:

if you run 30miles total, 5 runs a week, with one of those being a 16miler, that gives you 4 4 mile runs to do the rest of the week.. I'm not convinced this is the best or most enjoable way to train, can't you alternate between 5x7mile runs one week and 4x5mi+1x15mi run the other week? it's only 35mpw and probably will reduce injury risk and be more fun.

I know you didn't ask for training advice so sorry if you got pissed off :p

P.S I guess you should probably run 3.30/3.45 judging by PB since fitness is much easier to regain than it is to get in the first place.

Knowing myself, I just don't know if I really would run 5x/week.

My thoughts had been a long run on Sat. of 16, moving up to 1 20 mile run and at least 1 more 18 miler, maybe 2 of those.

Then for runs during the week, maybe 2-3 6 mile runs at an easy pace.

I have no intention to run any speedwork. I want to make it to the starting line and not hurt myself.

What you suggest makes sence to me. And I am not pissed. My "training" is terrible. The long run is key for the marathon and I do want to make sure I get a few more long runs in.

I am sure I could do 20 right now at an 8:30 pace, but there are a lot of miles after 20 to cover.

One of these days I need to sit down and actually plan out a training schedule for a marathon. I do not recommend my way.