If I ran a marathon on March 23rd what would some effects be if I tried another marathon n April 27th?
The more I think about it, the more I want to "peak" for the April 27th marathon, but have already paid for the March marathon. So would any of you forsee a problem of just keeping my mileage up through my march marathon and then start to come down, maybe use the march marathon as my last long run for april??
your thoughts are welcome....dont be shy
I've known several people who have run marathons as a training run. One of the two things happen:
They approached the race as a training run and ran at an even pace, logging a time a few minutes under their goal time. On race day they're all pumped up and go out harder and end up crashing-and-burning, finishing in a time SLOWER than their training run marathon.
OR
They get an overuse injury during their training run and miss their goal marathon.
I haven't heard of a runner using a marathon as a training run then popping a great time in their goal marathon. I'm sure it has happened, but I think it is less likely.
My suggestions:
Don't ruin your goal marathon by running a marathon the month before
Just consider the money spent on the March race a loss
If you discover you are able to recover very quickly from a marathon, you can consider trying this in the future
With all that said, good luck in both of your marathons. Because by the tone of your post, I can tell you're going to run both regardless :o)
I agree with yeomanator. I just tried what you are talking about with the Chicago marathon, using the Rocket City marathon as my goal race. I think it is turning out to be a stupid move. I ended up running Chicago at a pace in between my normal long run pace and my race pace because I just got caught up in the screaming crowds and all the other runners going after it. I couldn't hold myself back to a normal long run pace. My recovery is definitely better than from an all out marathon but I still wasted the whole next week and a portion of this week as well doing short easy runs. I would say stay home from your March marathon and do a long run at home.
I think it's ok to run the march marathon at marathon pace, BUT DROP OUT AT 30K - that will be a great if not ideal workout for your bigger race 5-6 weeks later. Dont go the distance in the first race - odd are you'll be flat for april. Good luck!
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