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15 years ago 12/22/2010 3:14pm EST

Ok, I know RW gets critiqued heavily on here, but what they publish and sell is amazing sometimes. I just saw today that they are selling a Boston Training Plan for $39.99.

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-244-255-13708-0,00.html

It's a 16 week plan and the weekly mileage is 24, 28, 30, 30, 26, 35, 39, 34, 41, 43, 44, 41, 50, 44, 32, 21 for 562 total, an average of 36.4 (excluding the 2 week taper).

Why would anyone who qualified for Boston run such low mileage training for it?

Is this a normal training cycle for most Boston marathoners?

15 years ago 12/22/2010 3:22pm EST

re: amazed

Easy there. Careful who you mess with. RW is the "leading authority on training and racing" as the webpage states.

15 years ago 12/22/2010 4:20pm EST

re: amazed

Faulty assumption that they qualified. Charity, corporate sponsorship, and other entries have to train too. :)

There's a reason they haven't qualified.

15 years ago 12/22/2010 4:24pm EST

re: check your premises

it's for the elderly

15 years ago 12/22/2010 4:56pm EST

re: check your premises

Makes me think that Boston needs to forget time standards and just require entrants to run at least 70 mpw.

15 years ago 12/22/2010 5:09pm EST

re: amazed

amazed wrote:
Is this a normal training cycle for most Boston marathoners?

It wouldn't surprise me if that's typical mileage. 50 mpw is huge mileage for the average runner.

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