Good workout for Marathon?

If this is for real, then WOW!! At your level, you'd be more tired from staying awake 26+ hours than anything else. So what would you do during your 25 x 55:10 breaks? If you really have that much time then go for it. Sounds very interesting; however, I would say that this is a "once in a blue moon" kind of workout. Go for it, and let us know how it goes.

running guy wrote:

Any advice?

Find another coach.

You should run about 2:19-2:21 in your marathon debut. If not I reccomend you seek out the Hansons. Good Luck

I'll second that.

Someone else posted saying thaht he had done that workout before. The post was titled "best mile repeat workouts" or something like that. Anyway, he said that he raced well afterword but wasn't sure if the workout had anything to do with it and that he'd never do it again.

The particular effort does not make scientific sense. Improvements are made during recovery, "or sleep". Do a workout then recover, this is the key. It does remind me of a wonderful adventue I experienced in College. I journeyed in car from Seattle to New England in one stretch , what a fabulous adventure.

tandfman

Sportsman and Author

that's just crazy man

sounds like an OAR type workout. Is your coach old school or just nuts?

Talk to your coach and tell him that you would rather he come up with an alternative workout. You simply can not be expected to stay awake for 26 hours to do a workout. It is likely that you will become sick, as a result, too. Besides that, marathoning is about endurance and a bit of strength. You need to do workouts that are continuous in nature and simulating the actuality of the race.

Key workouts that are 90 minutes to 150 minutes in length, continuous, with high quality during are the backbone of marathon training. All other workouts are support aerobic mileage. Simple as that. The key workouts need a variety of paces from 10km to Marathon Pace, typically.

Your recent collegiate times indicate you can run 2:20 within a year. Go for it! Tinman

Bob Schul?

That is one of the most ridiculous workouts I have ever heard.

Hardest workout I did for a Marathon is an all-day affair type workout like that one. First, I'd wake up at about 4:00ish and run 2 hours at an alright pace, just to get the legs stretched out. After that, I'd refuel and take a little nap. Then at around 1:00 in the afternoon I would go out and do the same loop alternating 1 mile at marathon pace and 1 mile at jogging pace. I would refuel and sleep again after that. At around 10:00 at night I would go out for another 2-hour jog- any pace. That last 2-hour jog is bread and butter of the workout. It lets me know I can run 2-hours (about the time for a marathon, or around 20 miles of it) no matter how tired I am. After this workout I usually take 4 or 5 days off, and then get back into it. It's awesome!