Chicago Marathon Sub 2:30 Goal- Training Plan HELP

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Dude, you've ran a 71 minute half. You're obviously not new to running. Listen to your body, do your normal runs, add some easy morning or afternoon runs on top of that. It's that simple. There is no magical formula. You could get a hundred different responses on here, and not one could be the correct regimen for you. Your body knows best, listen to it.

dunder mifflin wrote:

Dude, you've ran a 71 minute half. You're obviously not new to running. Listen to your body, do your normal runs, add some easy morning or afternoon runs on top of that. It's that simple. There is no magical formula. You could get a hundred different responses on here, and not one could be the correct regimen for you. Your body knows best, listen to it.

^^^ this.

What kind of training did you do leading into the 71:xx half marathon? Apply that same knowledge to the marathon. Your mileage looks to be good enough to handle sub-2:30. A 1:11 half is indicative that 2:30 is possible, though 1:10 would be better. FWIW, I'm running Chicago with a similar goal this year as well...though, I'm ultimately shooting more for 2:26.

If you're looking for marathon specific workouts, there was a great thread a while back started by MPR. It's called '5 key marathon workouts'...and has some good discussion following it. Here's a link to it...

I think the mileage looks solid with the exception of weeks 12 and 13. No reason to bump up again. If you get through the 108 weeks ok, I would just keep it there those 2 weeks. The extra 12 miles a week for 2 weeks will do nothing for you but make you tired. In my opinion, you should be at your peak mileage by late August... which is 108 in your plan, and then hold there. After a great summer early fall of training, no reason to jeopardize things in the 5 weeks leading up to the big day. More importantly is going to be your workouts, anyway. During those last 5 weeks, you want to dial into MP...