Hi guys! I'm running a marathon soon but I haven't put in any miles. I ran a 2:50 with a couple months training, but this time around I haven't put in any miles because I've been busy with work.
Has anyone tried this, and how did it work out?
And if anyone has a good crash running plan for the next week, care to share it?
I'm not planning on running fast (maybe 3:30-3:45?) but if it's a horrible idea I won't try it.
Thanks!
I ran my first marathon on a whim back in 2010 on about 5 weeks of training after taking 2 months off that winter. About 30 miles/week with a long run of 8 miles.....I ran a 4:34....It was not a fun experience and I would recommend it to nobody.
(I would also like to note I had never even run a half marathon prior to that marathon)
That sounds like a very bad idea. On zero training, running a kilometre or two is hard. How do you expect to even finish a marathon? Assuming you would manage to finish it somehow, I have a hard time imagining a reason why you would want to suffer that much to clock an appalling time.
I have tried once after an injury and only four weeks of `real' training. I started to slow down after 10 km and dropped out at around 30 km, already way behind what would be a normal time for me.
I knew a guy in college, who was in no way a runner, who signed up for a marathon 3 weeks out. His training consisted of three 20 mile runs. I don't recall his exact time, but it was in the mid 3s. I was very impressed.
Some friends from my box went with just CrossFit training. So there were no long distance runs, just a lot of strength work/sprinting etc. They did well.
2/10.
You ahould have gone with the 10mi/week training level. ptting a previous 2:50 in with 0 training miles and questioning what you should expect sounds just too silly. You should also insert an inescapable reason for not being able to log miles. Using the 'busy at work' excuse is a little lame and takes away possible creativity points.
Try again Mr. Man and bring your A game next time.
Xfit_guy_the_real_one_1 wrote:
Some friends from my box went with just CrossFit training. So there were no long distance runs, just a lot of strength work/sprinting etc. They did well.
My friend did a half marathon off nothing but crossfit training...He did not do well.
See what I did there?
You sound similar to me. I've run 2:50-3:00 a few times on 6-8 weeks training.
I lose fitness pretty quickly. So with 6 months off I was in the worst shape of my life. Still wanted to go to Boston to enjoy the experience. 2 weeks out I "trained" for a week and then "tapered" for a week. In that 1 week of training I built up to a 12 miler at 8 flat pace. Hoped to run 8 flats for about 3:30 at Boston.
Didn't wear a watch, forgot to take off the time it took me to cross the start when looking at the 5k electronic board split....and so I went through the half in 7:0x pace. Definitely didn't think I was capable of that for a half. Those Boston downhills at the start just pulled my fat@ss along, though. Anyway, as expected I started walking about 15 in. Walk/Ran the last 12 and finished in the low 3:20s.
It was miserable, though. Absolutely miserable. If it hadn't been Boston, I wouldn't have finished. I thought about just walking in from 15 since I was on vacation. Given the finish time that would have put me at, I'm glad I didn't do that...
I never ran more than a mile in my life, smoked a pack a day, 5'9 195lbs. 3:25 mary and didn't hurt a bit.
I got hurt while training for my first marathon. At the time of the injury, I had been logging 30-40 mpw for 2-3 months afters about 6 years completely off from running. I had finally gotten into somewhat decent shape (I ran a 64:58 10 miler) and BOOM, runner's knee. I did not train at all for the next 44 days and the marathon was my first run back. I went out way too aggressively in 1:30 and waddled home in 1:52.
While I would not recommend this, I would say that 3:30 is more than reasonable with no training. It will probably just suck a lot.
Hey guys - thanks for the input. Not a troll. If I were a troll I would be living under a bridge with your mom and I'd buy you an XBox to make you like me.
I'm taking it all under advisement. I don't want to get injured so that's a big factor. I do like the idea of training for a couple days and then tapering. That should work!
Marathons are awesome. I suggest you at least try one 20 mile (32 km) run before the marathon though, to see if you can run even that. If you can't, don't bother with the marathon yet.