I'm training for a marathon, and tomorrow I'm supposed to do a long run of 14 miles (did 20 last week, and this weekend will be exactly one month before my marathon). Instead, I signed up to do a half marathon, because some people in my running group are doing it as well. Will the one mile less matter? Should I tack an extra mile on before/after the half marathon?
No, one mile probably won't matter at all, but if you are worried about it just run a 1 mile warm up. Easy.
The major difference is you'll be racing instead of running at a comfortable pace. The extra mile is insignificant compared to that.
Not a mocker wrote:
The major difference is you'll be racing instead of running at a comfortable pace. The extra mile is insignificant compared to that.
This. Huge difference between a 13 mile race and a 14 mile long run in terms of training effect and fatigue.
Are you serious? 13 or 14? That's just measurement error.
Runnerdnerd wrote:
Not a mocker wrote:The major difference is you'll be racing instead of running at a comfortable pace. The extra mile is insignificant compared to that.
This. Huge difference between a 13 mile race and a 14 mile long run in terms of training effect and fatigue.
Since the OP is asking this question I just assumed he would not be 'racing' the half. I'm not sure why I thought that.
With that said, the best thing to do would be to run the half and run 10 - 11 miles at marathon goal pace.
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