Is 7 hours of weekly base enough to pull of a thon without extreme cramping at the end...? Longest run all year 13 miles, on average 5-6 miles a day, doubles often.
Is 7 hours of weekly base enough to pull of a thon without extreme cramping at the end...? Longest run all year 13 miles, on average 5-6 miles a day, doubles often.
Don't see how you can get in a 5x18 in under seven hours.
You might not be ready for a full thon.
Better stick with the Half-Mary.
Well, 7 hours / week is plenty...see recent Boston marathon results, can even beat a moronic 140 miles/week. Whether or not 7 hours is enough is mostly about training pace. 5:20 - 6:20/mi 7h /week total is excellent preparation for 99.9% of the population... works out to 65-80mi/week.
From your training report, I'd say you want to drop your half marathon time 15-20' before bothering with a marathon.
If you can do a 5x18 in under 7 hours you could be ready to break 2 in the thon
Do you think Kipchoge has done this? I assume so, since Nike will have left no stone unturned for the 2 hr thon project
Get in a 20+ miler this weekend and see how you feel. Two or three runs like that before the marathon and you may pull it off if you're an efficient runner.