Myth of the 20-mile long run

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Dvorak Nov 2017 11:27pm, 14 Nov 2017 14,677 posts	0 Dvorak No 20 milers? What about a nine mile max long run? marathonman.me (I'm sceptical.)
HappyG(rrr) Nov 2017 8:01am, 15 Nov 2017 27,756 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) There are only so many variations in the marathon training world - shorter vs longer, faster vs slower, more miles per week vs less, more cross training vs less. That's about it surely. Mix these up, throw in some science b*llocks, make sure you cite lots of pals or clients that you've coached (about 10-20, i.e. not a scientifically valid sample of over 1000 over several years and multiple cycles with blind control studies), write a book, do a decent website and marketing et voila (or whatever that is in Dutch). There are no short cuts. If something sounds counter intuitive and "easier" then it's wrong. End of. In my not at all humble opinion! G
Autumnleaves Nov 2017 8:02am, 15 Nov 2017 11,422 posts	0 Autumnleaves I saw that ad on Facebook - I admit I didn't read on but it seems to me that such headlines can be quite irresponsible?
Wriggling Snake Nov 2017 8:04am, 15 Nov 2017 16,949 posts	0 Wriggling Snake It will say run 9 miles 3 times 😆
Little Miss Happy Nov 2017 9:53am, 15 Nov 2017 433 posts	0 Little Miss Happy WS - that was my first thought!
Chrisull Nov 2017 10:10am, 15 Nov 2017 11,941 posts	0 Chrisull Quote " When you train The 9-Mile Marathon way you save time, with less accumulated fatigue risk, less risk on endurance related injury " The point of accumulated fatigue is that it is provoking a training response in your body! The fatigue is not a bad thing. Yes, those who are genetically superior may be able to trot out a marathon of say just over 3 hours (it says 3 to 6) without any specific long runs, and I've suspected I could knock out a sub 4 without going beyond 10, but it's not the training regime that is doing it, it's your genetics.
FergusG Nov 2017 10:14am, 15 Nov 2017 1,883 posts	0 FergusG If you do actually provide your e-mail details, you'll ultimately find yourself at a hostmonster.com page that frames a dud (404 Error File Not Found) page. I'm not daft enough to provide a real e-mail address to find it's way onto another spam list!
larkim Nov 2017 1:17pm, 15 Nov 2017 3,304 posts	0 larkim Wasn't there a reasonably high performing female athlete at New York this year that hadn't run any more than a 25 mile week? (and presumably few long runs) I seem to recall it from a recent marathontalk podcast, but couldn't track it down when I looked this morning.
Dvorak Nov 2017 1:24pm, 15 Nov 2017 14,686 posts	0 Dvorak I suspect (not having run any, of course) that someone with a decent running background and overall fitness (and genetics) could do that: the weeks could be 15/7/3; 18/4/3; 21/4; and repeat. Making the assumption that the rest of their week would not just be sitting on the sofa guzzling down .
Dvorak Nov 2017 1:26pm, 15 Nov 2017 14,687 posts	0 Dvorak Sorry, in the spirit of the thread: 15/7/3; 18/4/3; 18/7.