Sub-4hr marathon support and celebration thread
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Jan 2023
7:34pm, 26 Jan 2023
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Cerrertonia
Interesting piece about the effects of missing a week of training on marathon times. outsideonline.com |
Jan 2023
8:36pm, 26 Jan 2023
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Velociraptor
Interesting  I've always understood that missing a week or two here and there was more common that not during marathon preparation.
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Jan 2023
10:36pm, 26 Jan 2023
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Cerrertonia
Yes, the data showed that most people do indeed miss a week at some point.
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Jan 2023
10:21pm, 27 Jan 2023
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roberton
Thanks for sharing, it was interesting 👍 (don’t tell Fetch though! 🤫 |
Jan 2023
1:19pm, 28 Jan 2023
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Dvorak
Maybe Fetch could work up something similar, but different? Say, taking five day gaps*, and working out the effect of single or multiple five day gaps. And again for ten day gaps. Plus something against different weekly distances. *Five days, as some plans might only have three runs a week (usually ones substituting cross-training) so would have minimum three day gaps, and possibly four. |
Jan 2023
2:25pm, 28 Jan 2023
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auburnette
Would also be interesting to understand the effect of blips which reduce training volume but don't take you completely out. (Selfishly interested in this as I caught shingles in the last month of my marathon build and don't know what if any effect it might have had!) Would need to avoid catching deliberate cutbacks and the taper but say a reduction by 25-30% volume is probably more than most people would deliberately do for a cutback, and could just eliminate the last 3 weeks from the analysis. |
Feb 2023
4:51pm, 8 Feb 2023
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Ally-C
Did my longest run since the Blackpool marathon last year on Sunday past, 16.8 miles in 2:35 so reasonably happy with that.
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Feb 2023
5:04pm, 8 Feb 2023
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Velociraptor
Well done, Ally-C I still haven't got up to 13. Maybe tomorrow. |
Feb 2023
5:11pm, 8 Feb 2023
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Minimag
I have done a few long runs, I was going to follow a training program, but the program would have taken me backwards for the first few weeks, so I did my own thing until the program caught up, which it has this week. So I'll follow the program going forward, next week calls for 15 miles, with 12 at marathon pace |
Feb 2023
4:53pm, 9 Feb 2023
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forever
That is not an easy session Minimag! I have done a couple of 20s already but I am visiting my daughter next week in Florida and not sure how far I will get to run in the next three weeks. Has anyone ever used the tanda calculator? I have never heard of it before. |
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