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Nov 2011
10:27pm, 9 Nov 2011
1,062 posts
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Westley
Hellen, I am living in the US now and the marathon on 4 December is a local affair for me, the B&A trail marathon. It receives rave reviews on marathon-guide.com. It's a low key small affair with a half taking place at the same time.
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Nov 2011
10:27pm, 9 Nov 2011
1,063 posts
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Westley
4 March even! Now 4 December would have been ambitious!
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Nov 2011
12:12am, 10 Nov 2011
16,729 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
West - P&D has 12 week plan and also advice for what to do with 6 - 12 weeks between marathons, in the chapter on "multiple marathoners" (which I think is subtitled, "Running for nutjobs", though I may be paraphrasing?!) :-)G
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Nov 2011
12:52am, 10 Nov 2011
1,064 posts
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Westley
Lol Happy! Indeed it does, and indeed it is; it came into great use when I did two marathons last year within five weeks of each other.
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Nov 2011
9:48am, 10 Nov 2011
9,211 posts
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Naomi P
That section for multiple marathons is based on the idea that you're racing both of them flat out, in which case, I would agree that it's for nutjobs. Multiple marathons treated as long runs is less stress on the body.
My theory is (and I don't have any evidence beyond what I've seen myself) that the less effort you put into a race the less damage you'll do.
eg. If you run a marathon in your PB + 5% every day for 10 days, you're going to be a lot more wrecked than if you've run it in your PB + 15%. ie. Off a 3:30 PB, 10 days of 3:40:30 marathons will be a lot harder than 10 days of 4:01:30.
If you're treating them like long runs, then you can do them a lot more often. If you're racing, I'd follow P&D's advice.
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Nov 2011
10:56am, 10 Nov 2011
16,731 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Totally agree Naomi. Half mara for me this weekend, but pure social easy run. Recovery and rebuild post mara. Ditto D33 ultra in feb (maybe!), just as a v slow, long run pre VLM. It can be done! :-)G
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Nov 2011
7:38pm, 14 Nov 2011
227 posts
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Markj9035
Hello campers. So first shot at the marathon this weekend gone and I hit 3.42.25. It was at Athens which is a hard course by all accounts. Also ran with man flu so I reckon that with the right guidance I could go 3:30 at a push. All training so far has just been using a Runners World smart coach schedule and running 3 times a week, no other exercise or training except for the odd 7 mile cycle commute to work once a week. So, what next please? Mark.
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Nov 2011
9:56am, 15 Nov 2011
11,602 posts
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Fenland Runner
I'm out of this group, more than happy with 3:35  Best of luck for all who desire sub-3:30.
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Nov 2011
10:21am, 15 Nov 2011
11,743 posts
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hellen
you'll be back!
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Nov 2011
1:37pm, 15 Nov 2011
72 posts
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ian9657
I'm new to this Group, got a place in the London Marathon and will follow a 3:30 training programme.
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