http://www.roadtoboston.com/blog/2007/08/04/chicago-marathon-2007-training-week-15/ A Personal Journey on the Way to the Boston Marathon Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:05:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.roadtoboston.com/blog/2007/08/04/chicago-marathon-2007-training-week-15/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Dave Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:05:39 +0000 http://www.roadtoboston.com/blog/2007/08/04/chicago-marathon-2007-training-week-15/#comment-410 The long runs are critical, but the speed of your long runs is not as critical. Being that this is your first, the goal is to get you prepared for being on your feet for 4 hours and to get your body adapted to that. If you can run it at your marathon pace, great. But, if you can only run the middle 10 or 12 miles at marathon pace, I think that is okay as well. When I did a marathon last year, I ran five 20 mile runs, but never worried too much about marathon pace at all. I did a pace run each week as well, but never longer than 10 miles. I didn't hit my goal pace, but I still got a better time than I had expected when I started training. I think you will do just fine as long as you give yourself enough rest. The long runs are critical, but the speed of your long runs is not as critical. Being that this is your first, the goal is to get you prepared for being on your feet for 4 hours and to get your body adapted to that. If you can run it at your marathon pace, great. But, if you can only run the middle 10 or 12 miles at marathon pace, I think that is okay as well. When I did a marathon last year, I ran five 20 mile runs, but never worried too much about marathon pace at all. I did a pace run each week as well, but never longer than 10 miles. I didn’t hit my goal pace, but I still got a better time than I had expected when I started training. I think you will do just fine as long as you give yourself enough rest.

]]> http://www.roadtoboston.com/blog/2007/08/04/chicago-marathon-2007-training-week-15/comment-page-1/#comment-370 derek Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:28:26 +0000 http://www.roadtoboston.com/blog/2007/08/04/chicago-marathon-2007-training-week-15/#comment-370 This is actually going to be my first marathon. My original goal was a sub-4hr marathon, but I'm sure that is very unlikely at this point. I'm going to aim for a sub-4:30hr marathon, but I probably wouldn't make a decision until a few days before the marathon. This is actually going to be my first marathon. My original goal was a sub-4hr marathon, but I’m sure that is very unlikely at this point. I’m going to aim for a sub-4:30hr marathon, but I probably wouldn’t make a decision until a few days before the marathon.

]]> http://www.roadtoboston.com/blog/2007/08/04/chicago-marathon-2007-training-week-15/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Tom Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:16:50 +0000 http://www.roadtoboston.com/blog/2007/08/04/chicago-marathon-2007-training-week-15/#comment-356 Sounds like you're following a sensible plan. A mistake I've made more often than I care to admit is trying to run too many long runs before a marathon and also running the LRs too fast. Hope you're giving yourself enough recovery. What's your goal time for Chicago? have you run it before? Sounds like you’re following a sensible plan. A mistake I’ve made more often than I care to admit is trying to run too many long runs before a marathon and also running the LRs too fast. Hope you’re giving yourself enough recovery. What’s your goal time for Chicago? have you run it before?

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