Dublin City Marathon October

Ohyeah

Hi,

Thinking of going for it.

I have run 10k last month in 52 mins. I run about 20k a week. Do people think I could do it?

What kind of training are people doing at the moment for it? Especially people who are doing it for the first time

I found this 16 week plan. www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?SP=&v=3&UAN=109

what do people think of it?

There seems to be a lot of running each day, I was under the impression that during marathon training your are suppose to run one day, then a day rest, then train, then a day rest etc?

sorry for my basic questions!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek:

quozl

Yep, you can do it. A fair few people who'll complete it won't be running 20k a week yet, though they should be

That runnersworld schedule seems fine, it has two rest days a week. I did Hal Higdons intermeditate 1 schedule for the dublin marathon last year, I'd recommend it. It has a bit more details than the runnersworld I think. Either's fine.

http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/Mar00intermediate.htm

You do tend to do hard,easy,hard,easy, or hard,easy,easy,hard,easy,easy or some such. Remember though that some of those days with running are your easy days. 5 miles at a slow pace is a rest day when you're able to run 18 at the same pace!

Just build up gradually and you'll be amazed how trivial those sort of days become. Do take them easy though - running easy days hard is a big mistake.

daveirl

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Odysseus

I personally make up my own training plans, however, Hal's programme is highly recommended by alot of runners here. I would say you will do it no problem if you put the miles in, get out there and enjoy your training, that is your journey, the marathon is merely your destination. Post any questions you have here, there is plently of helpful runners here. Good kuck with it.

Scuba_Scoper

Odysseus wrote:

enjoy your training, that is your journey, the marathon is merely your destination.

careful now. You might end up like Odysseus and hunnymonster and find that the marathon is merely a training trot to be leisurely partaken of a Sunday afternoon....

Marathon Man

Ohyeah wrote:

There seems to be a lot of running each day, I was under the impression that during marathon training your are suppose to run one day, then a day rest, then train, then a day rest etc?

The major key to marathon training is mileage. Thats where the biggest gains in improvement are to be had although there is a ceiling for this which is different for everybody. I don't think running one day and resting the next is a good idea. Instead you could go out hard one day and have an easier run on the following day. Diversity is the key to enjoying and making sure a training plan is effective, so consider some circuit training too. This will make a difference.