I read your last post with great interest. Having looked at my training schedule I will adjust it as I beleive I am guilty of junk miles. IMHO there are parallels to be drawn with the"Hanson Brooks " method in this months mag. What would you advise the Top mileage for LSD prior to Taper? Could you have a later taper at shorter long mileage ? The Hanson method peaks at 16 miles.
One of the benefits of the forum is the wide range of opinions and ways of training you encounter. I suppose we are all right and all wrong. What works for one is may be not for another. For me I think variety is the key.
Mixing up your runs with fartleks, tempos, long runs, cross training and recoveries works for me. Then you make minor adjustments as you tackle different race distances.
For marathons I do more of the same but increase my long run by 10% to peak at 23 miles and then taper from 3 weeks before race day. But that's just me. we all have our idiosyncratic ways.................don't get me started on Nutrician !!!!
At last it's official. Well I was entered for Manchester but have cancelled and entered Sunderland instead. Can't miss the first one. May 6th..................hope it isn't as hot as last years Sunderland 10k !!
Re: Marathon Bad decisions
I run for the other running club in Sunderland. However I wish I had a £1 for every time a wag shouted "Catch the bus ! " as we run by .
Si is that right ?? 6TH May in the local paper...........the Echo ??
Well count me in too...............Manchester 29th April....................Sunderland 6th May .............Manchester United v Sunderland 13th May............could be title decider ?? Unless City have bought every player in the world by then...........
Yeah I agree. If the organisers leave it too late people will look elsewhere or commit to other shorter events on the same day. Hope we hear something soon.............when I do I will pot it on here !!
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