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What are you doing later in the year OC?

err Newcastle to London in 24 hours.  
Its only a double and a half bike ride and no running so should be easy peasy...  just need to 'go easy' and let the miles tick by rather than pushing and blow up after 10 hrs.....

oh and marshallini - with a 3:30 you are in the top 10% of an IM marathon race times.

I ran / walked for a 3:42 and was similarly aiming for a run/walk 3:30 till I broke...  Its all about overall speed

walking the whole way..... well you may have a little point, but it depends on you / your fitness history / personal challenges......

ditto meface....

in IM Lanza I walked 100m, ran 400m, repeat, for a 4:37 or something (the joys of knee arthritis mean I can't do heavy training millage any more so I save myself for race day )

A personal worse by about an hour, but I was massively happy as my longest run was 5k.

I found I was fine for the first 2 laps, (20 k) 
then lap 3 was bad - could still run but it hurt
Lap 4 was very hard.  still 'running' but the missus could walk faster if she put her mind to it

however without conserving myself I would have gone south much earlier.

unless you know you can run well the whole way, the run walk makes massive sense.  Plan to run between the aid stations, then walk a minute through it eating and drinking.

Most (80%??) will end up walking so plan for it, start your plan (what ever works for you) straight away and just keep plugging away.  You will grind to a halt a lot later / will feel fresher than thos running the whole way... when they walk they really struggle to run again.

rant over

taper???
I'm still biking big as I am concentrating on something else later in the year
did 200k yesterday and 160k today - steady as last weeks dragon ride still feels in the legs

got flat out in the fens next week, (157 mile version!!!) then I'll taper

however, my longest run this week was 5k , and my last run over 5k was about 4 weeks ago on some spannish island

no running means I can crank the biking but I'll be found out at about mile 15 of the run

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34 pt ride to back up yesterdays overdistance ride..... i need food.