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I'll be in a built up area visiting family so I won't be able to get out and do as much running as I would like hence me asking for this advice. When I said I will be running 20 -25 miles a week as opposed to 50 -60 was it not obvious I would be taking my trainers and scaling down hours?

Thanks for your comment though. Really helpful.

Hi,

I am going on holiday for 3 weeks, 7 weeks before a marathon and I am concerned what affect it will have on my performance.

I am training for the Barcelona Marathon on March 17th. It will be my 3rd marathon and I plan to run it in and around 3 hours. My training is going very well. I recently ran a 1:24:51 half marathon, a 36:47 10k and a 17:57 5k. All of which are PB's. I have been training for the marathon for 8 weeks and have been running 50-60 miles a week and have already done three 18 mile runs, a 20 mile run and a 21 mile run. As of Saturday I will be on holiday for 3 weeks and envisage my weekly mileage dropping to around 20 - 25 miles. They will all probably be short high tempo runs as I will be in a busy metropolis with not much open space.

Does anyone know how this will affect my performance in the marathon and what type of training will be best when I am away (speed, slow, etc)? I arrive home 4 weeks before the marathon and plan to taper down with 2 weeks to go not the usual 4 weeks. Is this a good idea?

Thanks,

Billy

Is anyone running in the Vienna Marathon this year?

I have entered into it but do not arrive in Vienna until the eve before the race. Does anybody know of service where they pick up your race number and timing chip and deliver it to my hotel?