I have been marathon training for 16 weeks now!
Normally at this stage in the plan it would be 14 weeks but I added two extra recovery weeks.
16 weeks is a long time, especially with the winter we have had. Physically I am surviving. Mentally I am so ready for the taper!
I know many people regularly do more miles, whether marathon training or not, but I guess it is a case of what you are used to.
I personally find fitting 20 mile runs into family life at the weekends hard. I do plan to do more marathons but don't plan to do another plan involving so many long runs. 18 miles is plenty for me.
Today I did the 20 miler that I didn't do last weekend because of my cold and the snow. This was supposed to include 14 miles at marathon pace but I don't have the energy for those at the moment.
The legs actually felt OK and the 8 minute miles came easily enough in the first half. In the second half I pushed the pace a bit as normal but didn't get much below 7:40 pace. Still it is 20 miles banked at an acceptable pace.
Hopefully the taper will restore my mental and physical energy. Otherwise I will have to put this build up down to experience!
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