Trail running before a marathon
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armyjive posted 1 year ago.
I would just say try to get some experience will trails, hills, and possibly trail runing shoes so you do not jump into it blind.
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
If you are not familiar with trail running, and your focus is the marathon, I wouldn't risk it. While I love trail running, it is easier there to misstep and roll an ankle. Plus trail running uses a lot of little muscles I don't really use in street running, so suddenly doing 13.1 miles on trails might leave you a bit sore in a different way than street running does.
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tsilcyc posted 1 year ago.
Some trail runs are on hills. Those steep ups and downs are great for killing your legs if you're not prepared.
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jbird2131 posted 1 year ago.
that could be risky. especially if you aren't familiar with the trail. its so easy to tweak an ankle or a knee on a tree root or a loose rock. if i were you i wouldnt risk wasting all of my marathon training, but its your call. but, if you do decide to do it, just take it easy and watch your footing. good luck.
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Iron Dan posted 1 year ago.
Thanks for the input, the more I think about it the more I think that this race would better be suited on next years race schedule.
There is a half marathon trail run 3 weeks before the Portland Marathon I am planning on doing. Would there be any adverse affects to running the trail run only three weeks before the Marathon?
The distance is not what I am concerned about, I don’t have a ton of experience with trail running and don’t want to find out after the trail run that it takes to long to recover and actually harms my marathon prep. I would assume that I would be fine, but there are many of you that have much greater experience than I do and before I fork over the entrance fee (the race fills up quickly to my knowledge) I would like to know if there would be any negative ‘side effects’ to doing this. Any advice would be appreciated.