experienced runners opinions please!
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Anton posted 7 weeks ago.
You mean use your Marathon as your "last long run" three weeks out from the 50K? By all means!
That's real common for folks to use a regular Mary for a training run prior to an ultra. the standard "catered training run"
I would still follow your taper for the Marathon though. Being l rested for the Mary will mean you'll get excellent training value form it. Afterwards..recovery and injury prevention will be your primary goal. Get in a few longish runs as well as your usual mid week jaunts and you'll be fine for the 50K.
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kevinb421 posted 7 weeks ago.
This is your first marathon so you need to be very disciplined in your pacing.
Same thing goes for your 50k. If you want to finish both then slow is your friend. Evaluate yourself at mile 23 and ask if another 8 miles sounds like fun. If the answer is yes then welcome to ultras!
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foggy posted 7 weeks ago.
the marathon as a training run for the 50k would be great. I agree with the other comments.
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Star posted 7 weeks ago.
Famous last words of an ultrarunner: "You'll be fine." Nice one, Anton.
Go out there and have fun in the trails...and be OK with the fact that walking is part of ultrarunning. Let us know how it goes!
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hope your running season is off to a nice start! I am stuck! I'd like to do a trail 50k three weeks after my first marathon. i've done a few long trail runs (3-4 hours) on similar terrain to the 50k, and am running 40-45 miles per week. I am confident I would be able to finish as long as i wasn't still recovering from the marathon, my concern is hurting myself or still being dead from chicago. I wasn't planning on running the marathon near max effort anyways, my only goal is to finish. Would it be stupid to try and train through the marathon (ie; no long run the weekend before but still run that week leading up to it) and taper for the 50k? hope this makes sense...