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2012-09-20 1:45 PM

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Subject: From 100 to 26.2
Hey everyone -- I just finished my first 100 (Pine to Palm: awesome, tough) and am thinking about an early spring road marathon as my next A race. Any thoughts (or reading) on transitioning from ultra training to marathon training? Thanks!

2012-09-20 2:10 PM
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Congrats on your 100!!
2012-09-21 3:55 AM
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Congrats on the 100.
2012-09-21 11:56 AM
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no race report?

I was dreaming about training for a spring marathon too this year, but I failed at my 100 so that is still primary. I have tried to stick a bit more to roads and stay off the hills these last 2 weeks but have found it difficult because it is so friggin boring.

I would be tempted to go with a fairly high intensity lower volume program. Reason being, you got the endurance, you got legs made of iron, likely, you are missing speed and lactic threshold training. LSD not be doing you a lot of good right now I think.

Unfortunately, I think to do your best you are going to have to do significant training on similar terrain as your road marathon.....

Let me know what you decide and how it goes. Try not to die of boredom.
2012-09-21 12:37 PM
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Congrats on the hundo!  Pine to Palm looks amazing.  Gotta get out there one day.

I'm doing the same 100 to 26.2 right now, targeting Boston on 4/15.  Here's my plan.  The endurance is there, so I'll take the volume down from peak 100 training, probably into the 70-90 MPW range, and hit the Pfitz Advanced Marathoning plan again.  Loved using it last year in my build to Chicago.  Focus on getting my leg speed, turnover, etc back up.  I'll be subbing in some hilly trail running 2x a week because I love the trails and Boston has a few hills, so that will help keep leg strength up.  This fall/winter is a good chance to mix up the training, get back to the track once a week, and fine tune the sticks.  There are some great snowshoe races up north in Michigan, so I'd like to get in some of that to keep the chili bubblin'.

I'm doing a marathon on 10/7 as a baseline test to see where my marathon fitness is at, and then go from there.   I'll probably do at least one more marathon leading up to Boston to see if the training is working or if I need to change things.

If fortune strikes and I get into Western States, that'll alter some things...

2012-09-21 1:16 PM
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I'd go faster and shorter.  Best of luck!

2012-09-23 10:19 AM
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Thanks all. Darren, you're right... I should write it up before I forget it all... I'll work on that. Advanced Marathoning is in the mail on the way to me. I'll read that and repost with plans/questions.

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