Subject: RE: FIRST marathon plan Plenty of people use it and are successful (in their opinion) with it. But imho, there is not enough volume or frequency and too much intensity to be a truly effective plan. Yes, it will get you through a marathon while allowing you to cross train. But a lot of people reduce the program intensity or just stop it completely because of the intensity levels. If you want to run a solid/fast marathon you would be better suited and more prepared using a solid plan like a Daniels, Higdon or Pfitzinger-Douglas one. This requires more of a running focus. If you can stand cutting back your swim/bike to just maintenance mode then that would be the way to go. Edit: I used a P-D plan to get my 3:12 BQ and just said "f" the bike and swim. Then I used an even more intense P-D plan to go for my sub-3 attempt this year but got sidelined because of the flu. I was on training pace to hit that goal though. Then I got back on the bike and in the water for tri training and even with only 400 miles on the bike put up a top 2% bike split in an oly. relay. My bike fitness obviously didn't suffer than much by running 200+ a month and not cycling! Edited by Daremo 2008-08-25 1:04 PM
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