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Awesome!!!! That is great! Are you still second guessing doing a marathon? 

Glad I got a short run and swim in today...it might be a while before I do it again. I went to meet with the surgeon at the dermatologists, just for a consult, ended up hobbling out with 6 stitches in the side of my foot. They are pretty confident that they removed the dangerous mole and got the clear margins, however the wound is pretty big and will need some time to heal. 

The good news is that my "mole" was reviewed by 3 separate pathologists and sent to the Univ of San Fransisco before they came up with a diagnosis, at least I got my money's worth out of my high deductible! I also just got Netflix and my hubby connected our computer to the TV so I can catch up on some TV in my spare time that i am not training!

The bad news is that I have to stay off the foot and I planned a big family dinner/birthday party for my son this evening, and now I have to call in sick tomorrow to work. Luckily I prepped the dinner yesterday and baked an awesome cake last night! 

I think it comes down to what works for you. As you have probably heard, there isn't anything magical about 20 miles or two and a half hours per se.

Glad I got a short run and swim in today...it might be a while before I do it again. I went to meet with the surgeon at the dermatologists, just for a consult, ended up hobbling out with 6 stitches in the side of my foot. They are pretty confident that they removed the dangerous mole and got the clear margins, however the wound is pretty big and will need some time to heal. 

The good news is that my "mole" was reviewed by 3 separate pathologists and sent to the Univ of San Fransisco before they came up with a diagnosis, at least I got my money's worth out of my high deductible! I also just got Netflix and my hubby connected our computer to the TV so I can catch up on some TV in my spare time that i am not training!

The bad news is that I have to stay off the foot and I planned a big family dinner/birthday party for my son this evening, and now I have to call in sick tomorrow to work. Luckily I prepped the dinner yesterday and baked an awesome cake last night! 

Run:18h 38m 13s  - 100.89 Mi

oh yeah!  Got the last few miles in the snow as well.  Been a while since I've had a 100 mile month

Ahhh, the time vs. distance dilemma.

I think it comes down to what works for you. As you have probably heard, there isn't anything magical about 20 miles or two and a half hours per se. 

I think what Kim said about training through the week to support the long run is really important. The more you can put in during the week, reducing the percentage of  overall weekly volume your long run is, is more important than exactly how long (time or distance) you should go. 

Additionally, it's important that your long run isn't wiping you out and setting you off on the wrong foot for the rest of your week. So, it kind of works both ways and it's all about finding that balance.

Finally, structure your weeks so you build your volume for about 3 weeks and then step back for a week and collect yourself, then back to building. Most stock programs are structured this way. 

Glad I got a short run and swim in today...it might be a while before I do it again. I went to meet with the surgeon at the dermatologists, just for a consult, ended up hobbling out with 6 stitches in the side of my foot. They are pretty confident that they removed the dangerous mole and got the clear margins, however the wound is pretty big and will need some time to heal. 

The good news is that my "mole" was reviewed by 3 separate pathologists and sent to the Univ of San Fransisco before they came up with a diagnosis, at least I got my money's worth out of my high deductible! I also just got Netflix and my hubby connected our computer to the TV so I can catch up on some TV in my spare time that i am not training!

The bad news is that I have to stay off the foot and I planned a big family dinner/birthday party for my son this evening, and now I have to call in sick tomorrow to work. Luckily I prepped the dinner yesterday and baked an awesome cake last night! 

5' power test on the bike this morning.  322 watts - increase of 9 over the last test.  Pretty happy with that!

Also have an easy run scheduled for later today.  What does everyone else have on tap for today?

Nice job.  How long ago was your last test?

Another Suffer ride for me this morning and then a run later today.  Hopefully all the flowing water has stopped out there.  Yesterday's run was entertaining. Course now we have fresh snow added to the mix

WHAT?  The 20 miler is not magical?  Here is what was explained to me regarding the 20 miler.  If you run your 20 miler at a nice easy pace time wise it comes out to what you should run your marathon for.  That of course implies you have done the work to have that extra speed to get the gears you need and hold it for 26.2 miles.  That not make sense?  It was years and years ago that I was told that and I know that things change all the time as they do more research

5' power test on the bike this morning.  322 watts - increase of 9 over the last test.  Pretty happy with that!

Also have an easy run scheduled for later today.  What does everyone else have on tap for today?

Wow - that's not like any coach I know! (jk)

I know the time vs distance debate has probably been covered...but it has recently reared it's ugly head in my training plan. I typically go by distance because I'm slow (not bothered by being slow - just realistic) and I figured for my confidence, I needed to know that I could cover the distance. This is all fine and good when training for shorter races - but I've got a marathon on the calendar right now...it doesn't seem like the smartest thing to run the full distance a couple of weeks out from the race. Rusty recommended flipping to time (have the long runs be at least 2:30 - 3:00)...but at my paces - that's only around 18 miles on a fast day for me. Is that enough?

And to re-iterate what Kim said earlier - it is hard being slow training for a marathon...that's a significant chunk of time (especially if you are going by distance). I've got a 5:10:5:10:5:15 week which equates to about 10 hours of running. (as I'm typing this, I'm doing the math for the 7:14:7:14:7:21 week...crap).

Any advise? Recommendations? What should the longest run be by distance/time and why?

Yanti - you rock...your goal is getting to the starting line at IMNZ...you've already missed the ER to IM timeline - so you should be good to go - right?

I'm not following.  Are you saying that running the 20miles easy will be the same as running your marathon pace for 26miles?  If the 20miler is easy, I would have expected your actual race pace for the marathon to be faster/harder.  Asking cause I have no idea and am curious.

Yup!

5' and 20' bike tests for me this week!

I have 4200scy in the books from masters this morning. I had some 1-on-1 help with getting my elbow up a bit on my pull. Thanks everyone for the swim discussion late last week - been looking forward to putting it to practice today.

5' power test on the bike this morning.  322 watts - increase of 9 over the last test.  Pretty happy with that!

Also have an easy run scheduled for later today.  What does everyone else have on tap for today?

Glad I got a short run and swim in today...it might be a while before I do it again. I went to meet with the surgeon at the dermatologists, just for a consult, ended up hobbling out with 6 stitches in the side of my foot. They are pretty confident that they removed the dangerous mole and got the clear margins, however the wound is pretty big and will need some time to heal. 

The good news is that my "mole" was reviewed by 3 separate pathologists and sent to the Univ of San Fransisco before they came up with a diagnosis, at least I got my money's worth out of my high deductible! I also just got Netflix and my hubby connected our computer to the TV so I can catch up on some TV in my spare time that i am not training!

The bad news is that I have to stay off the foot and I planned a big family dinner/birthday party for my son this evening, and now I have to call in sick tomorrow to work. Luckily I prepped the dinner yesterday and baked an awesome cake last night! 

I must say, my bits are not appreciating the 4 straight days on the trainer. 

My bits seem to be okay, but my legs are starting to feel pretty trashed!  I know I can knock out Stage 5, but Stage 6 looks like it could be ugly.  I may consider doing Stage 5 tomorrrow morning and then Stage 6 Thursday after work, just to give my legs a tiny bit extra recovery time!