Subject: RE: BT 20-week marathon plan I can't comment on the volume aspect, but I used time/pace based training almost exclusively until I did my first marathon. I actually prefer it, because it cuts down the "I have a half mile left, let me just blast through it and be done" syndrome I get at the end of longer runs. 45 minutes in zone 2 means 45 minutes in zone 2, period. Whereas an "easy" 5 mile run becomes an easy 3.5 mile run followed by 1.5 miles of ever increasing pace until I'm done, at least for me. I switched back to time based training for the sprint tri I did last month after doing Higdon's Novice 2 plan for my marathon. That said, I'm going back to distance based training for the Dopey Challenge, which I'll start next week. |