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100 days enough to train for a marathon?

  • 10-01-2011 01:16PM
    #1
    clubcard
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    I have picked out a marathon in May but being injured at the moment I will have 100days to prepare.
    do you thin 100days is realistic?


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  • #2
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,554 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    I suppose the questions would be:
    - How long injured?
    - What was the training like before the injury?


  • #3
    RayCun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    and what is your target? and have you run marathons before?


  • #4
    Bill2673
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    if you are injured now, i would concentrate on fixing the injury and then start planning.......


    in normal circumstances, if you are doing a bit of running anyway (say twice a week), I would say 100 days is enough to get in shape for a marathon but not to run your best time.


  • #5
    itsonlyme1
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    hi

    3 months training for a marathon is fine if you have a good level of fitness already, your injury has healed and your expections are not 2 great, 5 months would be ideal as you shouldnt over-do things

    good luck


  • #6
    shels4ever
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    clubcard wrote: »
    I have picked out a marathon in May but being injured at the moment I will have 100days to prepare.
    do you thin 100days is realistic?

    100 days would be fine to complete the marathon but maybe not if our after a quick time.


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  • #7
    donothoponpop
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    clubcard wrote: »
    I have picked out a marathon in May but being injured at the moment I will have 100days to prepare.
    do you thin 100days is realistic?

    You really need to give more info on what your goal is. To put this into context, if someone asked is "100 days enough to train for 100m?", I'm sure you can think of plenty of instances where this would not be enough time, and plenty where it would.


  • #8
    clubcard
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    well I have ran a half marathon few years ago in under 80minutes so I would like to run a a sub 2.50 atleast.
    Just I know the marathon is a differn't animal and I want to do it properly.
    At the same time I want to have a goal that isn't too far away.


  • #9
    bazman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 581 ✭✭✭bazman


    12 weeks training + 2 weeks taper is enough time for a good marathon time if you go in (a) relatively fit going into training period and (b) can sustain mileage & sessions required.

    For (a) you should be doing whatever cross training you can at the moment. Aqua-jogging, biking, cross-trainer etc

    (b) is probably a bigger problem, but it all depends on the type of injury. Going into heavy training after a recent injury may end up with a bigger injury.

    Like Bill2673 says - focus on fixing problem first, then set target.


  • #10
    clubcard
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    cheers for the advise guys.Im going to see how injury goes.


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