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Hi. I am new to this forum and new to running. I am taking part in the New York Marathon in November and started training 6 months ago. I have been following the Mike Gratton beginners schedule which is based on time on your feet but I am worried that I am not covering enough miles. The most time I have run without stopping so far is one hour and the longest with run/walk 2 1/2 hours but as my pace is a sorry 12 minutes per mile I am not doing many miles. I will be building up to a maximum of 3 hours. I also missed four weeks of training but have no injury worries (at present!)
Do you think it is better to run/walk and do more miles. Or will time on my feet be enough? I have been looking at the Hal Higdon training plan and wondering if I would be better to follow that on which builds up to 20 miles four weeks before the marathon.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks, TraineeRunner
Do you think it is better to run/walk and do more miles. Or will time on my feet be enough? I have been looking at the Hal Higdon training plan and wondering if I would be better to follow that on which builds up to 20 miles four weeks before the marathon.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks, TraineeRunner