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Originally posted by fredurie:
[B"In the 20 weeks before last September's marathon, I ran 67 sessions of 3 hours, 22 sessions 2 to 2.5 hrs, 6 sessions 1 to 2 hours, 13 tempo or fartlek sessions, 13 races (1500m to 15k), I missed running on 13 days for various reasons. Only a single training session per day. On 2 calendar weeks I ran 3 hours every day. Not sure of pace on 3 hour runs, maybe a bit over 8 minute miles."[/B]

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Well, this blows my theory out of the water!      Of course on average, I may still be right.

If this is true, I wonder whether he wouldn't have doen even better if he had lightened his trainig load.   Does anyone do that many long runs?

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Originally posted by zpoint2:

If this is true, I wonder whether he wouldn't have doen even better if he had lightened his trainig load. Does anyone do that many long runs?

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I think experiments like that haven't worked for him all the well in the past.  Ed's a believer in big mileage and he runs his best when he's pounding it out for 2-3 hours a day.

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Originally posted by fredurie:http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=734217&page=1

Ed Whitlock:

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In the 20 weeks before last September's marathon, I ran 67 sessions of 3 hours, 22 sessions 2 to 2.5 hrs, 6 sessions 1 to 2 hours, 13 tempo or fartlek sessions, 13 races (1500m to 15k), I missed running on 13 days for various reasons. Only a single training session per day. On 2 calendar weeks I ran 3 hours every day. Not sure of pace on 3 hour runs, maybe a bit over 8 minute miles.
I am not particular about my training shoes. I just run in ones I have won. As the article mentions, I have about 10 on the go in various stages of wear (some past due) and rotate them so that I don't get in a groove with one shoe and when it comes time to start a new pair there is no dramatic change as I only wear them for one day before rotating to the others. I am more particular about my racing shoes which are light and flexible."

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I had the pleasure to lose against this man and I'm a young buck. He's run a marathon in under 3 hours and the race I've run against him is a local 9 miler that he has come in the top 80 out of 1000+ participants. I completely agree that age slows you down, it's basically a fact, but I also feel that diet, exercise regimen, and lifestyle have a lot to do with how much it slows you down.

I'm just posting... I mean REPLYING because I can...

I will get back to y'all in 60 years to let you know how my latest 100m race went or will go or whatever!