Anybody can finish a marathon in 30 days. That's less than a mile a day.

mdhc500,

So how long ago was that 5K? And how long ago was that HM?

The last weekend in November is 24/25 - which is 7 1/2 weeks from now - so I gotta tell ya, buddy - I give it very thin odds that in those weeks you can ramp up the distance to not finish in a death march - which almost assuredly puts you over 4 hours - unless you've got QUITE a base and some very good very recent race results.

RESPECT THE DISTANCE!

Whatever your choice - have fun though - and don't let somebody telling you can't, deter you from trying!!!

kestrou

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A person told me that he run NYC marathon and finished it and he never run longer than 5 miles before that.

So why do you want to run this marathon instead of waiting till you can train properly?

Yes, it is possible. You would need to ramp up your mileage rapidly. That would put a lot of stress on your body and increase your chance of injury. Assuming you make it through training, you also have a increased chance of injury while running the marathon.

Is it worth the risk? Do you want to risk getting ITBS or some other injury that takes you out for a few months?

Victor


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It's definitely possible. I know a guy who's almost 50 and ran a 3:15 last year on a peak of only 45 mpw. So you're used to doing 10 miles? Try 16 this weekend. You'll have a much better idea afterwards.

I should probably also add that one of my buddies got it into his head to run Boston as a bandit this past year just a month before the race. He ran 35-40 mpw but had never run more than 9 or 10 miles in a single run. So he went out that weekend and did 20 at a solid pace. He had no lingering effects, and even kicked my a$$ in a workout 2 days later when I was sure his legs would be dead. The next weekend I ran 14 with him to help keep him going. That was enough for me, but he did another 7 miles at under 7:00 pace. Still felt great. The next weekend, he had a bad case of ITBS.

Like others have said before me, yes it is possible. But I think that given your fitness level with biking, swimming and a long run of 12miles on the weekend that YOU CAN DO IT and without getting injured given your time goal and probable good aerobic base. If you truly are fit and you HAVE TO do a marathon the last week of November because your life depended on it, I would do this schedule:
Sundays
10/7- 14 miles
10/14- 16 miles
10/21- 18 miles
10/28- 20 miles
11/4- 10 miles
11/11- 20 miles
11/18- 8 miles
11-25- Race

Don't increase your weekly miles at all. That will only contribute to your chance of getting injured. Keep up your biking, the low impact cardio will help. Your goal would be to finish the marathon, not race it. I've done it MANY times. Now I'm not saying that it's going to be easy, but it is possible and I believe you can do it without injury since you are already in great shape. You are aren't you???