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Last post: Jul 6, 2009 7:01 PM by vgema001

rshill

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Nov 29, 2007

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May 26, 2009 4:12 PM

Half to Full Marathon

I am doing my first half-marathon in August in NYC. I have my running plan and feel good about it. I was previously a triathlete and switched to just running this year. Is it crazy to then do the Philadelphia Marathon in November? Is that enough time in between? I know I would need to increase my distances for the long runs. Any thoughts or advice?

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rncross

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May 29, 2009

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1. May 29, 2009 4:26 PM

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Re: Half to Full Marathon

Should not be a problem.

Training for a full means a half every weekend for months on end.

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spicegeek

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2. Jun 24, 2009 2:24 PM

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Re: Half to Full Marathon

You should start a full marathon training program in the next week or so and fit the half marathon in as part of the program - I`m running both the NYC Half and Full this year - I will run the half as a pace test so I`ll run it at my half marathon pace and adjust my other training that week - I have another half and 18 mile race later in the year and I will run those at or just below marathon pace - just use them as training runs

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vgema001

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3. Jul 6, 2009 7:01 PM

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Re: Half to Full Marathon

I have a friend of my who used to run and now is getting back into full time. She wants to attempt her first half marathon and ask me to send her some information to help her out. I wrote her a big post on my blog Trys4Dummies.com It is most about triathlons although that article in there has everything you need to get into marathons. There are also several posted that relate to running and nutrition as well.