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How quickly do you back down your miles when it is time to taper for a marathon?

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How quickly do you back down your miles when it is time to taper for a marathon? Currently I am looking at about 68 miles this week with a long run of 22 on Friday, then 64 next week with an 18 miler planned next Saturday, then the week after I finally back off to 38 miles and finally serious taper...

by User avatar Floridaboiler

Speed work on Treadmills?

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Any thoughts or suggestions on doing speed work on a treadmill? Getting dark at 5:45pm each night is for the birds!

by User avatar sonnylax

Is it okay to sometimes stop running during a marathon?

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during long and tempo runs-- often enough that I'm a bit worried. I'm training for my first marathon from a program in a book from the track store. I've never done runs this long (max before was 10-12 miles) or tempos. I stopped 4-5 times during 20 miles on Sunday. I didn't really have to stop...

by User avatar turtle

Arm strength - how important is it?

A lot of people talk about training their legs, but are legs everything? What about your arm strength? Does arm strength need working on to become a successful runner?

by User avatar Sc00t

Why am i always nauseted at the finish line?

I have been running a little over 4 years and the last 6 months or so every race , doesn't matter if its a half -marathon, or 5k right before I cross the finsh line I get so sick at my stomach, I end up dry-heaving after I cross the line , I never really throw up, { just a really strong desire}but...

by User avatar supermom

Is my new running program making me slower?

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I changed my training recently and I'm starting to have second thoughts about it. Originally, I was doing the following: M: 3 mi W: 4 mi F: 3 mi Nothing spectacular, just running and pushing myself throughout the run. Most days I'd try to sprint for 10-15 seconds for each of the last 5 minutes...

by User avatar Grunt

What are your thoughts on the pose method?

I just got turned on to the Pose Method, and am wanting to take my run apart and put it back together with this method. Any comments? suggestions?

by User avatar bpdou

Is there such a thing as junk miles for runners?

Is there such a thing? I'm tweaking my schedule and tossing in some occasional 5km runs, largely to bump my weekly mileage a bit. Which is exactly how some "running engineers" define junk miles. Personally, I believe a mile is a mile is a mile...they're all good.

by User avatar jrjo

Do you ever feel guilty in the final days before a marathon that you need to keep on running??

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Do you ever feel guilty in the final days before a marathon that you need to keep on running?? Due to work commitments I will probably skip my final taper run of 4 miles tomorrow. Part of me feels guilty about skipping the run!!! Normally I only take 1 day of no running before a long race....

by User avatar Floridaboiler

Why are my times not improving?

I've been running, off and on, for 25 years but I'm having a tough time building mileage on this start up. I trained for and ran a half marathon last spring in 1:57 on 25 miles a week. After that I took some time off but maintained a base of 10 miles a week or so. Now I can't seem to get past 3...

by User avatar jschatz