Dublin city marathon 2007

[mannix]

I am seriously thinking of running the marathon but wonder if i have left the training too late.At present i run 6 miles 3 times a week, is this enough base to work on for an end of october marathon.I am not a racer, to finish in less than 4 hours would be nice for me, any views or answers greatly appreciated.

[aontroim]

If you are running already then you should be fine - I have signed up for the marathon but haven't been able to start training due to an injury but my plan was to start early July and build to the race then - shortish runs through the week (up to 8miles) then a long run on the weekend.

Plan was something like this;

WEEK	WEEK	MON	TUE	THU	SAT	TOTAL

1a	25th - 31st Dec	-	-	2	3	5

1b	1st - 7th Jan	2	3	2	3	10

1c	8th - 14th Jan	2	3	3	4	12

1d	15th - 21st Jan	3	4	3	5	15

2	22nd - 28th Jan	3	4	3	6	16

3	29th Jan - 4th Feb	3	4	3	7	17

4	5th - 11th Feb	3	5	3	8	19

5	12th - 18th Feb	3	5	3	10	21

6	19th - 25th Feb	4	5	5	11	24

7	26th Feb - 4th Mar	4	6	4	12	26

8	5th - 17th March	4	6	4	14	28

9	12th - 18th March	4	7	4	16	31

10	19th - 25th March	5	8	5	16	34

11	26th Mar - 1st April	5	8	5	16	34

12	2nd - 8th April	5	8	5	18	36

13	9th - 15th April	5	8	5	18	36

14	16th - 22nd April	5	8	5	9	27

15	23rd - 29th April	3	5	3	8	19

16	30th - 6th May (Carb Loading Week)	3	3	3	3	12

17	7th May	26.2	-	-	-	26.2

   

[Don]

I am seriously thinking of running the marathon but wonder if i have left the training too late.At present i run 6 miles 3 times a week, is this enough base to work on for an end of october marathon.I am not a racer, to finish in less than 4 hours would be nice for me, any views or answers greatly appreciated.

3 months training will be fine for you. Am doing this myself, running about 16miles a week at the moment. Going to build it up slow . Wouldnt set a time target for a first marathon though. one could get awful depressed half way around knowing you are not going to beat it and eventually quit. Finish it and finish it running is my target. Major problem I have at the moment is I find it alot easier to run in the evenings than mornings. Marathon is a morning job and im not going to get much oppourtunity to run mornings from now on. 10 miler in P Park next month and half marathon there in Sept. Will do these also. Very Good prep. Have got a decent training guide here http://www.runnersworld.com