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Originally Posted by BWillie
Awesome. Thanks. Always wondered what marathoners do.
Have you ever trier carbon plated shoes? Do they improve your time?
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Oh, those are for folks way faster than me! They’re generally for fast people, are pretty pricey, and don’t last long.
I am pretty confident that you could run a marathon if you can devote the time for the training. You seem to enjoy running and for someone working from a solid base of, say, 15 to 25 miles a week, you could easily get ready for a marathon in 3 to 6 months, using plans such as those from Hal Higdon, Jeff Galloway, or Greg McMillan. Training for one’s first marathon is special, because there are so many weeks when you set a PR for distance, and you also realize that if you can get up to around 20 miles in a training run, you absolutely can finish 26.2 with tapered legs and the energy and support a good marathon provides.