Question:just curious on how you will handle this. Doug pointed out it
takes 8 weeks for full recovery due to muscle damage from running a marathon.
You've said the original poster "only" requested a "wish" to run a second
marathon 10 weeks after his first and have also said they have plenty of time
to recover, train, and taper over that 10 weeks span of time. Again, you
asserted this ignorant to knowledge of the person's age, condition, etc.
Care to do the math and layout the schedule (which would be the answer to the
person's question). ?
So the guy heals/recovers over 8 weeks, has an opportunity to train for a
week/7 days to build up mileage/capacity...then enter his taper the final week
before his second marathon?
Answer:
the issue is not the person's determination, it's their
physiology...and it's on that basis that the person's "wish" is ill-advised.
It does not matter how old or experienced the runner is....the point is the
humans should not tackle a second marathon 10 weeks after their first. There
is not training schedule for that Anders and that's the answer to the poster's
question, on point I might add. Yes, that's a universal point of agreement 99%
of the coaches/trainers would agree on. Except you of course....
I don't expect you to reply and lay out a feasible training schedule just as I
don't expect you to go over Niagara Falls and survive.....oops!....someone in
fact did do that....so maybe there's a chance you too will educate us all on
the 10 week training program between a 1st and 2nd Marathon.
I must e-mail an old club mate and tell him that he isn't human. He ran a
marathon a month over his last year with the club. Didn't burn out and is
still running marathons back in Korea where he lives now.
From where I sit, "most all" marathon training programs are 10 weeks.
Mine is quite exceptionally long at 12 weeks. Is your "most all" bigger
than mine? If you think so, tell me in what sense is it bigger? The size
of the mouth of the trainer who peddles it? Or his wallet? Or feet? Or
sidearm?
Everyone here has different experiences. Cultural differences are
enormous, even between states of The Union.
Going on as you are, is like a guy from Florida pontificating to
Alaskans that "most all" runners can do their workout in a singlet all
year round. Or an Algerian telling a Finn that he's stupid to talk about
running in snow because "most all" runners never ever see any.
One of the things I've noticed about this group vs others is that some
here (excluding lurkers since I don't know what they do) tend to focus
on speed as the *only* goal while in other groups, they focus on
training to enjoy running on a continuing basis and finish events
uninjured. Multiple-hour (3-6 hrs) training runs are looked upon with
excitement at the adventure rather than sure injury running that long
outside a race. BUT they've put in the time over the years to build up
to that - not necessarily in races, but just running.
