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RE: [MARATHON BLOG 26] Last Long Run Before the Race! Feat. BROTHERS FROM ANOTHER MOTHER.
Good luck on your marathon! It’s a lot of hard work. The taper is always the hardest for me...it feels weird after all that training. I know it’s necessary though! Keep running!
Yeah, it is weirding me out a bit. How much do you recommend tapering? Seems like most folks pull back quite a lot!
The last “long run” in the taper the weekend before your marathon is usually around 8miles..the one prior about 12miles Your last REAL long run should be about 3 weeks out.
So to try to be clearer....three weeks before marathon in between 20-26.2 (if you want to cover the distance before you race it) then next week 12-15 then next week 8-10 then the next weekend would be your race. All my distance I’m giving you here is in miles.
This all depends on what your goal is.