I've been following the Hansen Brother Method (great book, found on Amazon, plus they have a website where you can purchase their marathon plans) and I feel great. The book is fascinating and super technical yet easy to understand. Basically it supports cumulative fatigue. You run less weekend miles but more over all miles. So instead of doing 3 and 4 mile runs during the week and then a massive 20 miler on the weekend, you are running 5 and 6 milers during the week and then just a bit longer on the weekend. I think the max is 16 miles on a weekend prior to the marathon. Anyway, I at first was noticing the fatigue in my legs, but just for the rest of the day. After a night of sleep, I felt great. In fact, yesterday before my 10k today I did a ten miler and felt great today during the race. Really the only thing I have noticed is that my high heels for work don't feel as well as they used to!
I will need to figure out how to link on the bog...but google Hansen Method for Marathons....I highly recommend and I think I will keep up the high mileage weeks after the marathon too.
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