Hi, in February I would like to run a Marathon. At the moment I am following a LONG TRIATHLON plan for Ironman in June.
Currently I am not receiving any weeks of Buikd for the Marathon but only the last two of Taper 2/1 Marathon.
How could I best prepare for the race?
I was thinking of replacing the Vo2 max swimming and Strength Training sessions with Run-specific ones (with workout Wizard it is possible to replace only swimming with running and not Bike with running from “Injury”).
What do you recommend?
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Hey @Giuseppe85
Since your A race is Ironman in June, and marathon is your B race, then it will only taper you with two weeks of marathon specific taper to not lose too much swim and bike specific fitness.
I would use the workout wizard to increase frequency of running in preparation to your marathon. Can you afford swimming a little bit less - then change those swims to running. I would definitely keep bikes as is because they are important for your Ironman.
Hope this helps,
MJ
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Just Set RACE B MARATHON and Race B (but after.marstona It will switch to A) Triathlon and you can have a complete plan
Hi! @Marjaana I’m on a similar path - long distance triathlon in July (A race) and a marathon in May (B race). Seeing what is planned for following weeks I’m questioning whether the generated plan is reasonable. It was like that since November and I was patiently waiting for what the adaptations would bring, but nothing, it seems, has really changed. 1) The complete drop of other sports for several weeks for the B race seems like a lot of lost fitness 2) The significant ramping of running km (from ~40-45km /week to 85km/week and then tapering 55km, 45km) seems like a recipe for an injury.
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Hey @Gunita
Thank you for this.
I agree, 1. too much of swim and bike is lost if you don’t do any in the lead up to your marathon. Keep the key sessions in your schedule but perhaps shorten time so you actually do get some freshness into legs for marathon race.
2. Yes, I would not ramp up distance in the lead up, Most of the running to prepare for your marathon should already be in the system. Taper is there to become fresh.
I would suggest:
Keep your key swim-bike-runs, but decrease volume of all. Sharpen and get fresh &poppy for the marathon with short and sweet marathon specific work and some over threshold work. What has worked well for you before?
Some lost of fitness is possible as you get ready for the marathon, but I would personally still keep runs and bikes in there.
Let me know if you need any specific suggestions how to alter the plan for those two weeks?
MJ
Thanks for the input!
That’s the thing, I have only runs in the calendar for the next three weeks. Should I decide which sessions are key and put them in myself? My expectation would be that the AI algorithm makes calculations and includes what is appropriate.
What should I change in the plan settings? Perhaps change marathon to a C race to keep some modality of other sports? I initially didn’t do that as I sometimes include haphazard trail run events as C races (less important than upcoming marathon and I don’t want to taper for them).