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  • I'm in the same boat as Hats, first marathon coming up and the furthest I've ever run is just over a half marathon (running for two hours then stopping).

    I was planning on going out and simply aiming to run for three hours, see where that got me to - I would expect around 30km, maybe slightly more.

    Does this hold water as a plan to de-fear the marathon? The Runners World marathon time calculator puts my time (based off a 5k) at 3:16 for Stockholm, so my plan was to tuck in behind the 3:30 pacer and run within my abilities, as it were.

  • Yes, or even a shorter run. I'd recommend running up to at least 18 miles as a long-run. I consider 18 miles to be the true halfway distance. If your 'comfortable' doing this then those last 8 miles will be fine. It's ONLY 2 miles to 20, then ONLY a 10k home.

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