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Anything else I should be trying to incorporate into my joggling training? My aim for Barcelona is to get round in a semi-respectable time, nothing more.
Is this your first marathon? If so then I would focus on 1) getting to the start line fit (uninjured) and 2) finishing. Time isn't so important but you will learn a whole lot about what it takes to run 26.2 miles and that feed into setting time based targets going forward.
How bad an idea is this, where 1=very and 10=totes.
It's a great idea, of course. Running a marathon is hard but it's not superhuman. Chances are it's well within your capabilities to train for and complete a marathon.
On the basis that @Cycliste did 3hr21m after 5 months' training (from zero running), while carrying an injury, I thought I was being conservative saying I'd get round in about 4 hours. Reasonable or wildly optimistic?
4 hours is not unreasonable - it's a great time. I wouldn't compare yourselves to others though, focus on your pace, training, strategy etc. You will learn a lot from the experience and that feeds back into your preparation for the next race.
Good luck and keep the thread updated with your progress!
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After @Cycliste made it look so easy this year, I've rather foolishly decided to join her at the confusingly titled Zurich Barcelona Marathon next year. I'm not much of a runner, and never have been, but I have been lumbering around the local roads and tracks for a couple of months now. My training plan, if it really warrants that title, is just to up my weekly mileage by 10% a week, including increasing the length of my longest run in a week by 10%. I'm so far up to just over 20km a week and 10km longest run. I've even been doing some parkruns - best time so far 23m51s.
So, given that all I know about running is that one foot goes in front of the other:
The more I've written, the worse an idea this sounds. Ho hum.