How many times do you run

[mcgurranhouse]

Can I ask how many times a week people run when they are training for a marathon?

[Rignold]

Depends on the plan. Most will be 5, some 6.

[mcgurranhouse Marathon in reply to Rignold]

Thanks Rignold - it feels like hard going sometimes!

[Rignold]

I did not enjoy it at all, to be honest. In fact, although this is probably sacrilegious to admit here, but I don't enjoy structured running plans at all. I dont mind the mileage, its the restrictiveness and rigidity that gets me.

[mcgurranhouse Marathon in reply to Rignold]

I agree! I am trying to stick to the plan as best I can because it is my first one and I want to do it right but it is tough!

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to Rignold]

Here here!!

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

3 previously. May do 4 for the next one...

[misswobble Marathon]

Three! I keep that fluid depending on how I am feeling. It could be four if things were going well

It was five days in a row last week but that was exceptional owing to being snowed under with dogs and kids etc, and playing catch up

I would recommend three I follow myasics easy (ha!) plan based on three runs a week. I am very nearly 60 so have to be realistic 🙂🏃‍♀️✔️👍

[C3PO Marathon]

I'm doing four a week.

[Tomas Marathon]

I mostly do four. Occasionally five. sometimes only three when life gets in the way. My homegrown plan calls for four.

[Hillrunner2201 Marathon]

I'm doing 6 most weeks, occasionally 5 and even more occasionally 7! I am rubbish at sticking to training plans. I just use them as a guideline.

[mcgurranhouse Marathon in reply to Hillrunner2201]

Good lord! Are you not exhausted!

[Hillrunner2201 Marathon in reply to mcgurranhouse]

After 3 weeks of my highest mileages yet, yes!! Not all the runs are hard though, I usually do a couple of 5k runs at a very easy pace as recovery runs. I've found that these really help reduce stiffness and aches after a long or hard run.

[benwill Marathon]

I did four when I am trained for my first, 2 slow 5 km's and one fast 8 or 12km run and then a slow long run. I did ok, for my upcoming marathon I have no training plan other than whats in my head!

[Wannaberoadrunner]

I try to run 3 times a week, sometimes I skip two days if I feel I need it and don't beat myself up about it. I've only been running for 4 months now, so I'm still new and need to build up strength and yet more discipline.

[misswobble Marathon]

I think a proper worked out plan is good because you don't over run.

Don't run any more than you need to! 🙂

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

I like a plan because if I wake up feeling a bit meh but I know I've got something planned, I'll probably get up and do it

[ju-ju- Marathon]

When I did my first I didn't follow a plan but recorded what I did do to see what I did as plans are so hard to stick to:

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

I wrote about it here which may be helpful for you?

It depends what you want to achieve but Galloway is just 3 runs a week and I have known people who did this and did extremely well.... keep us posted on how you are doing so we can support you.

[Rignold]

I'm slightly dreading the VLM ballot results in October. I always enter, with about as much epectation of success as buying a lottery ticket. But Sod's law will be that I will get a place this year and have to find a way of training for marathon, more or less from scratch, On top of my existing training, which have to do at stupid o clock already. Although I could try that method that involves no distance runs at all.

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to Rignold]

I didn't bother to enter as after 3 fails I gave up!!!

[Rignold in reply to ju-ju-]

We don't do the'f' word here, remember. Those were practice applications.

[ju-ju- Marathon in reply to Rignold]

I don't normally do the f word.... and true.... although I really want to do this in Dec: endurancelife.com/event-new...

V similar to the Exmoor one I did in April