Extreme marathon running

[JamesM]

http://www.enduroman.com/archtoarc.html

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[rosstheboss]

Sure a marathon is long - to your average (generally non runner) person, but to someone who competes in running surely its only mediocre?

Depends on how fast you run. Any distance is hard, if it isn't its because you didn't do your best.

A 10k can be really tough beacuse its flat out all the way. After the first mile if you don't want to stop and sit down your not going quick enough, you are breathing as hard as you can and your body is screaming at you to stop. You then have to endure that feeling for a further 5.2 miles (which in my case is about 35 minutes).

A marathon is all about managing hydration and energy levels etc. Rather than being in cardiovascular distress the whole way like a 10k it's all about managing your pace so when you cross the line after 26.2 miles you feel like you've given everything you had. Early on though you feel like your running pretty slowly and the temptation is to go faster.

You say that, but a couple of mates and I worked out the average speed for the marathon world record to be something like 13mph - which is hilariously what we set the treadmill to!!! I struggle to average that on a bike!!!