#389 Rory Linkletter - What Marathon Training Approach is Best?, World Half Champs Recap + Chicago Marathon Predictions

Yeah.

Mm.

Dude, I want some advice.

It could be for me, but honestly, this goes for, like, probably so many people.

Biggest thing I changed in my last block was, um, increasing mileage, and, like, um, a little over 10%, maybe 15% or so, and consistently, and it ended poorly in Berlin, but, you know, Berlin wasn't the best day ever.

Do you think when you have a bad day, you think it's worth, like-

like-Going back to the mileage that worked well for you, or do you think you just try again at that mileage?

I cycle with mileage.

I don't s- commit to, like, one-- Like, I think one of the biggest mistakes I see, and I, I actually get really bothered by this, I'm like, "Why are you in peak mileage year-round?" Or, "Why are you running-

Mm

... 100, 110, 100 miles a week every week of the year?" If you look at my training, and this might be, like, maybe I'm just patting myself on the back, but, like, I allow myself to have a month or two at, like, what feels like a layup in volume for me.

Right.

Which is what?

You know, going through 90 to 100 miles a week.

Right.

And then, like, I still haven't run a single 130-mile week, and I am eight weeks away from my, my key marathon, and-

Mm

... that's, like, my marathon mileage.

But guess what? I'm, I'm starting.

This is week one of 130 miles.

I'm gonna do six weeks of it, six weeks of 130 to 150.

I'm giving myself, like, a, a big window.

And, and when I go into a week, I, I never go into the week going like, "Hey, this week I'm running exactly 130 this week-

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... 'cause that, that's what I'm supposed to run.