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Jan 20, 2010
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by: Axel

Hi Marius,

thanks a lot regarding your recommendations on moving the HM ahead of schedule!

That leaves me with the question if I should move all sessions from week 11 to week 9, because it is possibly not wise to run the scheduled hard marathon sessions from week 9 as well as the HM in the same week.

To generalize the question: Within a period, is it okay to switch weeks and sessions around if it is necessary due to constraints?

Thanks for your time!
Axel

Answer : Hi Axel, The answer to this is quite simple : you can do this mixing around within either period (5k/10k/half-marathon/marathon/tapering, but the best is to "stay within 3 weeks".

Meaning that you can switch around between say week 7, 8 and 9 that are all in the marathon part of the schedule and at the same time only three weeks apart. The last is a point, to keep up the general progression in the schedule.

regards,
Marius
Jan 15, 2010
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by: Knut

Hi Marius

What about running a half marathon 2 weeks before the marathon race?

Knut

Answer: It is likely too close. I would at the minimum have 3 weeks in between.

regards,
Marius

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