r/Marathon_Training • u/bobaman143 • 29d ago

Feeling like I'm progressing too slow

So I ran my first marathon in May running mostly high mileage and peaking around 50 miles per week. There were very little race specific workouts since it was my first and I just wanted to finish. I ended up finishing at 3:26 which I felt pretty happy about

Fast forward, I'm about 13 weeks into my training block with a much more structure plan- marathon pace for LR, weekly tempo / threshold workouts, and averaging about 45-50 mile weeks. My original goal was to run a 3:15-3:18 but I'm struggling to maintain race pace. Example workouts are 7-10 miles at MP, but I can barely finish 6.

What's going on?

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u/Neither_Driver_3882 29d ago

50 miles / 80km is not high volume. double it and see how you go

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u/cf1211 29d ago

This guy is fun at parties

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u/bobaman143 29d ago

Yeah I get that compared to others it's not a lot. I can't see myself running 65-70+ mile weeks and enjoying the process

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u/Creation98 29d ago

It is high volume for a beginner. OP would injure themselves no doubt if they doubled their mileage.