Berlin Marathon, Germany

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Puffing Bertie Aug 2007 9:55pm, 28 Aug 2007 6,190 posts	Quote Pin Puffing Bertie Hey stranger (Tappy) good to hear from you Im sure we will all ahve great fun.........afterwards !!!!
Kieren Aug 2007 10:33pm, 28 Aug 2007 1,782 posts	Quote Pin Kieren Yes young Tappers, where have you been? You've been missed. Cheers Paul A, 3 weeks is probably about the right place to end the long runs but I still think I'll go with 2 as I need the confidence. I'm so excited about this now.
RG Postie (RGP) Aug 2007 10:41pm, 28 Aug 2007 2,587 posts	Quote Pin RG Postie (RGP) Welcome back Tappers
flanker Aug 2007 9:58am, 29 Aug 2007 6,114 posts	Quote Pin flanker Don't really think that there is a problem with a long one 2 weeks before, as long as you take it easy and don't overdo the rest of the week. I hope not anyway, as I have 19 miles of Round Norfolk to complete LOL My taper will be reduce my peak mileage by something 60%, 40% and 20% for the last 3 weeks.
B.B. Aug 2007 10:03am, 29 Aug 2007 9,619 posts	Quote Pin B.B. Kieren - I am doing my final long 20+ run on 8 or 9 Sep - 3 weeks before the race. If you have the time to do this as well I would recommend it. I need to speak with Gobi, but my long run 2 weeks before will prob be more like 15m. If you haven't done enough long runs, then doing one 2 weeks before would be fine (just as long as it's really slow). But I don't think it's ideal. The taper should see lots of short, sharp speedwork, so that will continue to test the legs And please tell me you've been doing the long runs slowly??
flanker Aug 2007 10:06am, 29 Aug 2007 6,116 posts	Quote Pin flanker are there any other type of long runs BB?
B.B. Aug 2007 10:16am, 29 Aug 2007 9,621 posts	Quote Pin B.B. You'd be surprised, Flanker!
KinkyS Aug 2007 10:20am, 29 Aug 2007 12,578 posts	Quote Pin KinkyS There's the overenthusiastic, too fast, ouch that was a really bad idea long run flanker. I would never do that
Yazoo Aug 2007 10:31am, 29 Aug 2007 322 posts	Quote Pin Yazoo okay, so I'm not going to Berlin but I was thinking about it and it is my birthday that day so I feel I'm sort of allowed to comment here! Of course you can do long runs fast... just not all the time!! And probably not this close to race day if you haven't tried it before... right, I'm off to the NY thread!
B.B. Aug 2007 10:40am, 29 Aug 2007 9,624 posts	Quote Pin B.B. beats Yaz away with a German sausage