Best training methods for a marathon

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billie whizz Apr 2012 6:54pm, 23 Apr 2012 8 posts	0 billie whizz Doing the luton marathon in november and dont know much about marathon training but was wondering ways other runners on this site train. I have a marathon coach at my club who is helping me along but just interested to hear from other runners, im up to 16 miles already and ive got until november so training is going well.
Nellers Apr 2012 6:59pm, 23 Apr 2012 21,092 posts	0 Nellers Run as much as you can without hurting yourself. No, seriously. That's a pretty good start.
Fenland Runner Apr 2012 7:05pm, 23 Apr 2012 12,964 posts	0 Fenland Runner Flying in the face of a conversation I had with GlennR on Saturday, I believe the most and vital part of training for a marathon is the lsr.
RichHL Apr 2012 8:01pm, 23 Apr 2012 3,874 posts	0 RichHL Lots of lovely slow miles. If you're breathing too hard you're going too fast.
AmGettingFitter (AGF) Apr 2012 10:05pm, 23 Apr 2012 76 posts	0 AmGettingFitter (AGF) Regular slow running with a weekly faster one thrown in... Happy days !!
Hills of Death (HOD) Apr 2012 10:07pm, 23 Apr 2012 26,726 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) I thought that said snow Rich lol Could be true though !! To be fair best way to get used to train for Luton Marathon is have a disapointed face when they tell you its cancelled
Foxy Davy Apr 2012 10:09pm, 23 Apr 2012 26,677 posts	0 Foxy Davy Yeah like HOD says the best way to train for Luton is enter one the week after Agree with Nellers basically - that's what I do
PeterWard5 Apr 2012 10:10pm, 23 Apr 2012 1,893 posts	0 PeterWard5 Long slow runs is the key. Look at my training schedule...their absence hurts in the later miles..16 miles now is great.
Maclennane Apr 2012 10:11pm, 23 Apr 2012 18,437 posts	0 Maclennane Consistent, long training for many months before. Sorry.
PeterWard5 Apr 2012 10:12pm, 23 Apr 2012 1,895 posts	0 PeterWard5 What Mac and Nellers said.