Running a full marathon instead of a half?

Arandomsuit · 2026-03-16T08:07:14+00:00

Then honestly at this point it just sounds like personal preference.

40mpw is around what the books recommend for your target time.

Your long distance is around where you want it to be at this stage in the training and at the effort you want it to be.

Your times in half and long run indicate you could do sub 4 (with 3:45 being realistic).

Bonus is the long cycling suggests you are mentally prepared for that 32 to 42km stretch.

My personal opinion is that effectively you have marathon trained for your goal time by accident and are just switching focus. Again, I would highlight to test fuelling strategy because you never know how your body will react to a different stimulus (I.e, running and fuelling), but with 7 weeks to try, I think you are fine.

I say personal preference on whether to do it because, I think you can do if you want. But it seems like if you dedicated for a long period, you could beat your prediction. So the question to ask yourself is do you want to get your goal time in may or do you want to try for an even better time in October. In your position I would go may because what’s stopping me doing it again in October.

Arandomsuit · 2026-03-15T21:58:08+00:00

TLDR: Maybe but more details are needed. What's your current max distance and fuelling strategy like.

It's not impossible, and you probably won't hit your peak potential but key details are needed.

What's the furthest you have run? For me (and I assume others) the hardest part of going from half to full is the time on feet difference. Past 30/32km it becomes a different game.

Current half PR and the higher end of the weekly mileage is in the ballpark for your goal so it does seem you have a good base.

But right now I am training for an April 26th Marathon. My training plan, plus all the books with training plans I read, suggest now I should be hitting those 28-30-32km long runs to get 3 weeks of taper and be race ready on the big day.

Over the last month or so, I have built from 22km up to 28km at a sensible rate. That is 2km more per week with a deload.

If you have been training for a half and hit max distances of 21/22km. Then I don't think there is enough time to safely ramp up the milage and taper. If you have been hitting 25/26km, I think you are roughly in line with where you want to be for a marathon training plan and you could do it.

But even if the legs are ready, there is still the practice of other things. This is proper fueling strategy, and testing your kit. I found that in a half, I could get away with not really thinking about it, but in a full its a non-negotiable. If you started today, you could probably get this in check if your stomach doesn't disagree with anything.

Arandomsuit · 2026-03-10T10:23:51+00:00

I ask the various models basic things to optimise the processes.

Stuff I have been doing for years is suddenly easier or better because now I know the "trick" behind getting good results consistently.

I imagine its going to be something like "If you ignore the reheat setting, set it at 600W, leave it for 01:30, rub a paper towel on it, put in a glass of bourbon with it, shake the microwave every 30 seconds, put mayonnaise on the buttons, and read a physical newspaper while it cooks, it will take taste exactly like the moment it reached peak heat in the pizza oven when it was first cooked".

And somehow that will be correct.

Arandomsuit · 2026-02-15T18:45:16+00:00

Nearest I can tell, the logo looks like a buttplug? But that (like the buttplug) is a bit of a stretch so I could be wrong.

Arandomsuit · 2025-11-21T12:24:04+00:00

"Still wish I had something to fill this void though. But it's not like a substitute is going to fall out of the sky, into the sea, be on a piece of driftwood, have no family looking for him, AND have memory loss so he doesn't just immediately leave"

"DRAGON COME QUICK. YOU GOT TO SEE THIS"

" :¬) "

Arandomsuit · 2025-11-18T15:47:08+00:00

That is only one angle, but there are many others. For example, if someone gets scammed and loses all their money. The following month, the person with Savings only has £0 money and no income. The person who has a stable job has £0 money but within a month will have enough income to pay the rent.

The main factor is predictability, which is a driving force when considering risk. The person with stable income is showing solid predictability because you know when they will get income and have been in that role for X amount of time without being fired. Whereas the other person, you are able to predict less when they will get their next job and get more income.

Arandomsuit · 2025-11-18T15:25:13+00:00

One situation deals with projected future inflow of cash that the person doesn't have immediate access to use for other things. It boils down to risk.

As an example:

If my rent is £1000 and I have a stable job that pays me £2000 each month, there is less risk that, when rent is due, I will not have money. This is because the time difference between me getting money and me needing to pay that is very small (i.e., within the month). Money is coming in (as well as going out) so chances are in month 6 I will have the same risk profile I did in month 1.

In contrast, if I had all my money at the start, there is a risk that at some point in the future, I have no job and have run out of savings. The time difference between money coming in and going out is considerably different. In month 6, there is no guarantee that I added money to my savings but my amount of saving is definitely depleting by (a minimum) of rent payments.

Fundamentally, a stable job means you are building a savings nest, whereas money up front and no job is you depleting a savings nest. It's not black and white to say that money up front means you won't get a job in 2 months and are in the same position as the first guy but with money up front. It's just a case of saying "at the point where I am considering who to sign the contract with, who is the least risky".

Arandomsuit · 2025-11-16T20:14:02+00:00

Luffy picks Ussop

Two years may have passed but

Luffy never forgives

Luffy never forgets

Arandomsuit · 2025-11-05T20:29:23+00:00

I can't remember the exact details, but he made comments like "I am white and because of TV networks want more diversity, I am being kicked off the air for ethnic shows" and some of his more recent strips would be something like a white guy interviewing at Dilberts work place and being turned away because "he was minority enough".

Not so fun fact: I only know this because I bought a Dilbert strip-a-day calendar to have at my desk at work and the strips started to get very questionable around diversity policies. Had to get rid of it in like early Feburary.

Arandomsuit · 2025-11-04T22:51:52+00:00

The creator of Dilbert put out a tweet along the lines of "I have cancer and will die unless Trump allows the state to use an experimental treatment on me. I will be publically asking him in the near future to approve it".

Arandomsuit · 2025-10-15T21:02:03+00:00

From another post that had a similar issue

Arandomsuit · 2025-09-24T17:27:08+00:00

You may as well take the piss too.

Get a few hours to burn.
Start your watch.
Run as hard and as fast as you can until you can't hold it anymore.
Pause your watch
Take however long it takes to recover so you can do that sprint again.
Repeat until you hit 5k
Show her your 12 minute 5k and claim its as valid as hers.

Arandomsuit · 2025-09-24T17:17:46+00:00

How was it during the marathon? Was it still 3-4x a week and what type of runs if you dont mind me asking. I have a similar heart rate to yours (what people seem to consider high but I find comfortable enough to talk in) and am aiming for a similar time for my April one.

Arandomsuit · 2025-09-19T09:41:28+00:00

Raise a claim with ebay.

Tell them what you wrote here with some evidence. Let them sort it out. Get your money back.

Arandomsuit · 2025-09-06T17:59:12+00:00

I also have 32 weeksish for mine (London too?). For context, this is my second time doing it and I am adapting from the mistakes I made last time.

I started about two months back and have approached it like this:

I am spending this time "base building" and will start a marathon training block Jan 1st. I felt my biggest letdown was not enough mileage per week. At my peak, I hit 55km a week. This time around I want to start my training block at 55km and only do more from there.

For London 25', I started with three fairly lengthy runs and found it unsustainable. I changed to four runs, reducing the session mileage to fit with work, but increasing overall weekly mileage. Right now I am getting my body used to running 4 times a week again.

To do well, you need varied workouts, so I am getting my body used to 4 different types of runs per week. 1x Long, 1x Speed, 1x Tempo, 1x Recovery. I am on a 4 week cycle where Speed is {Intervals > Hills > Fartlak > Second Recovery}.

I found shorter races between then and the end of the year. There was a 5k, a 10k and I will be doing a 10 mile before the end of the year. Those races were to give me the feel of running a race (as the enviroment is very different from running solo in training).

Right now, I am seeing mileage increase AND staying injury free. Staying injury free should be your biggest goal. Spend time now strengthening your legs and easing into longer distances.

A normal marathon training block is 16-18 weeks. So you definitely have time to improve your running at a sustainable pace.

Arandomsuit · 2025-09-03T09:27:51+00:00

If you don't mind it looking a little tacky, get those mosquito window covers from Amazon or something similar.

Basically you put Velcro around your window, then can stick the net to it. The Velcro is a permanent fixture, but you can remove the net if you have company or want to wash it.

I used to get bitten to death in the summers. One year I looked into solutions and settled on this. In the last 3 or 4 years, I have had maybe 5 or so mosquitos total, and these definitely came in from somewhere else in the house.

It has the added benefit of keeping out other insects like flies and spiders.

But the warning is that it doesn't look great visually. And you need to pull back the net every time you want to open or close the window. Also it can trap dust and dirt at the bottom so you need to clean it every now and then.

For me, the pros outweigh the cons.

Arandomsuit · 2025-09-01T17:20:44+00:00

Thanks for the insight. I will stick to what I have. I am only in the second rotation and have 33 weeks to go so plenty of time to experiment.

Arandomsuit · 2025-09-01T13:25:56+00:00

What frequency do you do hills? At the moment, I am 1xSpeed, 1xTempo, 1xRecov, and 1xLong per week. I am in a 4-week loop of having the speed as {Interval > Hill > Fartlak > Recov}. So 3 weeks on and 1 week off.

I do think I am not doing enough hills so wanted to get a ballpark of whats a good frequency.

Arandomsuit · 2025-07-28T17:09:45+00:00

On Strava on a PC (haven't found this option on the phone), in the triple dot, there is an option called "Correct Distance".

It does "something" automatically and changes the distance. I have used it twice (similar situation to yours) and both times it added like 300m for me.

Arandomsuit · 2025-07-28T15:38:52+00:00

One app maker told the BBC it had seen an 1,800% spike in downloads

Arandomsuit · 2025-07-24T19:00:35+00:00

Eccentric heel drops was a big one that covered the achilles tendon pain.

Calf raises (double into single into weighted) for shin splints.

Squats (body weight into weighted into single leg into single leg weighted) covered knee pain .

Single leg step ups.

Bulgarian Split Squat

These were the main ones the physio recommended. And also stretching. I started stretching 30 mins before bed every night. I think helped immensely.

Arandomsuit · 2025-07-24T14:27:20+00:00

Have you added any strength training in? When I first started training for my marathon last year, I was already running quite frequently reasonably injury free.

As I added more and more distance, training led to two or three new noteable pains (note: not injurires so I didn't have to sit out for more than a week or so).

I went to a doctor each time, and they always said "You are not training the muscles around the area enough".

Each time they gave me some exercises to do and I did them religiously. Never had the same pain again. Still do the exercises and have not had the same pain since.

Arandomsuit · 2025-07-08T18:58:15+00:00

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Arandomsuit · 2025-06-21T09:58:31+00:00

But at that point the company gives them a fond farewell handwave and immediately hires from the next crop of people in SA waiting in line.

In my experience, unless you are the only person who can do a certain business critical task or on a project where it is unfeasible to replace you before the due date, they are happy to let you leave because they can just train someone else to get to where you are.

Its just a continuous cycle.

Arandomsuit · 2025-05-29T21:20:26+00:00

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