In a message dated Thu, 4 Oct 2001 4:02:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Ed and Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is crazy. There is no need for a 2:15 marathoner to run for 3:30 in > training. It would be a huge waste of time. The problem is that people are > doing 18-24 milers relatively easy (and even close to 6:00 pace is > relatively easy if you are a 2:15 marathoner) and NOT doing the 13-20 mile > hard runs at marathon pace, which will total 18-25 miles with a few miles of > buildup and cooldown. >
> - Ed Parrot Tell the Japanese that runs longer than the marathon distance are a waste of time. sideshow