Of Mice and Marathons

I don't know the right answer... but you definitely want to make sure you don't attempt something so hard it ends up taking away from the race effort. But at the same time, you want a good true indicator of your fitness, and something that will prepare you (mentally and physically).

3 x 13 :-)

The below is a bit of a long-winded explanation/working through/reminder to myself, so it is basically here to formalize the thought for posterity :)

I know, but it is good to hear it again because I am not listening to myself. I try to make this workout harder and harder by slightly tweaking it each time (Coach Bam would remind me at this point "the focus is on the marathon")

I think since I am getting close (8 days rather than 10) I will do the Hansons'. Every time I go to do it I get the usual morning workout nerves but it never feels that hard as I am working through it. It's comfortably hard and it has worked in the past, and I get a hard effort without killing myself. The other workouts are tough and the last 3-4 minutes I hit race effort, so I am going to skip them. I have plenty of instances for comparison.

Good long-winded explanation. Once you are only 7-8 days out, that is actually a little too close to the half to get the full benefit of the workout in time... it takes time to adapt. Do what you've done before, then just run faster than before in the race.

Good luck with whichever workout you go with! Hopefully the weather cooperates.