Just throwing this out there, but for your 2nd marathon, if you want to do well, run easy or not, there's no way I'd cover 26.2 miles two weeks before a marathon. Nope. No way. Take it from someone who was not tapered enough for Chicago, after a two week taper. My legs did not feel fresh. I would absolutely defer. runaways, get in here!
I know others on this board have done similar things (but maybe 3 weeks apart?), and with more marathon experience. Race 2 being your A race is tricky.
ETA: The good thing is that you have some time to figure it out. This could be a non-issue.
Wait wait wait. You (@vtcupcake) are planning to do MCM and then Chicago 2 weeks later, or vice versa? I would probably not do that now, and definitely would not do that for marathons #2 and #3. 2 weeks of taper was not sufficient after a 20 miler. Anyway, I haven't had a chance to read this whole thread carefully enough to know where MCM comes in here, I thought this was just about Italy and Chicago. But I'm home so now I shall go read.
ETA: Okay, I think your plan is very solid, aside from using Chicago as a training run. I would not plan to do that.
To be fair, ebeth stressed a ton of walking, but I think it would need to be 12+ miles of walking (which we all know wouldn't happen, with adrenaline pumping in the middle of Chicago.) LOL
Post by bostonmichelle on Jul 26, 2014 2:44:39 GMT -5
So I've never had flight delays before now. DH was supposed to get in at 8am tomorrow and now won't get home until almost 4pm. So I'm thinking don't do Italy and Chicago being your a race. I'd probably skip Italy in your situation as much as I love it so you can race your a race without being nervous about flight/travel.