Safely, nothing.

What is your current weekly mileage and what is the distance of your current longest run to date and how long ago was it?

Have you considered one of Jeff Galloway's run/walk plans or something similar?

The reason I bring them up is, let's say the longest run you are able to manage prior to race day is 18 miles and you've only averaged about 20-25 miles a week. If you were to walk .25 miles then jog .75 miles (about an 8:30 pace) then you are looking at about a 10:30 overall pace for a 4:35 marathon.

By doing this you would only run about 20 miles total while walking about 6.2. The difference is you spread out the walking through the race to keep you fresh rather than just at the times that you need to walk.

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Posted by LSUfan4444

Member since Mar 2004

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Posted on 2/19/15 at 11:21 am to LSUfan4444

Right now, focus more on weekly mileage not individual long runs....Can't go 14 miles on a treadmill on a Saturday...fine, can you possibly go twice a day on Saturday AND Sunday and do 4-5 miles each time?

Leave some room for flexibility and concentrate on the big picture.

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Posted by AbitaFan08

Boston, MA

Member since Apr 2008

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Posted on 2/19/15 at 11:23 am to LSUfan4444

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What is your current weekly mileage and what is the distance of your current longest run to date and how long ago was it?

Weekly mileage prior to the onslaught of snow was about 20-25. Longest run has been a half marathon and that was about 2 weeks ago. But like I said, the snow has really screwed me up. I haven't really been able to run due to the snowy/icy/ball-snapping cold so I've only gotten a couple 5ish mile runs in since then.

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