Originally Posted by
kensuf
There's two races in a marathon. The first 20 miles, and the last 10k. Man, my first marathon was the most miserable experience in my life..
Ultrarunners eschew that adage. For all the good he did with his breakthrough book years ago, Jeff Galloway did the marathoning community a disservice by recommending a 20 or 22 mile run as the longest training run. IMO, a better way to train for a marathon is to include training runs of 30 miles at a very slow pace (or, alternatively, to run a few 50k trail races).