Furry
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Later this year, I'll be training for my first marathon (in the Fall) while still trying to get to the mountains for a decent amount of hiking. I'd like to hear from anyone who has trained for a marathon on how it affected your hiking and vice versa. From what I have learned, a marathon training program follows a fairly rigid schedule as far as mileage to be completed on specific days and I wonder how hiking could (either negatively or positively) affect the training program. Specifically, have people used "long hikes" in-place of "long runs" of 18-20 miles? If so, how did the extra hills affect your overall training program (were your legs overly weary for subsequent runs)? Or, did you typically try to hike on weekends where only moderate-length runs (12-16 miles) were called for and do long runs the weekend before and the weekend after?
Any input would be appreciated!
Any input would be appreciated!