Lack of long runs

I’m entered in the USATF NE marathon championships (11-06-16 Manchester NH), and the reality of that is starting to take hold.  I’ve got 8 weeks to prepare but I don’t have any plans to do any long runs between now and the marathon.  My mileage has been pretty steady (I don’t go over 80 miles per week) and I recently reached an average of 10 miles per day for the year including days off.  The issue will be the lack of LONG runs.  Since I concentrate on doing 2 runs a day I rarely go further than 8 miles in any single run.    Not counting races I’ve only done 25 runs over 8 miles this entire year.  Of that number only five have been since June!  Worse yet, I’ve only done 10 runs over 10 miles all year (and 3 since June).  Am I setting myself up for a tough task?  Yes, but getting to the starting line is half the battle and long runs seem to do the most damage.  Onward!

 

	Run's over 8 miles this year
No.	Date	Dist	Time	Pace	Location	Notes
1	20-Jan	10	1:18:46	07:53	Freeman RT
2	27-Jan	12	1:25:27	07:07	Ghost Train
3	5-Feb	15	3:15:15	13:01	Mt Washington	Tilton
4	6-Feb	12	1:35:29	07:57	Lynn woods
5	13-Feb	11	1:38:58	09:00	Chelmsford	Petey & D-la
6	15-Feb	10	1:16:18	07:38	Industrial Pk
7	20-Feb	10	1:32:55	09:18	Chelmsford	Petey & D-la
8	23-Feb	10	1:15:42	07:34	Andover Roads	4am
9	24-Feb	10	1:22:51	08:17	Chelmsford	Petey
10	25-Feb	15	1:52:18	07:29	Industrial park	6am
11	13-Mar	10	1:32:56	09:18	Freeman RT	Petey & Dan
12	17-Mar	10	1:09:43	06:58	Newfields RT
13	27-Mar	20	2:36:35	07:50	RT Manch to Methuen	Big group
14	16-Apr	9	1:24:09	09:21	Freeman RT	Petey & D-la
15	24-Apr	10	1:29:55	09:00	Freeman RT	Petey & D-la
16	30-Apr	10	1:29:15	08:55	Freeman RT	Petey & D-la
17	14-May	10	1:20:47	08:05	Winni	Dan
18	21-May	12	1:43:28	08:37	Freemn RT	Petey & D-la
19	22-May	10	1:29:26	08:57	River	Dan
20	30-May	10	1:32:51	09:17	Freeman RT	Petey, D-la, Dan
21	9-Jul	9	1:19:05	08:47	Freeman RT	D-la
22	21-Jul	10	1:19:47	07:59	Methuen RT	4am
23	30-Jul	18	3:45:00	12:30	Deasey Mtn	KT
24	7-Aug	12	1:44:29	08:42	Appleton Farm	Dan
25	5-Sep	15	2:08:29	08:34	Newfield RT	Dan & Al
	Run's over 10 miles this year
No.	Date	Dist	Time	Pace	Location	Notes
1	27-Jan	12	1:25:27	07:07	Ghost Train
2	5-Feb	15	3:15:15	13:01	Mt Washington	Tilton
3	6-Feb	12	1:35:29	07:57	Lynn woods
4	13-Feb	11	1:38:58	09:00	Chelmsford	Petey & D-la
5	25-Feb	15	1:52:18	07:29	Industrial park	6am
6	27-Mar	20	2:36:35	07:50	RT Manch to Methuen	Big group
7	21-May	12	1:43:28	08:37	Freemn RT	Petey & D-la
8	30-Jul	18	3:45:00	12:30	Deasey Mtn	KT
9	7-Aug	12	1:44:29	08:42	Appleton Farm	Dan
10	5-Sep	15	2:08:29	08:34	Newfield RT	Dan & Al