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How should I balance running drills vs running distances while training for a marathon?

April 26, 2017Balance distances Drills Marathon running TRAINING vs

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How should I balance running drills vs running distances while training for a marathon?

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I ran drills with my training group yesterday. Today I went to do my long run that was supposed to be 15 miles. I got two miles into it and realized that I am way to sore and fatigued to do even 5 miles today. So, should I stop running long distances for a while and focus on strength training, or should I go easier on the drills and keep up with the distance. We only did two reps of 5 drills: high knees, butt kicks, grapevines, sprints and lunges. That is already pretty light. Seems kinda weak that they would leave me this sore… My marathon is still about 20 weeks off. Any advice?