5/19/2023 0 Comments Choosing to Run by Des Linden![]() ![]() “I kind of kept getting the sense that she might be running too much,” he told Runner’s World. ![]() But when they broke down what went wrong after New York, Drenth thought her total volume might have been the part of the problem. ![]() Drenth usually plugs in Linden’s training schedule with a long run and either one or two hard workouts per week and leaves her on her own to fill in the other days. Here’s what she changed between the two marathons: She ran fewer milesīefore New York, Linden ran the high mileage that she has throughout her career, culminating in five weeks at 120 miles per week. I thought I ran really solidly, so I was happy with it.” “After New York, I was like, it just has to be solid,” Linden said. True, she finished in 18th place, but she was much more evenly paced, with halves of 1:13:06 and 1:14:12. She ran the first half in 1:12:37, the second in 1:20.įor the Boston Marathon on April 17, Linden and her coach, Walt Drenth, took a different approach in her training. Last November, she thought she was very fit heading into the New York City Marathon, and she was frustrated when she finished 16th in 2:32:37, almost 6 minutes slower than her best time on the New York course in 2019. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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