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I suppose I'm a runner I've run 1 marathon 4 years ago, 10 halfs and a few dozen shorter races. My preference is definitely the half, because that's one that I can reasonably build up to from my normal base within 4-6 weeks.

However I am about to start the training for a 2nd marathon because I want to run the dreilander marathon at Lake Constance this fall. I think it would cool to be able to say that I ran a marathon through 3 countries, and I want to see if I've learned anything about running in the 4 years since my last one.

I prefer the Hanson's marathon method over the Higdons, I definitely feel better in my running when I'm running shorter distances more frequently rather than fully recovering between every run. So even when I'm not specifically training for something I tend to run 5-6 days a week, max 5 miles per run, as my base mileage.

Hey, I'm back! It's Nat the Surgeon, former friend of Profdlp. I am now a long distance runner (marathoner, half-marathoner) but essentially doing my distance running at 3:00 AM. It's the only time I can fit it in before hitting the hospital or the college for teaching duties. Needless to say, I have dropped an amazing amount of weight (now quite thin) but glad to be back on the site.

Anyone else out there doing some long-distance running? Drop me a line or post some of your experiences.