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Assuming you can run 2 miles now at a nice easy pace (conversational), within 20 weeks you should be able to train up to being able to finish marathon distance at that nice easy pace (between 10 and 12 minute miles) or approximately 4 to 5 hours.
Your Privacy Rights Canadian Customers. 1  It seems like common sense that to prepare for a marathonâan event that includes a heck of a lot of runningâyour training should also include a heck of a lot of running. Thatâs why marathon preparation dogma preaches that you need to do one long, 12 to 26 mile run each week. The problem: That often puts too much mileage on your body, says Mark Conover, director of the cross-country and track-and-field programs at California Polytechnic State University.