Hey doublers,
Since it's a long trip for me out there, I think I might want to double the fun. I ran the marathon last year and had a great time, and wondered about doubling up for 2015. Here's my question for doublers: how much (if at all) do you feel like the ascent sets you back on marathon day?
I know that might seem like a stupid question, but I've run quite a few mountain marathons and one of the things that strikes me is that for most mortals, on the climbs, we simply can't go fast enough to get all that beat up. Like at the end of the long Alpine marathons I've done, I'm redlining, and I can't go any faster, even if that's a walk, but 10 minutes after I'm done, my legs feel fine. I definitely don't feel that way after a hard road marathon (or after a ton of downhill, like the second half of PPM).
Anyway, I thought I'd ask to see what some of the veteran doublers feel.