RunWI1265
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 7, 2020
You both sound as if you were doing something prior (whether that be prior running or cycling). There are 18 weeks until race day. That's a completely reasonable amount of time to train for Dopey as long as you're coming from nothing in the last few months. Just take the pacing very slowly. Far slower than you could run a marathon.
As for taking time off, Daniels philosophy is equal time off to equal time return. So if you end up taking 4 weeks off, then it takes about 4 weeks of very easy running to get back to where you were. But trust your local doctor's opinion on when to return since they're evaluating you in person. But as long as you've got a history of running, then you still have plenty of time to train appropriately. Don't rush it and try to make up for lost time though.
Great advice! Have any room to take on another client?