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by ralfd 1184 days ago
Google finds:

> How long does it take to train for marathon? Most marathon training plans range from 12 to 20 weeks. Beginning marathoners should aim to build their weekly mileage up to 50 miles over the four months leading up to race day.

So even untrained couch potatoes could learn in 4 month to run a marathon. (And indeed many do and test themselves that way.)

1 comments

Google is wrong.

Training plans do last that long but jumping into a marathon training block from nothing is a very quick path to being injured.