Will a Training Break Ruin my Marathon?

A Large-Scale Data Analysis of the Performance Costs of Training Disruptions when Preparing for the Marathon

barrysmyth
Towards Data Science
10 min readJan 13, 2023

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TLDR;

  • More than 50% of runners experience at least a 7-day break from running when training for a marathon. Longer training disruptions (≥7 days) also occur frequently. But there is hope…

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Professor of Computer Science at University College Dublin. Focus on AI/ML and data science with applications in e-commerce, media, and health.