# This week it’s 32.2 km / 20 miles
Join this group if you're training for the Dublin marathon aiming for a finish time of just under 4 hours where the avg pace will be 5:30 mins/km on our Saturday long runs. We'll increase our mileage weekly by running up to 14/15/16 miles in August, moving to 17/18/19 miles in Sept with two 20 mile runs at the very end of Sept & the first weekend in Oct prior to tapering for three weeks before the marathon date on 29th October. Where possible we will run on grass within the Phoenix Park.
Please DO NOT JOIN this group if your avg pace is faster than 5:30 mins/km, the aim of the different training groups is for people to run together. If you want to run with this group, you need to run at the pace indicated and set by the Host.
Anyone who joins this group must contribute towards water by giving the Host a once off Eur5 as sometimes we'll have two water stops or three for the very long runs. Everyone contributes funds but those who've been part of Dub Runners for years will rotate leaving out the water.
The starting time may differ on a weekly basis depending on what mileage we're doing as the aim is to finish by 10.30am and join the other Dublin Runners for coffee & cake.
Please Rsvp to the runs early, preferably a few days in advance.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Maeve