sub 35min after marathon training

[TheEd]

from my experience in the last 6 weeks (before a marathon) and especially in the last 2 weeks, racing over the shorter distances would be more suited to starting at a slow pace and then finishing strongly, too often the runner over extends themselves in the shorter distances and runs personal bests and then when the marathon arrives they tend to run on empty

marathon get to 30/32k race last 10km [or in some cases maintain to finish ]

during last 6 weeks before marathon build up, start shorter races at marathon pace for 1st km in 10km and finish stronger (15 - 21 - 30k races first 5km and so on)

in the programs a lot of focus was given on the last 15 minutes of 1hr and longer runs that the athlete runs at marathon pace when finishing a session, especially after running at a slower pace in their runs

hope this makes further sense

seems like you have some fun decisions ahead

Cheers

TheEd