Marathon Training Starts Tomorrow
Well, that snuck up on me. Tomorrow is the beginning of my marathon training. (HOLY COW!)
I looked at a couple of programs and settled on one from The Runner's Handbook. (Incidentally, a book I highly recommend for runners. Affiliate link below.) For the first half marathon I ever ran, I trained with a group. For the second and third, I used Hal Higdon's plans. For whatever reason, this plan just looked more appealing to me. The mid-week runs don't quite get as high, but with the same mileage. It looks like I could keep the daily streak going as well just by running one mile on the "rest" days.
It looks like I'll hit my first new mileage day (15 miles) at the end of July, probably while traveling to IamLUG, so that should be interesting.
This week should be "easy", one- and three-mile runs, with a six-miler on the weekend. Part of me thinks, "wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" and part of me thinks "what the F*ck have I done?". 
Comments
Posted by Mitch Cohen At 19:16:42 On 20/06/2010 | - Website - |
Posted by Tim Tripcony At 21:59:52 On 20/06/2010 | - Website - |
1) get to the finish line
but just as important is:
2) get to the starting line
don't train so hard that you injure yourself and can't run on race day
good luck
barry
Posted by Barry At 07:38:29 On 21/06/2010 | - Website - |