Because I was injured late last year, I did not start running until January. And with the St. Louis Marathon scheduled for mid-April, that will give me less than the usual 18 week marathon training program.
I toyed with the idea of following one of those half way through, but then I found this 12 week program which I decided to follow. It is pretty much a customized program and allows you to set your weekly running milage.
There are, however, 2 runs during the week which are key: the mid-week tempo and the weekend long run. The other runs during the week are pretty much up to each person. Also since this is a somewhat abbreviated program, tapering period turns out to be only one week or so -- even then, there is an 8-miler the week of the marathon.
I decided that for this marathon I will be running 5 times a week. (I think running 6 times a week for Philly contributed to the ankle tendinitis.) And will be swimming the other 2 days of the week. Just need to find time for core training and knee strengthening exercises.
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I'm still somewhat undecided on the whole 6-day-a-week thing myself. I've been super sore this week and am thinking it might be because of how hard I pushed last week. I'm very interested to see how this 12 week program works out for you.
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