Coaching runners over the past 10 years has taught me that the successful marathon experience isn't about a wonderful pill or program. I've given the exact training plan to ten runners and noticed 10 different effects. It's not really much about what you do to practice as how you will handle the impact of training on your life, body, and mind. Rather than talking of mileage each week, it's more significant to talk about the key points of marathon training - what I will refer to here as the Key Six Phases of the marathon lifecycle.
Phase One: Commit
It's the first thing to get a race on the bucket list, it's another to really decide on a contest and drop the cash on an entry charge. Joining up gives you something to show to your family and friends; it's an event that one could mark as a milestone in your personal calendar. Who knows, perhaps you can also tell some of your crazy buddies to sign on along with you!
Phase Two: Connect
Now that you are technically "in" in the race, it's time for you to begin to build a little group that will support and keep you going to your finish line. While you might have your own pre-existing team in place, here's a few things to do if you were to begin from the start. Choose a local running shop where one can have a seat and communicate (even if briefly) with a fellow runner about the right shoes for you. This shop will likely have the important information for the local run.
Phase Three: Conspire
With the event stuck in plus a team to run with at least part of the moment, now you may turn your focus to your marathon training program. Selecting the appropriate program has less to do with the plan itself, and much more to do with you...so always put yourself first when coming up with your final decision.
Phase Four: Consistency
Whatever plan you do end up selecting, your number one purpose is get follow it as closely as possible. The ideal training plans are "Easy To Do," in that there isn't any super-hard sessions or hard to comprehend guidance. The greatest aim of the marathon plan is to help you get ready to handle the rigors of 26.2 miles - and the fastest way to do that is to get you running as often as possible for as long as you can handle at this point.
Phase Five: Doubt
Nobody is ever actually completely ready for competition day. Speak with any individual in the starting line on race weekend and you'll hear a lot of amazing memories of eliminating obstacles like injury, scheduling, health, etc. It's just a part of what we do as runners; do your very best to be focused and don't be afraid to ask for support from the networks you have built in earlier phases of the training.
Phase Six: Conserve
When you're in a running groove, you'll discover that running is fairly effortless. You love it, it's empowering and it's transforming who you are. So if 40 miles weekly is good...then 60 or 80 should be better, right? If the 20-miler is good, a 24-miler must be better, right? Wrong!
Bear in mind our mantra of Consistency above; getting aggressive with all or a part of your training is really a major gamble. The gamble might help some, but they're frequently within the minority, and it's simply not worth it this early in your running profession.
Phase One: Commit
It's the first thing to get a race on the bucket list, it's another to really decide on a contest and drop the cash on an entry charge. Joining up gives you something to show to your family and friends; it's an event that one could mark as a milestone in your personal calendar. Who knows, perhaps you can also tell some of your crazy buddies to sign on along with you!
Phase Two: Connect
Now that you are technically "in" in the race, it's time for you to begin to build a little group that will support and keep you going to your finish line. While you might have your own pre-existing team in place, here's a few things to do if you were to begin from the start. Choose a local running shop where one can have a seat and communicate (even if briefly) with a fellow runner about the right shoes for you. This shop will likely have the important information for the local run.
Phase Three: Conspire
With the event stuck in plus a team to run with at least part of the moment, now you may turn your focus to your marathon training program. Selecting the appropriate program has less to do with the plan itself, and much more to do with you...so always put yourself first when coming up with your final decision.
Phase Four: Consistency
Whatever plan you do end up selecting, your number one purpose is get follow it as closely as possible. The ideal training plans are "Easy To Do," in that there isn't any super-hard sessions or hard to comprehend guidance. The greatest aim of the marathon plan is to help you get ready to handle the rigors of 26.2 miles - and the fastest way to do that is to get you running as often as possible for as long as you can handle at this point.
Phase Five: Doubt
Nobody is ever actually completely ready for competition day. Speak with any individual in the starting line on race weekend and you'll hear a lot of amazing memories of eliminating obstacles like injury, scheduling, health, etc. It's just a part of what we do as runners; do your very best to be focused and don't be afraid to ask for support from the networks you have built in earlier phases of the training.
Phase Six: Conserve
When you're in a running groove, you'll discover that running is fairly effortless. You love it, it's empowering and it's transforming who you are. So if 40 miles weekly is good...then 60 or 80 should be better, right? If the 20-miler is good, a 24-miler must be better, right? Wrong!
Bear in mind our mantra of Consistency above; getting aggressive with all or a part of your training is really a major gamble. The gamble might help some, but they're frequently within the minority, and it's simply not worth it this early in your running profession.
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