The Marathon on schedule is the Wineglass Marathon in Corning, NY on October 3, 2010. I am returning to my old training phylosophy that I followed prior to Green Bay. I will be getting my mileage up to 60-70 miles a week for this
18 week program. This is the exact program I followed when I ran my best Marathon in Traverse City, Michigan in 3:02:06. The first two weeks of my program I will be reducing the mileage a bit due to the short time period after Green Bay. I will be on the target mileage of the program by week 3.
The program comes from a book wrote by an elite Marathoner. Most running books you get are more for beginner runners. Which is fine but this one gives you a more detailed phylosophy and more information on how the body responds to this type of training. The book is called
"Advanced Marathoning" by Pete Pfitzinger. You will find many different programs in this book. The one I am following is the 18 week 70 mile program. There are many other different length and mileage programs included. Highly recommended for those that want to take their Marathon training to the next level.
If you put in the miles with your natural speed you should run a solid time, great book to use as a reference. My only recommendation is don't do your long runs too slow.
ReplyDeleteThanks 2_miler! That's why I need to get up there to do my long runs with you! I wouldn't be able to hang right now but I will get there.
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