Here we go...a new adventure into the world of Triathlons...This blog will follow my training for my first Half Ironman on July 7,2012 in Muncie Indiana.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
45 Days :)
I can't believe that in 45 Days I will be running my 3rd Marathon. Yikes!! Training has been going really well this cycle. I am pumped about my 3:12:43 at Around the Bay 30km...It was a challenging course...Although Mississauga Marahton is a net downhill there are hills...a big one at the 10km and quite a few rolling ones...I am proud because last week I did not taper...it was my Highest Mileage week to date with 60km (37miles) and I was able to be strong on the ATB course... I hope I can re-create that on May 15, 2011. I have been doing my hill training every week and will continue to with 9-hill repeats tonight... Next week is my last hill week then I will starting doing some longer tempo runs and Yasso 800's :) I plan on following my Running Scheduled for the next 7 weeks...Currently I am running 4 days per week with an attempt at two cross training sessions. I am going to try and manage another 6km steady run on Saturdays...My legs have been feeling good...if they start to stress then I will pull back and continue with my stretching, rolling and icing plan with only 4 days run (one long slow distance, tempo run (6km), hills training (8-15km) and a steady run (8-10km)...I am hoping that by Chicago I can increase that mileage big time! How often do you run in a week to prepare for a full marathon???
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I only ran once a week or so to prepare for my marathons, with the elliptical as cross-training 3-4 days a week in between. I think as long as you're feeling good on the long runs, you'll be fine.
ReplyDeleteI used to run 6days a week for my first marathon - way too much. Now, I'm training for my second and running 3-4 quality runs a week.
ReplyDeleteI only run 3 days a week and have successfully completed 4 marathons on this plan. Of course, I do lots of cross training (spinning, strength training, yoga & fitness classes) on the other days. I just found that I developed too many injuries when I was running more then this.
ReplyDelete