Howdy. I am new here, and I thought I would introduce myself as well as ask a question.
I have been training for roughly 6 years, and have trained more for strength and overall fitness more than bodybuilding. I have used some bb principals becase cmon, we all want to look at least half decent eh?
I am not the typical runner, not really built for it at 5’9" and 190lbs, but through my training i am still decent at it. More of a lifter/climber than a runner, but I enjoy running anyway.
Anyway, my question. Last year I ran a half marathon, and I decided to do the full one this year. (last yrs pick is my avatar, when I was 10lbs lighter) I didnt do much in the way of specific prep a couple weeks prior, but at the same time I didnt know enough to do it. So can any one give me some help or ideas of some things I can do in the next two weeks leading up to it? All help will be appreciated!
[quote]countrylifter wrote:
ok, I’ll check em out. I have been running, why wouldn’t I?[/quote]
Be more specific.
What have you been doing ie. weekly schedule.
For a final week taper (assuming the race is a Saturday), I would do a short (sub 4 mile) run on Monday and another even shorter run on either Tue/Wed. Then take 2 days completely off from everything to recover.
Also cut out any leg training for this week.
Okay, well on monday and wednesday I do my lsd running. I go as long as I can, and while I don’t know how far I am going, I am still going for a few hrs at a time. I feel this replicates the marathon part good cause I am going for a long time still, and I am going at a faster speed here than on the marathon will be. On tuesday, thursday, and saturday I do alternative forms of running,such as hill running weighted running and sprinting.
The race is on a sunday, but the taper will still work anyway. Cutitng out the leg training is not something I did last yr, so I will be trying it this yr.
Sounds like your training plan could use some structure, what you are describing is not a good program for running a marathon.
Why are you doing “LSD” 2 days a week? just do 1
use tempo work once a week
Incorporate hills into all of your runs
Hit the track once a week for some speed work from 400m to 1 mile with adequate rest
make the other 2-3 runs nice easy short jogs, you should be running 5-6 days a week.
A basic week when I am marathoning looks like this (and I broke 2:50 about 5 times)
Monday: easy/recovery run, 30-45 mins…EASy
Tuesday: Tempo run, build to about 30-40 mins at a tempo (60 min total)
Wednesday: Easy/recovery 30-45 mins…EASY
Thursday: speed work, do whatever you want as a rookie
Friday: easy
Saturday: off
Sunday: long build to 2:30 before your marathon, make sure you hit the hills.
As the weeks/nmonths pass, the only real changes you should be making is the time of your tempo segments, length//time of the long run and intensity of your intervals.
Dont worry about your size, I ran a 2:54 (or so) at 6’4 210, 8%bf.
[quote]JFG wrote:
check out the Running Room closer to you. They have programs.
Your “workout” is all over the place. You need to get on a program. A proven program.[/quote]
*2
It’s free on Wednesdays (at 6 pm) and Sundays (at 8:30 am) and there’s vets there that are more than likely training for the same event you are and you can learn tons from them. If you want to get more into the training they also offer clinics on various distances from Learn to Run to Full Marathons.
Ok, thx for all the replys. I thought what I was doing was fine, but I guess not. I guess I shouldnt assume I know what I am doing when I have only done this one other time. I am going to continue my training through the summer too, as I want to run the victoria marathon whith my uncle.
I’ve done a half marathon a few times and it sounds weird but my theory is that a full marathon wouldn’t be twice as hard as a half…but maybe 3 or 4 times harder.