When I focused my attention onto this one particular race 6 months ago my goal was to reach 75 miles ran in one week by the first or second week of April with a long run of 14 or 15 miles. I'm currently at 70 miles with a long run of 13 so I'm pretty much on schedule.
Building a good base is key for longer races and takes time. When I first began training in December I started at 30 miles a week running every other day. Then I would build two weeks then drop my mileage back down again for a recovery week. For example, if I ran 30 miles one week I would run 35 the following week then drop back down to 30 for my recovery week in my 3 week set. This way you keep your legs, body, and mind sharp without straining your body too much early on.
I prefer this 3 week cycle because I have found it to works best for me and keeps me the freshest. The next couple of weeks I plan to hit it pretty hard then will begin to taper for my race since it's only one month away come Thursday.
There are many websites you can checkout how to train for a half or full marathon along with training groups or teams out there as well; but what it really comes down to is taking a little advice from everyone and tailoring your own training regiment from these sources since no two runners are alike.
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