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Running can take some time to aquire. A lot of those beginner marathon training plans are NOT for actual beginning runners, but are for those who've been running for quite some time and just have never done a marathon before. The 3 mile base is something they assume you've been doing for 3-12 months already. But the thing about running... is all running and runners are unique. Some deal with injury, others NEVER face it. But you don't know what type of running history you'll have going in. Listen to your body. The burning you are describing could be shin splints or tendonitis... or just non used exhausted muscles. If you want to run a marathon... Just to FINISH... you might be better w/ a complete MINUTES approach to running. What that means is run the time allotted, and if you have to walk... you have to walk. Call it time on legs. With the 4-5 month deadline, you might not want to go out on the miles base like Hal's. Esp. if you are already burning. If you want to run a race just to finish a good plan is Runner's World 19 week Rookie Plan. Basically in a nutshell you run 4 days a week... resting before and after your long run. The short runs are all 30 minutes until your long run reaches 2 hours. then one day drops to 20 minutes and becomes a speed day, and the middle day of the three goes up to 45 minutes... the last day stays at 30 minutes. Your long run, starts at 45 minutes, and increases each week by 15 minutes. Every 3rd week you'll drop the run time to 1 hour to recover. 30,30,30,40: 30,30,30,50: 30,30,30,60 : 30,30,30, 75 : 30,30,30,90 : 30,30,30,105: 30,30,30,120: 20,45,30,60: 20,45,30, 2h15 : 20,45,30,2H30 : 20,45,30,60 and keep going like that until you reach 3h 30 minutes of running or run/walking. Then take 2 weeks to drop the long run to 60 minutes and then the next week 45 minutes... and then the last week should be 20,20,20, RACE. You'll finish the race, and the likelihood of injury will be a lot less if you just focus on the time and not a set distance. Best wishes
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