As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’m officially training for my first marathon. I’m going to follow the Galloway training program, with a few tweaks. The general concept is you do 2 shorter runs (30-45 minutes), an easy walk and a long run each week. I’m planning to do most of my long runs on Saturdays since the group I run with meets Saturday mornings and for my short runs, I’m counting my soccer games – this might change through the winter as leagues end, but that’s the plan for now. I started with my race date and just worked backwards to get my plan. Below is a breakdown of what I’m trying to do each week (long run – total distance). For the total distance, I am assuming 45 minutes at my current training pace of 12 min /mile and 30 minutes for the easy walk at the same pace, which adds 10 miles throughout the week. I will also create a page to show what my actual weeks look like compared to what I’m planning.
- December 15: 10.5 – 20.5
- December 22: 4 – 14
- December 29: 12 – 22
- January 5: 4 – 14
- January 12: 14 – 24
- January 19: 5 – 15
- January 26: 17 – 27
- February 2: 5 – 15
- February 9: 6 – 16
- February 16: 20 – 30
- February 23: 6 – 16
- March 2: 6 – 16
- March 9: 23 – 33
- March 16: 6 – 16
- March 23: 7 – 17
- March 30: 26 – 36
- April 6: 7 – 17
- April 13: 6 – 16
- April 20: 7 – 17
- April 27: 10 (total miles)
- May 4: RACE DAY!!!!
How did you train for your first marathon?