One week is down in my journey to complete my first marathon. My training plan, taken from runnersworld.com is workable and sensible. As I get closer to my race date, I will seek more specific advice from seasoned runners. For now, it's off to a good start. Do to the weather, I've been using strictly a treadmill to meet my running demands. However, I prefer to run outdoors and will jump at the first opportunity to do so.
My training plan is as follows for this coming week.
Mon- rest, Tues- 3 mi, Wed- Xtraining, Th- 5 miles, Fr- weights, Sat-rest, Sun- 9 miles
I've recently had some problems with my left knee. The infamous "runners knee". It seems to have passed but I only seem to have trouble with it when I increase my mileage. Hopefully it will hold. I have a long way to go. The training plan caps out at 20 miles for my longest run. I'm not even at 10 yet. So we'll see...
I may add a night of Yoda into the mix. Not sure just yet...
As it stands now, I'm going to target the ING Georgia Marathon on March 30th http://www.inggeorgiamarathon.com/site3.aspx. The follow up with another in May at the Fargo Marathon. Fargo will also be my backup in case, for whatever reason, GA does not happen. Plus, I expect for GA to a learning experience. So if all goes well, the Fargo Marathon will be the better event for me personally.
For now, my focus is the 3 miles I have tomorrow.
82 days to go.
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