I am now officially done training for half-marathons. I am now officially training for a marathon. The Moses Lake Marathon is on August 4 (see http://www.mlmarathon.com/). I put my marathon training schedule below. The short of it is I do an easy 8:00/mile run on Monday and Friday. On Wednesday I do a medium 7:00/mile run. On Saturday I do a long run at marathon pace of 7:30/mile. Then on Tuesday and Thursday I will cross train by riding my bike to work. Of course Sunday is a day of rest!
The distance starts small - 15 miles for week one. Each week the distance increases slightly until I'm consistently running 30-40 miles per week. Three weeks before the marathon is the famous 20 mile run. Then taper for three weeks to the big day!
Goals? First goal is to finish the marathon! As for time, I would like to finish it in under 3:30:00. That would be an 8:00 mile. I'm hoping I can hit a 7:30 mile, but we will see! Let the training begin!
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