Marathon training: Month 1
One month down, one month to go! It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a month since my half marathon in August, and it’s even more surprising that there’s just a month left until the marathon in October!
It seems like the marathon training is a bit of a rush, although I think that’s more imagined than real. If I had started a longer training program — say a 12 or 16 week program — from scratch in preparation for the marathon, I would probably be at roughly the same point, except I’ve had a half marathon along the way. I’ll admit that the first week or two after the half marathon I did not feel like training, as it felt like I had accomplished my goal. But I now have my head all sorted out for the marathon!
The first couple of weeks of running went well. I started adding on the distance, getting to 23km in the second week (which was a new distance record for me). During the third week, the sole of my left foot started to hurt. I cut back on the running, and have got a new pair of shoes (the previous pair had about 675km on them when they were replaced), and this week’s long run, 26km, came and went without any foot pain. That’s not to say it was an unmitigated joy, however: the heat has started to return to Brisbane. Even though I got out just after 6:30am on Sunday morning, it was already 20°C, and by the time I got home at 9:30, it was up to 26°C. That made it pretty tough. I guess I will have to start getting up even earlier. This long run also helped me reach a couple of milestones: longest run ever (26km) and 700km of running since the start of the year (continuing to blow away last year’s record of 526km).
I’ll be running in the marathon with my friends Cecilia and Dan. Take a look at Cecilia’s biggest week ever as part of her marathon training.
| Aug 24 Mon | Rest day | |
| Aug 25 Tue | Rest day | |
| Aug 26 Wed | Rest day | |
| Aug 27 Thu | 8.1km | Tempo run |
| Aug 28 Fri | Rest day | |
| Aug 29 Sat | Rest day | |
| Aug 30 Sun | 20.0km | Long run |
| Weekly Total | 28.1km | Year to date: 615.0km |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 Mon | Rest day | |
| Sep 1 Tue | 3.7km | Easy run |
| Sep 2 Wed | Rest day | |
| Sep 3 Thu | 10.8km | Speedwork |
| Sep 4 Fri | Rest day | |
| Sep 5 Sat | Rest day | |
| Sep 6 Sun | 23.0km | Long run |
| Weekly Total | 37.5km | Year to date: 652.6km |
| Sep 7 Mon | Rest day | |
| Sep 8 Tue | 3.7km | Easy run |
| Sep 9 Wed | Rest day | |
| Sep 10 Thu | 8.0km | Tempo run |
| Sep 11 Fri | Rest day | |
| Sep 12 Sat | Rest day | |
| Sep 13 Sun | 9.1km | Easy run |
| Weekly Total | 20.8km | Year to date: 673.4km |
| Sep 14 Mon | Rest day | |
| Sep 15 Tue | Rest (sore foot) | |
| Sep 16 Wed | Rest day | |
| Sep 17 Thu | 3.7km | Easy run |
| Sep 18 Fri | Rest day | |
| Sep 19 Sat | Rest day | |
| Sep 20 Sun | 26.0km | Long run |
| Weekly Total | 29.7km | Year to date: 703.1km |
