Schedules
Marathon Training schedule
After lots and lots of ups-and-downs, I’m starting to finally gain a sense of control over my body sensations as well as it’s impulses and also the desires of my mind in regard to training schedules and training program. I’ve realized that when feeling good during a recovery run or and easy-run day, the session should not turn into a Fartlek style training, an interval training or any other kind of intense running. It is this great feeling which should be maintained by continuing the same easy pace. Experience this feeling of greatness and use it as fuel for future runs. If I would change the purpose of a workout it would negatively affect the following day’s run because of fatigue. Fatigue leads to reduced quality and pace.
A runner’s training schedule should consist of two hard training days surrounded by easier running days for recovery and rest. Some elite runners might have three hard runs a week but they do not commute to a nine to five job. All runners should consider the intensity of every run and try to stick to it.
A proper 18 week training schedule will slowly and steadily build your ability to keep a certain pace for the duration of the whole full marathon. Avoiding injuries is another good reason to stick to your marathon training schedule. Running too fast or increasing distance too fast would set you up for injury. Most if not all marathon training schedules which you can find in books and on the web are displaying training distance without the warm-up and cool-down.
Marathon starter training schedule
Marathon beginner training schedule