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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

18 Week Marathon training starts today

I am registered for the Atlantic City Marathon coming up on October 13th 2013.  So my 18 week Hal Higdon training program starts today.

Following the Intermediate 1 training guide, seems like a pretty good plan of attack.  Going to be mixing in some Insanity DVD training sessions 2 to 3 times a week to build up my core strength.  

Marathon Training Schedule: Intermediate 1
Date Week  Mon Tue         Wed         Thu         Fri Sat           Sun
6/10   1      Cross 3 m run 5 m run 3 m run Rest 5 m pace 8 run
6/17   2      Cross 3 m run 5 m run 3 m run Rest 5 m run 9 run
6/24   3      Cross 3 m run 5 m run 3 m run Rest 5 m pace 6 run
7/1     4      Cross 3 m run 6 m run 3 m run Rest 6 m pace 11 run
7/8     5      Cross 3 m run 6 m run 3 m run Rest 6 m run 12 run
7/15   6      Cross 3 m run 5 m run 3 m run Rest 6 m pace 9 run
7/22   7      Cross 4 m run 7 m run 4 m run Rest 7 m pace 14 run
7/29   8      Cross 4 m run 7 m run 4 m run Rest  7 m run 15 run
8/5     9      Cross 4 m run 5 m run 4 m run Rest Rest          Half Marathon
8/12  10     Cross 4 m run 8 m run 4 m run Rest 8 m pace 17 run
8/19  11     Cross 5 m run 8 m run 5 m run Rest 8 m run 18 run
8/26  12     Cross 5 m run 5 m run 5 m run Rest 8 m pace 13 run
9/2    13     Cross 5 m run 8 m run 5 m run Rest 5 m pace 20 run
9/9    14     Cross 5 m run 5 m run 5 m run Rest 8 m run 12 run
9/16  15     Cross 5 m run 8 m run 5 m run Rest 5 m pace 20 run
9/23  16     Cross 5 m run 6 m run 5 m run Rest 4 m pace 12 run
9/30  17     Cross 4 m run 5 m run 4 m run Rest 3 m run 8 run
10/7  18     Cross 3 m run 4 m run Rest        Rest 2 m run Marathon

My goal is to finish this marathon in 3:30:00 or less, this will get me a qualifying time for Boston.  

In the meantime I have a couple other Halves coming up so I will be able to get a feel for my race times. 

Well that is all for today, have a great day everyone. 


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