Late March & April Training Plan

I Ran the Boulder Spring Half Marathon

My time for the Boulder Spring Half Marathon on 3/15/10 at the Boulder Reservoir was 2:03:28. I was 4th out of 9 M60-64. It was a great training run with aid stations and a medal at the finish.

Origin of My Marathon Training Plan

I want to train at 45 miles per week for the 12 weeks prior to the marathon because medical studies have shown marathoners with this level of training do not develop cardiac arrhythmia's like runners with less training.

My marathon training plan is based on the book Daniels' Running Formula. I use the Vdot tables for my latest 5K time to determine my Easy, Interval, Tempo, Marathon and Race paces. A table of common race lengths and training runs for my current Vdot is posted above. I run hard/easy with two easy runs after my long run. I use Daniels' guidelines for the length of the three hard runs, Intervals (6-8% of weekly mileage), Tempos (8-10%), and Long (25-30%).

Weight 164 lb

I weigh 164 pounds.

Weekly Plan for the Colorado Marathon

The Colorado Marathon is Mother's Day, Sun, May 9 2010. It's 12 weeks until then so my starting plan is below. Easy on recovery days after 3 mi intervals, 4 mi tempo or 12 mi long run.

February Training Plan

166 lbs

I weigh 166 lbs