Three Step Questionnaire for Selecting a Marathon Training Plan:1. Are you looking for Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced training?2. Would you like a 12, 16, 18, 20, or 24 week training plan?3. Would you like boring workouts or cool workouts with a relatively good deal of variation?
Three Step Answer Rationale for Amanda's Selected Training Plan:1. Advanced, naturally, because I've never done a marathon, so that makes total sense. I justify my choice because A) I was super-fit for swimming, and I ran all through swim season; and B) I will be going directly into swim season after doing the marathon, and the other training plans didn't actually look like they would keep me at a high enough level of physical condition. I could be wrong...2. 18. From the online literature I perused, this seems like the most common and manageable length for a training plan. Also, 18 weeks out from the marathon is just a couple days after my birthday. It seemed like good timing.3. Variation! I'm gonna be doing fartleks and interval runs and all kinds of funky business. This is gonna be sweet.There were a few different options from there on out- I found a nifty chart option that had everything laid out with some consistency. There are shorter runs during the week with a rotating schedule of the different structured workouts. I have Saturdays off, and Sundays are my long runs!
Get excited, guys! In the next post I'll show you my new shoes!
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