This week, we really started training. We’re using The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer
The 16-week program consists of four runs per week, two of them the same distance (Days 1 and 3) and the other two being longer (Day 2 is a longer run than Days 1 and 3, and Day 4 is the longest of all). The “long” run distances increase each week, and the other days’ distances increase periodically as well. The most that the plan ever has you run in a single day (until the marathon) is 18 miles, but the total that week is about 35 miles. The book recommends taking off the days before and after Day 4, so we’re going to do the long runs on Sunday and take off Saturday and Monday (with the exception of this week, since we started on Monday). Most weeks, we plan to run on Tuesday (Day 1), Thursday (Day 2), Friday (Day 3), and Sunday (Day 4).
Week 1 is 15 miles, total. Monday 9/17 we ran 3 miles, then 4 on Tuesday. Four miles is disproportionately harder to run than three. Today, we’re going to run in the Marathon Kickoff 5k that I mentioned previously, so that’ll be Day 3. Then it’s 5 miles on Sunday.
So far, so good. Time for some new shoes.
