Maintenance Training
SteveTries
Posts: 723 Member
Morning fellow runners, I hope your weekend long run/race was a good one 
My first marathon is this coming Sunday and I probably won't do any racing now until late February when I will run a club cross country 10 mile followed by a half 3-4 weeks later.
I'd looking for resources that can help direct me in establishing a maintenance plan for the interim period. This isn't something I've done before but I feel I need something written down to help me to stick to it.
I'm keen to keep long runs in the 10-13mile range and would like to run 4-5 times weekly.
Do you have any links or book recommendations?
Thanks
My first marathon is this coming Sunday and I probably won't do any racing now until late February when I will run a club cross country 10 mile followed by a half 3-4 weeks later.
I'd looking for resources that can help direct me in establishing a maintenance plan for the interim period. This isn't something I've done before but I feel I need something written down to help me to stick to it.
I'm keen to keep long runs in the 10-13mile range and would like to run 4-5 times weekly.
Do you have any links or book recommendations?
Thanks
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Hal Higdon has a couple of plans - http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51212/Post-Marathon-Training-Guide
Winter is a good opportunity to drop mileage, do some speedwork etc.
Even for "mainetenance" it's important to have a goal with your training, if not you could end up slacking off or running with no purpose.
Lastly, as this is your first marathon, you may experirnce a "what now?" feeling that can leave you feeling empty and demotivated, again habving clear trainng goal can help avoid this.0 -
Great. Thank you.0
