New Year Marathon Training

ZambiNan

Hi everyone-
I'm starting up a new training cycle for an April marathon and am wondering if there's anyone else out there aiming for an April-ish race who wants to join forces for encouragement? I'm focused on nailing my workouts and also fueling and refueling healthily.

kjauthier

Hey, doing a 30 km, April 3rd- not quite a full but am interested in you're progression based on routines. I am trying a program from the book ' Run faster, run less" a runners world recommendation. The focus is on 3 runs a week -quality/tempo/long run. I've done 2 marathons on loosely based training methods and want to improve my pace time with a sound program. I think nutrition for me as well will help as I want to drop 10lbs to reduce stress on my joints and help kick off the triathlon season in better shape!

kristinegift

I'm doing my fourth full on May 1st which is almost April I love having other marathoners in my friend list! Feel free to add!

KatEmmaMarie

I am planning to do a half marathon in May. It'll be my first ever longer race, I've only ever done 5Ks. I am nervous about committing and then not following through with a training plan. I'm not exactly sure of where to start. I have a marathon book from runners world that I was reading, but it's so much information and makes me feel overwhelmed. So I definitely want to join in here for motivation, advice and etc.

MobyCarp

This week I started a 16 week training program for a marathon on April 18. I expect to be pretty time crunched after I go back to 5 day work weeks next week, and online interaction is one of the things that is likely to get curtailed; so i'm not a great candidate for mutual encouragement. I did start a "talk to myself" thread on my training in the Long Distance Runners group. The intent is to ramble through the things that I need to think about while in the training program.

I made it to my first marathon without a formal training program, but the second one is kind of high profile and I want to treat it more seriously.

@ZambiNan - Yes, nailing the workouts is something I will be focusing on. That, and hitting the mileage targets for my plan. I'm pretty comfortable with my fueling strategies; while I will be practicing those in training, it won't be a major focus.

@KatEmmaMarie - Between now and May, you might want to build up to running a 10K, then perhaps a 15K or 10 mile race in April. The game changes as the distance stretches out. I got from a 5K to a 10K by just running farther, but I had to learn to train more formally to get to a half marathon. In particular, I struggled to learn how much to slow down to ensure I could keep running for 13 miles. Now, that's pretty natural; but it was a tough learning process getting to my first half. Top tip: Do your long runs slower than you think you can. I expect your marathon book will go into some detail on that point.

lemurcat12

I'm doing a marathon on 2/28, so have been training for a while, but would love to share training ideas. I'm hoping to do at least one more this year (I did one back in '05 and hated it, hoping I will turn the corner with this one, as I do love half marathons).

There are a couple of good running groups you should check out: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/47-happy-feet-runners-unite

and

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/94-long-distance-runners

BanksySJ11

Hi planning my 2nd half in April. Would love to do a full so really good to share training tips