Marathon May :) My little goal, feel free to join in

hammomh

Hi,

So I have really only just started out running again. I did c25k last year and continued to then run a couple times a week until I completed my 5k. Once I had done this I then let it just slip and stopped running again.

Started running again about a month or so ago as have entered a 10k for the end of May.

So, I have set myself a challenge to up my mileage each week..

I am going to run a marathon over a week, every week in May. 27miles may not be alot to some runners as I know many net more miles each week than this, but for me it is going to be a big challenge!

If you would like to join, feel free, I am going to note my miles and update this on the days I run to keep a log of my progress.

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May Week 1
May 1st:
May 2nd:
May 3rd:
May 4th:
May 5th:
May 6th:
May 7th:
Total Miles Run:

May Week 2
May 8th:
May 9th:
May 10th:
May 11th:
May 12th:
May 13th:
May 14th:
Total Miles Run:

May Week 3
May 15th:
May 16th:
May 17th:
May 18th:
May 19th:
May 20th:
May 21st:
Total Miles Run:

May Week 4
May 22nd:
May 23rd:
May 24th:
May 25th:
May 26th:
May 27th:
May 28th:
Total Miles Run:

majope

If you only started running again a month ago, that's a lot of miles. Don't hurt yourself! The general recommendation is that runners increase mileage by 10% a week, and have a cut back week every 3 or 4 weeks where you drop mileage by 25% or so to allow your muscles to recover. I suggest building up your mileage more slowly, and make this month's goal a bit less aggressive.

Best of luck whatever you do!

CarsonRuns

If you only started running again a month ago, that's a lot of miles. Don't hurt yourself! The general recommendation is that runners increase mileage by 10% a week, and have a cut back week every 3 or 4 weeks where you drop mileage by 25% or so to allow your muscles to recover. I suggest building up your mileage more slowly, and make this month's goal a bit less aggressive.

Best of luck whatever you do!

I concur. I advocate a cut back week every 3rd week when you are building up. And don't go up two weeks in a row. A build up from 10 miles per week might look like this.

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