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Running Routine
urbansmamma
Posts: 202 Member
I ran a half marathon back in June and did really well. I took it really easy in the beginning and had a really strong finish gradually increasing my speed in the last 5 miles and finished in an all out sprint. I was really happy with my run and have the itch to do a marathon, but I'm making myself do another half before I take on a full. So my next half marathon is in October and am wondering if running only 4 days a week is taking it too easy. Should I add another day on or two?
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Some people do just fine with 4 days a week and others will respond to 5-7. It really depends on you. How many miles per week are you running? Are all the miles easy or are you doing speedwork/tempo/hills?0
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Four days a week of running sounds great at this point in the game. Rather than adding more days of running, you might consider adding some cross-training, like a circuit class of some sort (P90-HIIT-Insanity).0
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I'm doing 20-25 miles per week and incorporating hills at least twice per week. I haven't done any speed or tempo work.0
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Hi I am getting ready for my first 13.1 in December. You may want to checkout http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/marathon.html
Good Luck to you.
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First off -- I have little actual experience. But I have been training for a 1/2 in Sept at 3 days/week, 1 long run, 2 runs 4-5 miles with speed and tempo work. I do strength work on 2 others days. It feels like enough so far and it is something that is manageable over the long term for me.0
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