Today I start my 18 week marathon training for the Phoenix Marathon on March 1. I will be using a structured marathon training plan for the first time in many years. I have decided to try the Hanson Marathon Method. The book was an interesting read and convinced me to give it a try. One of the keys in that the weekly long run never should exeed 25-30% of the total weekly distance. They even go as far as to say you never need to do a long run longer than 16 miles.
6 easy miles today.
They stess the importance of doing the easy miles at a slow enough pace. For a 3:00 marathon goal easy runs are supposed to be between 7:47 and 8:23. I was too fast today (7:37) even though I kept trying to slow down and felt like I wasn't pushing at all. I need to do better at hitting the prescribed paces so I'll recover properly and be ready for the harder runs, which don't start until next week.
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