Consistency Equals Success - CLOSED (Page 103)

Originally posted by trisuppo
627 miles to go for my annual goal or approx. 21 miles per day.

Originally posted by dgconner154

3 mile run yesterday evening, too short to earn a point but it was a nice warm-up for my 9pm hockey game and also a good opportunity to test out some of my nighttime running gear. My neighborhood and town in general aren't especially conducive to running at night, as there aren't many sidewalks or streetlights, so I'm getting used to wearing a headlamp and as much reflective gear as I can find. I just bought a New Balance Beacon pullover which actually glows in the dark, although so far I haven't found it to be very helpful.

Does anyone have any feedback on Hal Higdon training plans for marathons? I'm planning to use one of his Advanced Marathon plans to train for Boston and I'm curious if others have had success with them. The general structure is as follows:

Mon - short run 3-5 mi.
Tues - medium run 5-10 mi.
Wed - short run 3-5 mi.
Thurs - speed work - alternates through hill repeats, tempo run and track intervals
Fri - off
Sat - race pace run ranging from 5-10 mi.
Sun - long slow run ranging from 10-20 mi.

I think it's pretty workable with my schedule and other commitments but I'm a little concerned about having a longer race-pace run on Saturday followed by a very long run on Sunday. There are several instances when the Saturday race effort is 9 or 10 miles followed by 19 or 20 miles the next day, which to me sounds like a recipe for injury. Granted my target marathon race pace isn't that fast, but it seems like a lot of mileage crammed into two days.

Training for a full marathon is completely new to me so I'm open to any feedback or suggestions!!

Originally posted by dcon

I used his beginner plan for my first (and only non-triathlon related) marathon in 2001. The plan itself was good, but had perhaps a little bit too much speedwork for a beginner plan. Do you already have the right running base to support that much mileage? Remember that race pace would be your target marathon race pace and therefore likely manageable. Check out McMillan's pace calculator for training paces if you don't already have another source.

Originally posted by dgconner154



I guess I'm not really sure. I've been running anywhere between 15 and 30 miles per week over the past 8 or 9 weeks. The Higdon plan I'm using starts around 30 miles and works up from there. I'll end up with 30 miles this week and probably 32 next week before I officially start the plan, so I think my mileage base will be OK. My goal marathon pace is 7:15/mi so the speed work should be manageable. Even still, the thought of running 10 miles at 7:15 pace on a Saturday and a 20 mile death march on Sunday seems pretty daunting. Maybe that's why I've never run a full marathon!