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Slow and Steady wins the race

Printer friendly version Posted on: Thursday January 08 08:44:12 PM
Slow and Steady wins the race Unless of course, it's a real race!

I love that line.

Anyway, I am back into the marathon training zone. I am starting to plan and build my spring marathon plan. I need to make a few changes if I hope to crack 3:20 and qualify for Boston.

  1. More miles. Yes, I ran a lot last year, but I plan to bump it up a little sooner this time around including being more diligent with my midweek, longish tempo run. I have heard to may times from successful marathoners the importance of this run.
  2. More sleep. I definitely lacked focus in this category last year making it difficult to trsain as hard as necessary. Good sleep also helps with injury prevention so I am told.

  3. Better diet. No more 'I can eat whatever I want because I am running so much. I really could stand to run the next marathons 10-15 minutes lighter than I am now. I need to be better at not letting people tell me how it is ok to indulge (in booze and treats).
  4. Core strength. I have been off and on with this and I need to step it up now and trust that the 'experts' are right about this.
And there it is, the beginning of the plan. Time to get a schedule together.

For what it's worth the past few weeks of running have seemed easy, fun, enjoyable and somewhat promising. Not to say that the days of hard work don't lay ahead!
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 Posted by Dave on: Thursday January 08 08:44:12 PM

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