Marathon training

turbo

Hi

wheres the best place on the web to get Marathon training guides??

Thanks

vigos

I found runnersworld.co.uk very good, check this link for mroe information.

turbo

vigos wrote:

I found runnersworld.co.uk very good, check this link for mroe information.

thanks

comer_97

if you are a complete novice look at the training guide on www.dublincitymarathon.ie it got me around for my first marathon a few years back

Gillo

One of those crazy ideas but is it too late to start training now.
I'm 27 fit, non smoker, workout 3-4 times a week but it's mainly weights don't do alot of CV.

cousin_borat

www.halhigdon.com

This is a good 15 week beginners training programme
http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/Mar00novice.htm

vigos

well you have about 15 weeks so it is possible, the Adidas race series are good to do as well. There's information on these races in dublin city marathon link above. There will be a 5 mile, 10 mile, and 13 mile race leading up to the Dublin Marathon.

It would also be a good idea to try and do at least half your runs on grass as running roads is quite hard on the body

comer_97

the 5 mile in the adidas series was on a couple of weeks back.

training for the dublin marathon from scratch starting right now is possible but it will very very very difficult. It will be hard to start running long distances quick enough to avoid injuries.

But it is worth a shot!

Odysseus

gillo wrote:

One of those crazy ideas but is it too late to start training now.
I'm 27 fit, non smoker, workout 3-4 times a week but it's mainly weights don't do alot of CV.

As people said it would be tough going but it is do possible, provided you don't pick up any injuries that might hold you back. My own suggestion starting off is to work on the amount of time your running rather than the distance, once you can go for a long run, you can focus on your distance. Best of luck with it.

hardCopy

comer_97 wrote:

if you are a complete novice look at the training guide on www.dublincitymarathon.ie it got me around for my first marathon a few years back

Hmmm, they have a 99 day novice training program on there and there's 98 days left until the race. This is suddenly tempting.