In training for a marathon, one has to make the ultimate decision: Which training plan to follow. You got your Hal Higdon with novice 1 and 2, intermediate 1 and 2, and advanced 1 and 2, (and really, if you're past intermediate, do you need anything else?); you got Randy Galloway with run a mile/walk a minute, pain-free marathon; and there's the Furman folks with their FIRST 3-days running a week success stories. What does one do?
I've decided on a hybrid: Primarily Hal Higdon's Intermediate I with some speed work involved. Runner's World has a great article this month on training. It is their annual Runner's World Challenge to prep for a marathon. The online article doesn't have the plan listed like it is in the paper version (I guess there is a reason to subscribe!). On that plan, it looks like I could shoot for a 4:00 marathon, but that seems unrealistic. It is confusing because for the "easy" runs, I should be clocking in at 10:04 a mile -- and I'm consistently running in the 9:20 range. But, I'm gonna train for the 4:30 as I think that is doable.
I've been blessed with heat my first two marathons -- both (Marine Corps on Halloween, and Atlanta ING in late March) with unseasonable temps in the 80s. In the Marine Corps, MC got sick in the middle and LC had to be rushed to the hospital. For the ING, the weekend before was my hottest training run -- at 57 degrees. At the START, it was 68; I knew I was in trouble. I'd vowed never to run a marathon again -- primarily to spare the other runners of my bad karma.
But, here I go again. You are warned, other runners!
Today was an easy 5-mile run, with a very good Genius mix. All are great for running.
Fill Her Up, Sting
When I Look At The World, U2
Candy Everybody Wants, 10,000 Maniac
#34, Dave Matthews Band
Swim, Maddona
She's On Fire, Train
Come Running, Van Morrison
Steve McQueen, Sheryl Crow
Galileo, Indigo Girls (live version)
Sullivan Street, Counting Crows
Mountains O' Things, Tracy Chapman
5 miles from home, 46:13, 9:14 pace, 76 degrees
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