As one of the "resident" marathoners here, I applaud you for wanting to tackle the distance! You should begin training now for the January event. This gives you roughly 20 weeks (or so) to prepare. The shortest program would be 16 weeks long.
For example, I coach in a USAFit program, and we kick off our training season at the end of August for our February marathon. Ours is a 26 week program for all levels from newbies to advanced. If you had done a half marathon more recently, you might be able to get through a 16 week program fairly easily. However, you probably need to rebuild you base of miles.
What's the longest distance you have been running?
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Hi, Shana:
As one of the "resident" marathoners here, I applaud you for wanting to tackle the distance! You should begin training now for the January event. This gives you roughly 20 weeks (or so) to prepare. The shortest program would be 16 weeks long.
For example, I coach in a USAFit program, and we kick off our training season at the end of August for our February marathon. Ours is a 26 week program for all levels from newbies to advanced. If you had done a half marathon more recently, you might be able to get through a 16 week program fairly easily. However, you probably need to rebuild you base of miles.
What's the longest distance you have been running?
July 27, 2009 - 4:37pmThis Comment
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