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Starters orders 6 training tips5/15/2023 □Checkout this marathon pace chart to find your goal pace > How long does it take to train for a marathon for beginners? ![]() Where you are right now it’s where you will be at the end of your training!Įnjoy taking each small step towards change. Sometimes it will feel like the ability to run 26.2 miles is simply out of reach. You’re a rock star and deserve to be recognized each time you blow past a new milestone. ![]() Less than 1% of the population will ever do a marathon. You might think it’s small beans if you read too many running blogs, but it’s not. □ Learn how to stop holding yourself back with limiting thoughts > #2 Pat yourself on the back.įeel free to be completely in awe of yourself every single week for following a training program that is pushing your boundaries.Įach time you pass a new milestone during marathon training, shout it from the rooftops. Know that it’s normal, then look at what you’ve already accomplished, reach out to a running friend or coach…then keep going. Those runs will make you question this entire endeavor. It is after all an endurance event: “The state or fact of persevering” Practicing that gradual increase each weekend is building a mental toughness that will help you on race day to BELIEVE you can indeed run farther than you ever have before. It’s not just about the workout, it’s about mentally believing you can cover the distance. 1 or 2 missed runs aren’t cause for alarm.īut long runs are the cornerstone of marathon training for beginners. Here are my lessons from 8 marathons, and coaching so many others, to help ensure both training and race day leave you shouting in surprise rather than with pee down your leg. And so you’ll find here that I’m talking a great deal about the mental side of training to help you get through the miles. ![]() I’ve written my reasons for not training for a marathon, and many runners have said after reading it they realized, why they’re struggling so much…they were trying to force it at the wrong time.īeyond that I believe marathon training should be FUN. Marathon training isn’t easy, but how hard it is often depends a great deal on if you SHOULD be training for a marathon. Marathon training is your time to allow both body and brain to adjust to the trial to come. Just driving 26.2 miles and really paying attention to how far that is can start to freak most of us out. So if this is a lark and the result is months of being unable to do anything because you got a strain, tendonitis, IT Band Syndrome…is it really worth it?Īdditionally for most people the mental side of running a marathon is far more than anticipated. The injury potential is HUGE and that means post marathon suddenly you can’t do anything for months. Unless you have been running for many years and doing quite a few consistent long runs, I don’t recommend anyone dive in to the marathon quickly. They’re actually more helpful at the beginning!Ĭan I train for a marathon in two months?
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