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McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 8 Day 3
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Week 8, Day 3
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: 50 to 70 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Steady run this afternoon. Legs felt a little tired after last night’s workout, but after a mile or […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 8 Day 2
Week 8, Day 1
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + Stride Workout: 8 to 10 times 30 seconds with 1 minute recovery jog between + 15 to 30 minute Cool-down
Purpose: Build Sprint - leg turnover and lactic acid tolerance
Wow, tough workout in the afternoon heat. Warmed up for a little over thirty minutes before […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 8 Day 1
Week 8, Day 1
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: 35 to 50 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
What an eventful Monday…
1. Today is the 50th day of the McMillan Marathon plan which means 7 weeks down, 13 to go.
2. Today is my birthday and the first run of my 42nd year!
3. Today I’ve adjusted my training paces thanks to […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 7 Day 7
Week 7, Day 7
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: Long, Steady Run: 90 minutes
Purpose: Build Endurance and leg resistance to fatigue
Pleasant “long” run this morning which at 90 minutes duration was a nice drop down in mileage over the previous 2 or 3 weeks. I ran with a friend at a comfortable pace and covered right on 11 miles […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 7 Day 5
Week 7, Day 5
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: 35 to 45 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Nice steady four miler tonight which was really a race back to the house against a fast approaching black rain cloud. I managed to get to the local high school track, ran one lap in 79 seconds as a test for tomorrow’s Strider […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 7 Day 4
Week 7, Day 4
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: 40 to 50 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Comments: Run 6 to 8 strides after this run
Too much stuff going on around the house to head outdoors, so sorry to say I had to run another treadmill workout this afternoon.
It wasn’t too boring a workout. As per McMillian’s plan, I […]
