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McMillan Custom Marathon Plan Week 2 Begins
With Week 1 comfortably in the bag, it’s time to continue the Base Phase of the McMillan Training Plan. Here’s how the week has gone so far: Monday (Day 8): Circumstances dictated a treadmill run on Monday. I wasn’t really looking forward to being stuck inside but oddly enough, it turned out to be quite [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan Week 1
Well, Week 1 of the marathon training plan is officially behind me. No real shocks or surprises, but it’s satisfying to look back at seven successful workouts to kick me off on the road to Richmond ’09. Day 5: A very enjoyable, controlled easy run. No problems at all meeting goal pace (7:05 to 7:35) [...]
Marathon Training Continued
After Tuesday’s 14 miles it was nice to check my training plan and see “50 to 70 minute Easy Run” on the schedule for Wednesday. According to the McMillan Calculator, easy pace for me is currently 7:05 to 7:35 per mile. Kitted out in a brand new pair of Newton Gravitas (which I’m wearing as [...]
So Far So Good With The Marathon Training
Of course, I’m only on Day 2 of the marathon training plan, but so far so good. Monday was just an easy run of between 35 and 50 minutes – I ended up running six miles at 7:25 per mile pace in my Newton Gravitas. As is typical in the Newtons, it was hard to [...]
2009 Richmond Marathon Training Begins
Here we go again! I’ve dug out last year’s custom marathon training plan (courtesy of McMillan Running), blown off the cobwebs and worked out my training paces for each and every workout Greg McMillan has planned for me. With just 19 weeks to go until the 2009 Richmond Marathon, I figured it was time to [...]
More Catching Up
My post-vacation week has been a busy one – hence the lack of regular blog updates. Hence, I find myself in catch-up mode again and forced to post multiple workouts. Here we go, I think I owe you at least a couple: Wednesday: I followed up my first run for a week with another supposedly [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 20 Day 5
Week 20, Day 5 Phase: Peak Workout: 20 minute easy run Just time for a 15 minute leg-stretcher this morning with 4 or 5 quick strides to remind myself that I’m fast and in shape. Soon be driving to Richmond to check into the hotel and drive across to the race expo for packet pickup. [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 20 Day 2
Week 20, Day 2 Phase: Peak Workout: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + Stride Workout: 8 to 10 times 25 seconds with 1 minute recovery jog between + 15 to 30minute Cool-down Purpose: Build Sprint – leg turnover and lactic acid tolerance Confidence boosting run today! I warmed up for about 20 minutes before starting [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 15 Day 2
Week 15, Day 2 Phase: Marathon Workout 1: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + 5 to 8 mile Steady State Run + 15 to 30 minute Cool-Down Purpose: Build Strength Workout 2: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + Tempo Interval Workout: 3 times 3000 meters with 3.5 minutes recovery jog followed by 3 times 200 [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 15 Day 1 & Essential Abs
Week 15, Day 1 Phase: Marathon Workout: 45 to 60 minute Easy Run Purpose: Build Endurance Can it really be Week 15 already? Amazing. It seems like the last five weeks have flown by and now I *only* have six weeks left to pull everything together for what will arguably be the biggest race of [...]
