Kick start your London Marathon Training
14/01/2010
London Marathon 2010
The party (and hopefully snow) season is now behind us and we can focus fully on the big challenge you have set yourself in 2010, the Virgin London Marathon!
Training for the marathon will take up an increasing amount of your thoughts, time and life over the coming months leading up to what will prove to be an unforgettable day. Your only objective over the coming weeks of running is to train yourself to be able to run 26.2 miles on Sunday 25th April. You will cover hundreds of miles over that period of time and place your mind and body through a heavy load. So, your training is simply there to prepare your body and mind to run an endurance event of in excess of 3 hours on that given day.
The key to this is to build a solid foundation. Start off slowly in terms of the pace and the amount of miles you run. January and February are important months in ensuring you have built a solid foundation so you don’t overstretch yourself come March and April.
You should aim to do the following over the next couple of months :
- Consistently run at least 3 times a week.
- Build 1 of those runs up from a starting point of around 6 miles to at least a Half Marathon distance (13.1 miles)
- Keep the pace steady and conversational for the Long Runs – just get used to time on your fit
- Be organized and get a routine– plan your runs, put them in your diary and stick to them.
- Overcome your fears – the negative inner voice will find excuses not to do the training – develop mental strategies to ignore it and stick to your plan
- Increase your weekly mileage and long runs each week for 3 weeks and then reduce the load by around 25% on the fourth week. This will reduce your risk of injury and improve your fitness.
- Book a warm up event of around half marathon distance.
- Do at least 1 strength and conditioning session a week.
- Stretch thoroughly after each run.
- Practice taking on gels and energy drinks in your long runs.
- Learn to listen to your body. If you have a heavy cold/virus take a couple of days off. If you have a niggle cross train on a bike or cross trainer.
- Set up your fundraising page and let everyone know you’re raising money for a good cause.
To get a Personal Running Programme for the Virgin London Marathon either Contact Us or call 0845 123 38 38.
Kick start your London Marathon Training
14/01/2010
London Marathon 2010
The party (and hopefully snow) season is now behind us and we can focus fully on the big challenge you have set yourself in 2010, the Virgin London Marathon!
Training for the marathon will take up an increasing amount of your thoughts, time and life over the coming months leading up to what will prove to be an unforgettable day. Your only objective over the coming weeks of running is to train yourself to be able to run 26.2 miles on Sunday 25th April. You will cover hundreds of miles over that period of time and place your mind and body through a heavy load. So, your training is simply there to prepare your body and mind to run an endurance event of in excess of 3 hours on that given day.
The key to this is to build a solid foundation. Start off slowly in terms of the pace and the amount of miles you run. January and February are important months in ensuring you have built a solid foundation so you don’t overstretch yourself come March and April.
You should aim to do the following over the next couple of months :
To get a Personal Running Programme for the Virgin London Marathon either Contact Us or call 0845 123 38 38.