ok, so i'm tentatively adding the Fox Cities Marathon to my schedule, and as of today I'm switching from the half marathon training plan to the full marathon Novice 2 plan, week 8. (Look at me!! I'm a Novice 2! )
I don't have a set goal time, but I'd like to be under 4:45 and I'd be quite happy to be in the 4:30 range. We'll see. I'm still going to run the Chicago Distance Classic and I'm still hoping for under 2:20 with a stretch-goal of 2:10. Now it'll just fit into week 13 of 18 instead of being the goal race. The really funny thing... the 20 miler falls on my wedding day. I guess we can assume I'll just do that on the Thursday before instead.
And coincidentally... marathon #2 will also be small (fewer than 5,000) and in a small town. I was thinking that I don't really like the races where there's lots of traffic. I'm a solo runner and having just a few folks is just fine with me.
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4:45 is a good goal. You can do that, no problem, piece of cake girlie.
yeah. i know i can run a 10:19 comfortably, but with walk breaks n' such it would be pushing to reach for a 4:30. i'll see what's possible.
Horray for Novice 2! I have no idea what that means, but good luck, I hope you do awesome on the updated training plan.
sorry Regina, bad runner joke. Last marathon i used Novice 1. I "graduated" to novice 2. which is exactly the same, just a few more miles. but hey, progress....
I say when you do your 2nd marathon you get to call yourself a marathoner instead of a runner. Congrats on the Novice 2! I'm doing the Novice Supreme and just crossed into the Novice 1 part of it 2 weeks ago. I'm still trucking along on that program right now, regardless of which distance I do in October. AND, if I do the half in Oct, then I'll be doing a full in May. Either Green Bay or Bayshore. So I won't be slacking, just extending the training time. I think I remember you saying (yes, I have an imaginary voice for you) that you should have done a half first to drop weight, and then did all of your full training at the better weight.
Amy, I totally agree- 1 marathon and you've run a marathon, 2 and you can do the "marathoner" thing. 3 and...
and yeah, i think it's hard to lose weight on a marathon plan. but I still wish you'd stuck to the full marathon this fall! You can do it! This is sort of a longer conversation than fits in these here comments, but while I didn't lose a ton of weight on the marathon plan, I did get lots of confidence and dedication and such. It definitely made me keep running, which has made me keep losing weight...
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