Once you commit to running a marathon, you need to start preparing for it - mentally and physically. Marathon Training presents three separate 100-day training programs to maximize your efforts:
- if you can comfortably run six miles and have finished an organised race in the past, the Cruiser program enhances your chances of finishing your first marathon;
- after you've cruised your first marathon, you'll want to set your personal record (PR) by using the Pacer program;
- whether you want to beat your own PR or someone else's, the rigorous training schedule in the Racer program will help you achieve that goal.
A prolific writer, coach, and runner, author Joe Henderson has designed daily log pages to help you monitor all the variables that affect training, including weather and course conditions; training effectiveness; mental and physical benchmarks; and time, distance, and pace goals. Each day, as you fill out your log page, Henderson's sage advice and "thought for the day" will give you a greater understanding of, and a deeper commitment to, your goal of running a marathon.
Use Marathon Training as you would a personal coach: to motivate, inform, and inspire you through 91 days of marathon training and 9 days of post-race recovery.
2004 - 0736051910 - 272 pp - Paperback
