![]() I will never forget her encouraging words at mile 25 of my first marathon when I thought I couldn’t go on. Smart Coach says I’ll finish in 4 hours but I will finish when Meghan finishes. My friend Meghan is running it with me and this will be her first marathon. Before you judge me, please keep in mind that I just want to stay balanced and have fun with this. With this plan I will only be running three days per week and max out at 30 miles per week. Every time I hit 40 miles per week I end up injured. I spent a lot of time in physical therapy while I was training for my first marathon (achilles tendonitis) and ended up having to drop down to the half when I was training for my second due to injury. I really struggle with injury during marathon training. I plugged all my info into the Runner’s World Smart Coach application and it happened to spit out the plan of my dreams. I was really looking for a “bare bones, get me to the finish without injury and let me maintain my yoga practice and teaching BodyPump” kind of training plan. I’ve been so much happier with a mix of running, yoga and teaching BodyPump. I thought that this would pass but it just hasn’t. I don’t feel the constant urge to run like I used to. I am the first to admit that ever since I started practicing yoga to help with running injuries and imbalances that I’ve fallen in love. Now, prepare to be underwhelmed by this plan. For some background information on why I chose this race and who I’ll be running it with check out this post. After months of talk, promises of base building and a little bit of procrastination…I’m finally ready to share (and commit to) my Marine Corps Marathon training plan.
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