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George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston Marathon starting line, Google Earth
The Chevron Houston Marathon 2010 will begin and end at the George R. Brown Convention Center (to the right of the Toyota Center in the pic; it looks like a ship). This year the combined field of 22,000 half and full marathon slots sold out in record time, all online.
This hub page contains the links to a very doable training plan. A new weekly workout plan is posted each week.
Eating the best diet possible is always important, but when engaging in long distance running, food's role as fuel is critical. For long lasting energy, eat nutritious foods with low numbers on the gylcemic index chart.
| Weekly marathon training plan | |
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The first week starts off easy. This schedule will work for first-timers or more experienced marathoners. Let the fun begin! |
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This week's mileage increases a bit, but the long run doesn't really lend itself to the 10 percent rule quite yet. |
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The long run finally begins to pick up some steam this week and some emphasis is given to cross training. |
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As the mileage escalates, it's time for a reminder to keep a detailed training log and use that heart rate monitor. |
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The mileage continues to climb while reflecting on the social aspect of running with friends, like Bay Area Running Club's annual Pub Crawl. Now that's fun! |
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The long run backs off, intervals get fun, the weather improves, and some consideration is given to carb and protein recovery nutrition. |
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The hillwork increases and Saturday's long run reaches half marathon distance. Dig deep, people! |
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Although the plan still conforms to the 10 percent rule, this is an easy long run week, so the tempo run and easy runs have been bumped up. Recovery is our friend. |
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Get ready to bump up the most important part of the training plan; the long run. It's time to start carrying GU or some other energy food. |
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This week the long run is the the standard 10 mile recovery distance run; long enough to maintain an edge, but short enough to concentrate on speed work and hill workouts during the week. |
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The speedwork this week will be a pick up workout, just to keep things interesting. The long run is really getting challenging now. Butch up, no whining! |
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The higher mileage will dominate more hours now. Enjoy the ladder interval workout on Monday. Stay hydrated! |
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This marks the half-way point of the entire 26 week training program! With the high mileage beeing accumulated and swine flu (H1N1 influenza) sweeping the Houston area and the nation, a proper diet and nutrition becomes more important. |
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This week we back off a bit and enjoy a well-deserved recovery week. Job well done to all who raced the 2009 Houston Half Marathon last weekend, the first race of the marathon warm-up series! |
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After enjoying last week's recovery workouts and all that Halloween candy, it's time to get adjusted to daylight savings time and get back down to business. |
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Enjoy a comfortable yet challenging workout week after the 25K of the Marathon Warm-Up Schedule. |
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This week it's mile repeats at the track and then a 15.5 mile long run on Saturday. |
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It's Thanksgiving this thursday! A great excuse to work off those calories before consuming them! Well most of them anyway... |
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Comments
It's beautiful!! Jo N.E. Fitness Examiner
This plan is really doable now that the weather is improving. I would like to add some plyometrics as a bridge between the speed workouts and long, slow runs.
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