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- Author
- Kathleen
- Rating
- 5 / 5
- Date
- 2019-03-18
- Title
- Finish Strong!
- Plan
- novice-1-marathon
- Pinned
- no
- WP id
- 1163
Body
Hal wrote and published many books before internet training plans became the norm. In 2003, I used Hal's book-based novice marathon training plan to train for my first marathon. I had a comfortable base of 4-5 years of running about 20 miles per week prior to training for the marathon but I felt that starting with the novice plan would be the "safest" option in terms of preventing injury. After training all winter, I was all set to run my marathon when (3 days before the race,) my mom had surgery - so I was not able to run the marathon I had trained for. I t did not occur to me to register for another marathon within a few weeks of the one that I missed - so instead I decided to run 26.2 miles six days after my missed race. Watches with GPS were not available at that time so I plotted a route by driving 26.2 miles and then followed that route when I actually ran. I did not keep careful track of time so I don't know specifically how long it took me to finish - but I DO know I still felt strong and energetic later that day - suggesting that I was well-prepared. The following year, I registered for the same marathon and again used Hals' novice marathon training plan. As I did with my impromptu marathon, I felt strong throughout my "real" marathon and passed dozens people in the last 6 miles. I have not run a marathon in over ten years but I have run several half marathons since then. I have now graduated to 15K races! Because of my good experience with and trust in Hal's training programs, I found this site and plan to use Hal's novice 15K training program for my upcoming race!
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