This little section is to help anyone wanting to start their training for a marathon.
BUILD A BASE; you should be able to run 30 mins continuous without stopping before you embark on a marathon training programme. There are some programmes which promise to take from zero to marathon level, they forget to tell you to enjoy the training and do not cater room for any injury. These programmes also do not give you enough time to adjust to the overload on the body with the excessive amount of running you may do, which of cause lead to injury.
BOOK AN MOT; Get yourself check by a physio. They will be able to tell you if you have any weakness or tightness in your muscles, which could give you problems while your training. To avoid this happening the physio will give you a few exercises to strengthen these areas to avoid any long lasting damage or avoid injury.
REALISTIC; Have a realistic goal. Have a target time in mind, this will give your training a structure.
STRONG FOUNDATIONS; Build on your threshold running (running at 8 out of 10 of your effect, being able to say one or two words but not being able to hold a conversation). This will help you will longer run and most certainly will make the marathon pace seem easier.
GO SLOW; At the beginning take it easy with the long runs.
Good Luck, do let us know how you get on or if you need any more advice email: face2facefitness@hotmail.co.uk
