This week was the first official week of my 20-week plan. It was much like last week- but without the short relay race run on Friday night. Last week that race, although short, did make my long run a bit tougher– I do need to keep that faster running in check as I build the distance toward the marathon.
My long run today was 15K and felt really good. We were blessed with beautiful Vancouver weather yet again!
Summary of this week (November 26- December 2)
Mon: Rest
Tue: Easy run, 8.5K (1 hour)
Wed: OTF with only a small amount of running
Thur: OTF with about 30 min continuous running/speed work
Fri: Easy run on treadmill, 9K (1 hour)
Sat: OTF with a bit of running
Sun: Long run, 15K. Gorgeous!!
Total: 45K
Running to Boston 
I’ve entered the Rotterdam Marathon on 7th April 2019 – so I guess we are on almost parallel tracks. That looks like high mileage for so early in the training – what is the marathon target time for that training programme? Good luck.
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Good luck with your training!
The longest run of the Charity Miles plan is supposed to be 21-23 miles, but I won’t run that far. I expect my longest run will be about 18 miles, which will take me about 3.5 hours. I’m not sure what they have planned for total weekly mileage. I am aiming for about 45 miles total per week at the peak. I am trying to get my weekly mileage more evenly spread out during the week. I don’t feel like my current mileage is super high compared to what I’ve done for previous marathons, although my last marathon was 4 years ago– I feel like a beginner again. 🙂 I am also roughly following along with an old Runner’s World beginner plan that I had from several years ago.
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Thank you. My last marathon was 20 years ago, so if you feel like a beginner again ….
I’m not sure my body will take the sort of mileage you are planning – that is quite some beginner plan! Best of luck with it – I’m looking forward to following the journey.
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