Race: Portland Marathon
I used The San Francisco Marathon to build my endurance back after Boston 2 Big Sur, and of course to have fun! I had planned on being aggressive with my training soon after SFM, but ended up needing a little more recovery time than originally planned, but overall was able to bounce back quick.
I am using a plan based off the 10 week between marathon training plan from Advanced Marathoning by Pfizinger to make sure I incorporate a proper recovery and re-build, but will be adding in some progression and hill workouts from Run Faster by Hudson.
My plan is not set in stone and is often adjusted based on many different factors, I just use it to give me a general outline of what my weeks will look like.
Week 1 (8/1) – SFM recovery
Monday: rest
Tuesday: 3 easy
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: 6.3 easy @ 8:58
Friday: 3.1 easy @ 9:10
Saturday: 6 easy @ 8:45
Sunday: rest
Total: 18.4 miles
Week 2 (8/8)
Monday: xt (45 min spin)
Tuesday: 7.3 easy @ 9:00
Wednesday: 4 GA @ 8:48
Thursday: 7 easy @ 9:02
Friday: rest
Saturday: 12.1 ML @ 9:01
Sunday: 28.7 mile cycling + 6 easy @ 8:48
Total: 36.4 miles
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Week 10 (10/3) – Portland!
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