After several blog comments and a voting poll, it became pretty obvious that Myrtle Beach on February 16th was the next race of choice for those doing a half or full marathon. Some of you who were interested in other races had told me later that Myrtle may work better for them as well. So that being said, here is a training plan for Myrtle. What you see below is taking the last 10 weeks of the Richmond Novice plan. Some of you will want to run more, but I would not recommend less (with the exception of those that substitute in cross training). This plan is only a guide. You should adjust it to what meets your needs. Most of you already have a base. You just ran a half marathon on Saturday after all, so this plan picks you up exactly where you are today. In fact this coming weekend is actually a recovery run.
No one has to commit to running the race, but I really would like to know who at least wants to give it a shot. This includes anyone who is interested in the Myrtle beach Half Marathon. We can create a plan for the half folks as well. I am essentially trying to get an idea of how many of you I can expect to see on Saturday runs, and what length routes I should be creating.
Please comment on the blog if your are interested, and let us know what distance (half or full). New people to the blog are welcome and encouraged to post. We are always looking for more runners. If you run 3 miles or 20 miles you will fit in.
Note: There is also a 5k, a Marathon Relay, and three Bike Rides (10 miles, 30 miles, or 63 miles) as part of the overall Myrtle Beach weekend.
I will be the first to comment. I thought about doing Tybee, but only eight weeks is a tight training cycle for me. Myrtle gives me two extra weeks.
ReplyDeleteI am still interested in doing the National on 03/29 if there are others. If not, maybe something else in April (Country Music? Kentucky Derby?) or May (Clevland?)
I will be in Mrytle Beach that same weekend with my daughter for gymnastics meets. I will probably run the half.
ReplyDeleteI would like to run Myrtle...assuming my post partum syndrom eases off! Seriously, I think jumping back on the training wagon with a 10 miler this weekend would be a great place to start training.
ReplyDeleteI am a little worried about the fact that I have run so infrequently since Richmond, however.
Leigh Ann...if you're reading this - is it ok if I run Myrtle ;>)
Just looked at the training schedule...can we remove the 20 miler on 1/26 from the plan and replace it with the Krispy Kreme Challenge?
ReplyDeleteBasic Math....
4 miles + 12 doughnuts = 20 miles, right?
I plan on doing the Half in Myrtle.
ReplyDeleteI'm in for the full. Anyone interested in sharing (travel, motel, etc)?
ReplyDeleteThen, James & I plan to do the Country Music Marathon in late April. Same thing goes about sharing expenses.
^I am all for sharing expenses. I doubt my family will be coming along for this one with me.
ReplyDeleteI want in for the full in Myrtle and I am also still interested in running the national
ReplyDeleteWOW--look at all of these eager beavers!!! :) Again, I must wait until I recover from Goofy before I make any plans. Along with the fact that Myrtle is the weekend after we return from Disney (on that Mon--our family trip) Not sure how many miles I will log on the boat--that is a lot of laps around deck 10!!!!Maybe a game time decision--if anything it will be the half!!!! (though not likely)
ReplyDeleteNOt sure about Jeff--he may need a weekend away :)
Put me down for the full (tentative)
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Would love to have you join in Russ!
ReplyDeleteLooks like we got enough for at least 2 foursomes the day after.....
ReplyDeleteI'll play, but only if we skip the cart and walk 18.
ReplyDeleteI am thinking about doing the full. Will decidie for sure in the next week or so. Gerry
ReplyDeleteTentative Runners:
ReplyDelete2-Half: Tracy H, Athur
8-Full: Michael, Scott, Brent, Steve, Frank, Derek, Russ, Gerry