Training

If you plan to run or walk the F4F Half Marathon, you should be completing a great deal of you base mileage.  Be sure to find a training schedule to follow, and post it where you will look at it every day.  A beginning schedule is provided at www.myprtraining.com, or you can search ‘½ marathon training schedules’ on the internet, and come up with a multitude of schedules.  Be sure that you are not increasing your total weekly mileage by more than 10-15% per week.  Have one long run or walk a week (keep the pace on that one slower) and increase that in mileage up to 10 miles.  Pay attention to your nutrition – cut out the extra sugar, but also be sure to get plenty of carbohydrates and protein to refuel your body.  Remember to hydrate all through the day and also during your run/walk.  You can purchase a hydration belt at Three Rivers Running Company.  Also, it will greatly reduce your chance of injury if you start a good stretching and strength training routine.  Stretching is best done after your run or walk.

 
If you are planning to run or walk the F4F 4 mile event, you need to think about starting to train.  A minimum of six weeks of training would get you started by 8/18.  The better you are able to prepare yourself, the better you will feel on race day.
 
Where ever you may be with your training, we would love for you to come join our Saturday morning group.  It is held at no charge and open to anyone of any ability.  See www.myprtraining.com for information of when and where our group plans to meet each week.
 
This is a quote I post in my kitchen to keep me motivated:  “I do today what others won’t, so I can do tomorrow what others can’t!”

Tammy Behrens PR Training Owner & Coach

E-mail: prtraining@comcast.net

Web site: www.myprtraining.com

“Encouraging and educating both runners and walkers to reach their goals.”