Marathon Training Notes
On this page Koos Sutherland will give tips and notes on Marathon training.
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15/07/2007
Beginning a Marathon Training program
- A few comments from Oom Koos before you begin your marathon training.
- Just Plain running at the beginning are the staple of your program
- There is no quick fix to get fit for a marathon
- Take it easy
- Increase your training load in stages, gradually building on a hard easy principle
- If you increase the kilometres too quickly there is a danger of injury form over-use
- Always try to add kilometres to allow a full recovery
- Fuel to run,
- what you eat will affect your running
- The long run
- gets you to the finish line, it is the most important element of marathon
- Endurance prepares you physically and mentally for the 21km-90km distance
- Rest days keep you healthy
- The distance build-up required to run a good marathon creates stress and while you need to stress our body in order to prepare it for the rigors of running the marathon; you don't whant to overdo it.
- Pace work
- is critical to race and training success
- Check your pulse reading regularly ,
- over a long period of time your pulse reading will indicate your fitness level
Note
When the endurance base is established you can begin to introduce some quality work, "fartlek" training runs with effort etc.
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