Marathon Training Schedule

Those those who wish to run either a half or FULL marathon. It always pay to start training early.

I had included a suggested schedule in this week posting. So do plan early to build up your stamina and avoid unnecessary injuries..

Nevertheless please listen to your body when it is in pain. If you think you’re overburdening your body then take it slow, but don’t make it an excuse when you don’t feel like running ;).

When you feel like you need doctor’s advice before you start, go do that, safety first!
You will notice that you have to run at least four times a week. If that’s too much for you, simply spread the schedule out over seven or eight months and you will do fine.

I would advice you to first get comfortable with running five kilometers without too much pain before you really start training for the marathon. After that you can start using this schedule. If you can’t run 5km yet, no problem! There’s a schedule for you as well to get comfortable with first, before you begin with the "big schedule".

Running Schedule for a Full Marathon:

Running Schedule For A Half Marathon:

Feel free to adjust the weeks and distances to your own desire. For example : If you feel like running a half marathon within 16 weeks simply run less per week and divide it over 16 weeks! Week Sunday Wednesday Thursday Saturday


Beginners Running Schedule For 5 KM

So you are a beginner? Good for you, you can only win! Seriously, if I could do it all over again, I would! It feels great to run longer and longer, especially when you don’t think you can do it, but you find out that you can!
This training schedule is a little bit different, because these are minutes. Try to run these minutes and stick to this schedule and you will do ok! TIP: Try to run as slow as possible (not walking, but extremely slow running) and you will be amazed how long you can actually run!