Training Paces

I'll work with the training paces below for now. 1) Tempo, 2) the pace I may run during the long mid section of a marathon, 3) my target average marathon pace, and 4) my easy run pace. I selected the paces that were close to a treadmill setting. I may have to do some of my training inside during the winter. Through November, I'll be doing most of my running at the Easy pace.

	Pace	Treadmill
Tempo	7:19	8.2 mph
Marathon-mid	7:42	7.8
Marathon-ave	7:54	7.6
Easy	8:57	6.7

first Marathon baby step

Twenty-nine weeks to go until Fargo. My first goal is to work up to 35-39 miles per week by the end of November. I'll end up with 24 miles this week and plan for 26 next week. So far so good. But yesterday it was 34 degrees for my 6am run. And this is Minnesota so there is a lot of colder weather ahead for me.

Basic plan of increasing mileage using the '10% rule':

Week starting	mileage
21-Oct	24
28-Oct	26
4-Nov	29
11-Nov	32
18-Nov	35
25-Nov	39

Fargo Marathon in 2008

It will be my first marathon! Training starts in a just a few months! Thinking about running my first marathon is exciting and scary at the same time.

--Mark