Training Forward

I’ve always selected my target race first, then worked my training schedule backwards from it. That worked pretty well as long as I stayed healthy, but after a few injuries it cost me quite a bit of money in lost race registrations and training program fees.

Since the goal now is not just to run a marathon, but to run one under 3:36, I don’t see any point in selecting the race first, then trying to fit the training into that timetable. Instead, I’m training to run as many 8-minute miles as I can possibly string together. Once I get myself back close to my half-marathon PR time (1:41), then I’ll start thinking about races and schedules.

So, managed a pretty good tempo run today – six miles in 48:23.