USA FIT Marathon
| San Antonio Training Schedule - Week 26 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Dec 1 | Sun Dec 2 | Mon Dec 3 | Tue Dec 4 | Wed Dec 5 | Thu Dec 6 | Fri Dec 7 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| SA Full | 6:30am | OFF | SAN ANTONIO | |||||||
| San Antonio Half Training Schedule - Week 26 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Dec 1 | Sun Dec 2 | Mon Dec 3 | Tue Dec 4 | Wed Dec 5 | Thu Dec 6 | Fri Dec 7 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| SA Half | 6:30am | OFF | SAN ANTONIO | |||||||
| Austin Training Schedule - Week 16 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Dec 8 | Sun Dec 9 | Mon Dec 10 | Tue Dec 11 | Wed Dec 12 | Thu Dec 13 | Fri Dec 14 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| Austin Full | 7:00am | 14 MILES | OFF | OFF | 30/e | OFF | 30/tempo | OFF | ||
| Austin Half Training Schedule - Week 16 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Dec 8 | Sun Dec 9 | Mon Dec 10 | Tue Dec 11 | Wed Dec 12 | Thu Dec 13 | Fri Dec 14 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| Austin Half | 7:00am | 9 MILES | OFF | OFF | 30/e | OFF | 30/tempo | OFF | ||
| USA FIT Marathon Training Schedule - Week 24 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Nov 17 | Sun Nov 18 | Mon Nov 19 | Tue Nov 20 | Wed Nov 21 | Thu Nov 22 | Fri Nov 23 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| USAF Full | 7:00am | OFF | USA FIT | OFF | ||||||
| USA FIT Half Training Schedule - Week 24 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Nov 17 | Sun Nov 18 | Mon Nov 19 | Tue Nov 20 | Wed Nov 21 | Thu Nov 22 | Fri Nov 23 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| USAF Half | 7:00am | OFF | OFF | OFF | ||||||
| Chicago Training Schedule - Week 18 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Oct 6 | Sun Oct 7 | Mon Oct 8 | Tue Oct 9 | Wed Oct 10 | Thu Oct 11 | Fri Oct 12 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| Chicago | 6:30am | OFF | CHICAGO | |||||||
| MCM Training Schedule - Week 21 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Oct 27 | Sun Oct 28 | Mon Oct 29 | Tue Oct 30 | Wed Oct 31 | Thu Nov 1 | Fri Nov 2 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| MCM | 6:30am | OFF | MCM | OFF | ||||||
| NYC Training Schedule - Week 22 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Nov 3 | Sun Nov 4 | Mon Nov 5 | Tue Nov 6 | Wed Nov 7 | Thu Nov 8 | Fri Nov 9 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| NYC | 6:30am | OFF | NYC | |||||||
| Dallas BCS Training Schedule - Week 27 | ||||||||||
| Color Group | Start Time | Sat Dec 8 | Sun Dec 9 | Mon Dec 10 | Tue Dec 11 | Wed Dec 12 | Thu Dec 13 | Fri Dec 14 | ||
| Note: Monday through Friday run is expressed in minutes. | ||||||||||
| Dallas BCS | 6:30am | OFF | DALLAS/BCS | |||||||
Color Group Training Pace:
| SA Full | All paces |
| SA Half | All paces |
| Austin Full | All paces |
| Austin Half | All paces |
| USAF Full | All paces |
| USAF Half | All Paces |
| Chicago | All paces |
| MCM | All paces |
| NYC | All paces |
| Dallas BCS | All paces |
Glossary
Speed Work
"8x30-30" means "30 seconds fast, 30 seconds slow, eight times in a row."
After a thorough warm-up, run for 30 seconds at about 90-95% intensity, then do a 30-second recovery jog. Make sure that you don't slow down during the workout, so you are running your last 30 seconds about as fast or even a little faster than your first 30 seconds. Run on a soft surface if you can, rather than on concrete or asphalt. When you are done, jog or walk slowly for a while to cool-down. Both the number of repeats, and the duration of the fast and slow intervals, will change from week to week.
Tempo
After a warm up for about 5 - 10 minutes, maintain a pace about 10 to 15 seconds per mile slower than 10-K race pace. The last 5 to 10 minutes should be a cool down period. Another way to gauge the pace of tempo runs: a pace about midway between short-interval training speed and your easy running pace.
Easy (e)
A slow run done at a conversational pace.
Hillwork
Hills prepare the muscles for faster running without going anaerobic. Hill training will enable you to run better on all types of terrain. Find a hill with a moderate grade, about 10-15%. Run at about 85% effort and jog slowly down to recover. Start with about 4 hills and increase by 1 a week until you can run 8-12 hills.