My training for a marathon

[El Gordo]

Stead-eeee, SP :-)

Antonio, great idea to use the forum as a training diary. You are more than welcome to let us know how you're getting on, and I'm sure we can help each other out.

I've used the Hal Higdon Novice programme twice, and can recommend it. This time around, assuming I ever get rid of this awful cold, I'm planning on stepping up to the Intermediate I schedule though, to be honest I think it's a bit further than I want to go in terms of mileage. I may end up back with the novice programme too, or more likely, a hybrid of the two.

Hal Higdon is very happy for people to make adjustments at the margin with his programmes. If you want to ask him a specific question, you can always post a message on his marathon training forum.

One small piece of advice with the novice schedule. I think it's not a bad idea to schedule 2 twenty mile runs instead of just the one there is at present.

Regarding your training diary, you've given me an idea. I could create a new forum specifically for training diaries. What do you think?