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August 14, 2007

FIRST Marathon Training Program: Week 6

Filed under: Running — Steve Speirs @ 8:47 am

Week 6 – August 13th, 2007

Hard to believe this is the sixth week of the Run Less, Run Faster training plan. Although it’s been tough, I finally feel like I’m making headway and am looking forward to the next couple of weeks as the workouts continue to increase in difficulty.

Here’s what I’ll be doing this week:

Key Run Workout #1: stargate continuum divx
10-20 minute warm up
2 x 1200m (2 min. Recovery Interval)
4 x 800m (2 min. Recovery Interval)
10 minute cool down

Key Run Workout #2:

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5 mile run @ MT pace (Medium Tempo)

Key Run Workout #3:
Distance:- 20 miles
Pace: PMP (Planned Marathon Pace) + (45-60 sec/mile)

I’m also toying with the idea of adjusting my 6:41 Planned Marathon Pace (PMP), which is currently based off an 18:00 5k time. I would love to run 2:50 at the Marine Corps Marathon

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, but this equates to a 6:29 per mile pace. I’m slightly concerned that training at my current 6:41 PMP will jeopardize my chances of running a PR in October. Decisions, decisions…

For reference, all 16 weeks of the FIRST to the Finish Marathon Training Program can be found here.

7 Comments »

  1. [...] FIRST <b>Marathon</b> Training Program: Week 6 [...]

    Pingback by Runners Blog » Blog Archive » — August 14, 2007 @ 11:25 am

  2. Any idea what a good pre hike warm up would be?

    Comment by Claire — August 14, 2007 @ 6:45 pm

  3. http://tinyurl.com/398lhs :)

    Comment by Steve Speirs — August 14, 2007 @ 6:48 pm

  4. wow steve, so u’re a marathon runner – awesome!

    Comment by mommibee — August 15, 2007 @ 1:17 am

  5. Ha! to that link :)

    Comment by Claire — August 15, 2007 @ 6:09 am

  6. [...] Six weeks down, 10 to go! Before I summarize Week 7 of the plan, here’s a quote from this time last week: [...]

    Pingback by cymru66 » Blog Archive » FIRST Marathon Training Program: Week 7 — August 20, 2007 @ 2:41 pm

  7. cool man, will try this training too, good luck to everybody

    Comment by paulette — September 24, 2008 @ 9:12 am

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