Want to Give Up on Your Marathon Training Schedule?
February 17th, 2010Determining a good marathon training schedule and sticking to it can be difficult. There are too many temptations to eat an entire chocolate cake in one sitting (I know.)
Having learned through experience, I am in a position to give you some advice on what NOT to do that will help you stick with your schedule. Once you’ve decided on your marathon training schedule, you should keep a few things in mind.
- Running your butt off for a few minutes will not substitute jogging for 30 minutes. You have to do all the jogging you’ve got planned on your schedule.
- If you simply can’t get motivated to do that running you planned do over the weekends for three months, get your loving family members to help out and try what I did: My husband drove the car a few feet in front of me and held a candy bar out the window.
- Breaking in your jogging shoes before the marathon does not include a meat mallet whatsoever. It actually means that you have to run with the shoes on.
- A bottle of Jack Daniels is not a ‘running partner’. Choose a human as your running partner.
- Sticking to your marathon training schedule does not involve taping the paper to your rear end.
- While you’re jogging those three miles back home, resist the temptation to hitchhike.
- Taking naps in ditches off the side of the road isn’t just a bad idea, and it’s really unsanitary.
You can find the motivation for sticking to your running training schedule if you imagine the faces of the other competitors when you cross the finish line first. Then imagine all the weeping, roaring, and howling as you smile modestly and think to yourself, “No autographs, please, just look and admire the champion!” Stick with your marathon and good luck!
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- Candace Right
