ST’ers
I am looking for a more dedicated and precise marathon training plan…something that has some coaching and thought behind it rather than my simple “X” number of miles per week plan.
I am a 30-34 AG Boston Qualifier (3:03:xx)…qualifying at Rock and Roll DC in 2013. I ran Boston last year, hoping to finally break the 3:00:00 barrier, but was “educated” by the course in my first Boston. My training has never been dedicated to just running and strength. I typically race an Ironman, a few 70.3’s, a Marthon, and a handfull of local triathlons each calendar year…I’ve trained by feel mostly and setting weekly time/mileage goals at 12-20 hours/week. This has allowed great flexibility in “missing” a workout due to work or family commitments and then simply going longer on the weekend if needed to reach the set goals. I’ve had moderate success in a number of races, and would consider myself “competitive,” being an age-gorup podium finisher in most local races, a few 70.3’s, etc…but have never been able to be a dominant racer. That being said, I find my self getting a bit bored with training and racing lately. I just raced Ironman Japan in August, have a 70.3 in a few weeks, and will be racing Ironman Melbourne in March. After Melbourne I would like to simply focuss on the Marathon.
I plan on running Berlin in September 2015 and Tokyo in Febraury of 2016, before my wife and I return back to the states from our deployment in Japan. In those two marathons I desperately want to 1) Break 3:00hrs and 2) Qualify again for Boston to run in 2017. I feel like my first BQ was a bit lucky…I trained for 16 weeks with max mileage weeks in the mid 40’s, 4 twenty milers, and mostly adhoc runs when I decided I wanted to go run…amongst swimming and biking as well…time to get serious
Who has or what is the strongest marathon program? Hanson? Higdon? Fitzgerald?
