I’ve run three marathons with the same plan, so why break the streak? This is the Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer schedule, which is probably about the minimum mileage possible. Because I’m such a slow runner, that helps keep the time commitment reasonable. And I’m not aiming for a PR… I don’t think I’ll ever break 5 hours again, but if I could at least beat my New York Marathon time (5:19), that would be fantastic.
I would love to fit some races into the training schedule. Bridge of Flowers, normally in August, hasn’t announced a date yet. Update 8/5: cancelled, may never happen again! The Frozen Yogurt 5K is only tentatively set for 8/27, so I didn’t put that in yet. Update 8/5: Frozen Yogurt is virtual again, which I’m not thrilled about, and is giving out a coupon for the brand Yasso instead of local Go-Berry, which I hate, but since I ran it virtually before I will again. I see that Impact Racing is currently holding some of their annual events but at different times. Also the registration fees have gone way up, which shouldn’t be a surprise I suppose. I went ahead and signed up for the Black Birch 10-miler (only the second time it’s been held and will be new to me) and the Fort Hill 5K (ran once in 2019).
My current mileage is only about 8-10/week so I’ll start ramping up soon (targets 10 miles week of 5/24, 11 week of 5/31, 12 week of 6/7, 13 week of 6/14, 14 week of 6/21).
| date (Mon) | Weekday 1 | Weekday 2 | Weekday 3 | Sun | Total | |
| week 1 | Jun 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| week 2 | Jun 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| week 3 | Jul 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| week 4 | Jul 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| week 5 | Jul 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| week 6 | Jul 26 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| week 7 | Aug 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| week 8 | Aug 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| week 9 | Aug 16 | 1 + Frozen Yogurt 5K | 7 | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| week 10 | Aug 23 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| week 11 | Aug 30 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| week 12 | Sep 6 | 5 | 18 | 5 | Black Birch 10 | 38 |
| week 13 | Sep 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| week 14 | Sep 20 | 5 | 8 | 2 + Meadows Run 5K | 9 | 27 |
| week 15 | Sep 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | Fort Hill 5K | 19 |
| week 16 | Oct 4 | 3 | walk 3 | 26.2 | 29.2 |