“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”

That’s a quote from Ben Franklin.  I like that quote and he’s  not a bad guy.  He’s a good role model who wasn’t afraid to exercise in the rain.  ( flying the kite to discover electricity and all )

This post is all about my plan to succeed when taking on the NYC Marathon.

 I contacted Coach Krissy from Team Hole in the Wall  and told her all of my running history right after I signed up.

She told me that I had a good chance of actually surviving the training and completing the NYC marathon!

I am trying to take it week by week.  My training pattern has been short runs (on Tuesday and Thursday and the long runs on Saturday).

I do a shake out run on Sunday of 3 or so miles and then REST on Monday, YOGA and or cross train on Wednesday and if I have the energy a SPIN class here or there.

The good news is that for most of the higher miles ( plus 13) there are group runs scheduled with Team Hole in the Wall so I can go with them.

I have been using a run/walk program from Another Mother Runner and its going very well.  I am up to 9 minutes of running and 1 minute of walking.

Eventually you are up to 14 minutes of running and 1 minute of walking.  I decided to do this because 26 miles is a lot of miles!!! I feel a lot stronger at the end of my runs now and my pace per mile is staying consistent.

I wonder what will happen when I run past 13.1 ?   I will let you know on Sunday.

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