2013 Madison Marathon Race Recap
There is only one time that you can do something for the first time. For me, it was the first time I had ever ran beyond the wall (20 miles for you non runners). The last 20 weeks or 500+ miles of training all came down to this day, the day that I ran a full distance marathon. courtesy of http://www.madisonmarathon.org/ I used Hal Hidgon's novice training plan for first time marathoners . It was a great training program. It never made me feel to tired or "worn out". Its due to the design, 2 weeks of increase of about 10%, then a recovery week, and cycle. I actually did the 1/2 marathon training, but then when I was done with that, I wanted more. I found a late season marathon in the great city of Madison, WI. It was a smaller marathon, about 7000 runners between the full and half distance. 11 weeks of training after my first 1/2 marathon I had the normal 3 week of tapering. This was following my 20 mile run (longest run of the trai...