Now that Florida's cool months are behind us, a marathoner's attention turns to planning a fall marathon and dreading the upcoming summer training. This fall, I plan on running the Spacecoast Marathon in Titusville Nov. 28th. With seven months until the race, I have plenty of time to get a full training/racing cycle in.
The goal for May is to recover from all the miles and races of the last six months. After a full week of no running, I did a short run today. Everything felt OK except for the heat. It takes 3-4 weeks to fully recover from a marathon, so I plan on mostly short runs of no more than an hour with a little strengthening thrown in before starting my six month marathon training June 1st.
This is also a time to do a lot of work on run mechanics including drills and video analysis. Kind of like pre-season. I think the reason I had trouble with my right knee was due to my foot strike being a little out in front instead of landing mostly below my hips which takes a lot of pressure off the knees.
I plan to log all of my training plus provide thoughts and tips to help you as I go along.
Keep checking back. Please feel free to comment and I will be happy to answer any questions you might have.
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