Week 1 Schedule

Leaving the (training) starting blocks
(Courtesy nickuzma @ Flickr)

Though the photo might convey the impression that the timelapserunner will be bursting from the starting blocks in a virtual sprint, nothing could be further from the truth. Our first week of marathon training looks a lot like the last several weeks of workouts coming to this juncture: a short 'long run' on Saturday, two run/walk workouts during the week, and some walking which serves - oddly enough - as cross-training.


Still, even these early weeks are nothing to sneeze at. If we do all the indicated workouts, we put in roughly 20 miles of base building, getting our muscles, tendons, and joints used to the workout regimen's load, and allow any lingering injury phantoms to vaporize completely. This is a good thing, and establishes the discipline we'll need later.

Week 1 Schedule

We have a lot of questions to ask and get answered in the next couple of months, specifically questions about hydration and nutrition. But enough for now. Let's just look forward to the joy of being healthy enough to exercise. Week 1, here we come.