Weekly Training Plan 17.4. - 23.4.

Running the Half Marathon was a challenge for many of you. Now that you have it behind you, a new challenge awaits – that of the marathon. If you ran your first ever half marathon this year, I’d recommend giving it another go by taking advantage of  the other RunCzech half marathon races being held this year and thus leaving your debut marathon performance as a motivational goal for next year. It takes place every year so you don’t need to worry about missing out on the experience. In the end, after running her first ever marathon race last year, even top athlete, Ivana Sekyrová has decided to leave out the marathon course, focusing instead on running half marathon distances, even shorter races as well as uphill runs to work on her pace, strength and speed . Therefore if your experience of running the half marathon distance is still limited, focus your energies on getting yourself into even better shape after all your hard work training for the Hervis Prague Half Marathon. As such, by the time you’re ready for the marathon, you’ll enjoy the experience far more.

For those of you who have already signed up for the Volkswagen Prague Marathon, we’ve put together the following training programme below. The rest of you can also use it though you guys should feel free to not push beyond 70 or 90 minutes of running on Saturday remaining at no higher than between 75 and 82% of your HR. By doing this you can speed up to no more than 80-85% of your HR at the end.

Wishing you many great runs ahead!

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