Marathon Training: 15 Weeks Beginners Training Program for Running a Half Marathon

By Shawn Sullivan

Running a half-marathon is increasing in popularity.  There are many benefits to running a long-distance race.  It improves our fitness and general health.  It helps us feel physically stronger and more active.  It gives us a specific goal and challenges us to reach our targets.  It is also a mental test and will help us improve our willpower and motivation.
Achieving our goal of completing a half-marathon is an important personal milestone and something we can be proud of.  Just as important is completing the training program which builds up our fitness and mental strength.  It is also a journey which helps us learn about our own capabilities.

This book is a guide through that training program. It tells you how:

1. to divide your training into 5 main stages

2. to organize each week and day of your training program

3. to choose the right equipment

4. to look after your body and take care of your feet

5. to slowly build up your pace so that you are running at peak levels

6. to use cross training to promote all-round fitness

7. to use rest to let your body recover and build its strength

8. to use tempo running to push back your bodies threshold

9. to use tapering to ensure you are fresh for race day

• Language: English
• Publisher: JVzon Studio
• Release date: Mar 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386211518

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Introduction

You might think that if you want to run a half-marathon, the best way to prepare is just to put on a pair of running shoes and get out there.  Its a commendable attitude and such enthusiasm will prove very helpful.

However, running a half-marathon is not a small task.  It takes time, commitment and not a small amount of effort.  Most of this will indeed involve putting in hours of running and if you are itching to get your legs moving, don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities for that.  But like most large undertakings, there are successful and less successful ways to prepare.  You are not the first person to set out on this journey and, rather than make all the mistakes that others have made before you, why not make sure you copy the good habits that others have found and make preparation for a half-marathon as smooth and as pleasurably as possible.  There will be enough sweat, tears and aching limbs along the way without making things unnecessarily