Hello Team - I hope you had an enjoyable first week of training.
I trust however, most of us experienced some shortness in our breathing and perhaps difficulty maintaining normal pace due to the high humidity and warm temperatures we experienced this week. This is normal !! and know it may take several weeks for your body to get use to this. But that's OK as we shouldn't be running any miles fast at this stage.
Over the next 4 - 5 weeks regardless of being a Novice or Experienced Marathoner we want to be running essentially all of our miles EASY.
Why?? - because we are Base Building and this involves three important activities:
1. training your body to run 4 (or 5 times) per week, also
2. building up our capability to run 4 to 5 and then to 8 and 10 miles at one time and a total miles per week to ~20-25 miles
3. focusing and training our bodies to build up and use our metabolic pathways to burn FAT as an energy source. (more on this in later emails)
Note - there will be time later in Your training to work on speed but not now - so let's keep all runs EASY. Also NOTE : you can walk a bit if you have to during your run if needed, in order to complete the total distance of your run.
Over the next couple of weeks pay attention to your body and we increase miles. Never run through sharp pains, and slow down to a jog or even walk if needed to address any pains. Stretch after runs as a way to cool down and improve flexibility.
I have attached two files for all the Beginner marathoners and new Jacks team members for you to review. I created these documents last year as background information on the running pace and plan structure and training philosophy. I hope you find this documents useful.
Happy Running, Coach Everett
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