HOW TO BALANCE LIFE & MARATHON TRAINING

Depending on your experience level with long-distance running, marathon training may take you two to four months. Even the most experienced marathoner will spend hours to prepare for it. Because of the time commitment, it Is very important to finding a way to balance life & marathon training. You must don’t want your family or friends to feel neglected. Below we’re sharing six tips to help you find a better way to balance it:

1.    TRAINING TAPERS

Marathon training can take months, and feel draining mentally and physically. It’s best if you training taper weeks throughout your training cycle. This allows your body to recover a little bit, and also gives you extra time to spend with your family or friends.

2.   PICK A SPECIFIC TIME TO TRAIN

Decide what time each day you will dedicate for training at the first beginning. Setting schedule will help you stay on track, and will help the other s to support you. They will know when you’ll leaving the house and when you’ll be available. This will allow everyone to plan the gathering accordingly you schedule..

3.    MILEAGE

Your long run is the most important, but you may want to include speed work at least one day a week as well.The other days you’ll be running mid-length, easy mileage – likely around 3 to 10 miles a day.

4.    DECIDE IN ADVANCE WHERE YOU CAN SCALE BACK

During the middle and end of your marathon training, the time commitment you will have to make may interfere with other parts of your life.It’s best to decide in advance where you can scale back, so that you can focus on your training.For example, if you have a TV show you normally watch at night, perhaps you’ll stop watching it during training so that you can schedule in your runs or family time during that period.

5.    CHOOSE GOALS & RACE DATES THAT MATCH YOUR TRAINING SCHEDULE

Whether you’re training for your first marathon, or you’re a seasoned pro you probably have some time goals in mind for your race.When selecting your goals keep in mind the amount of time and effort you’ll be able to put into training. For example, if you know that you’re usually too tired after work to do any speed training you might want to adjust your time goals based on that knowledge.

For instance, if you know you’re very busy with life from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, you might not want to schedule a race for January or February since that would require intense training during your busiest months.  

Choose goals and dates that work with your schedule rather than against it.

6.    ALWAYS BE PREPARED

Depending on your average pace, your long runs can take anywhere from … hours to even more hours. Before you head out the door be sure to pack your running belts with all of the essentials:

-Phone

- Water

- key

-Tissues

-ID

-Gels, chomps or other fuel

 

Running a marathon is extremely rewarding, but definitely requires some planning ahead.

We wish you doing the best!