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Starting Over
by Ray
A safe training plan for anyone, regardless of age and background, would consist of the following elements (this is probably pretty familiar terrain for you, but a lot of beginning runners will benefit from this answer as well so allow me to provide a few links and give some extra explanations): That means base building, lots of easy running at a conversational pace, the pace at which you'd be able to maintain a conversation. You must have been doing high amounts of mileage at some point in time when preparing for your marathons and ultramarathons. However when beginning again after a break, it is best to start up with very modest mileage and to slowly build up. Your muscles, your tendons, everything needs to be built up again. Read more here about increasing mileage safely. Apply a hard/easy approach. Alternate running with rest days or longer distances with shorter distances, but make sure you give your body a chance to recover from the stress you put it under. After each run, make sure you do a group of important running stretches to cool down properly. Also consider some cross-training to strengthen the rest of your body. Considering you describe yourself as a "broken runner", and, although with fullest respect, your higher age, I would take it very easy initially and just make sure you become a happy runner again before you jump into racing. At any rate, keep your doctor in the loop of your plans. Running a marathon, although run by so many, is in principal not a healthy activity, I can only imagine what ultras do to the body! An interesting read is the book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running of which I put a book review online recently. The writer describes his ultra marathon, 62 miles, as well. It sounded scary. After that race he suffered from runner's blues for years and years! Anyway, I hope the general guidelines above help you to start your running again in a safe manner. Best of luck and take care. Kind regards, Dominique Check out The 100 Day Marathon Plan100 Day Marathon Plan from Marius Bakken presents a welcome fresh training approach to marathon running that has proven to be very effective. It's the best marathon training program available today. Marius has competed in the Olympics and has trained with world-class athletes from Italy and Kenya. He has learnt from these runners and has made those training methods applicable to marathon training programs for normal people like ourselves. This marathon plan prepares you well for a marathon by first focusing on 5k and 10k training. Only when you are ready Marius moves on to marathon training. Want to get ready for a marathon within 100 days? Then you need to give the 100 Day Marathon Plan a try. Click here for more information about the 100 Day Marathon Plan. Need to Lose Some Weight?Fat Loss 4 Idiots is based on a simple idea: if you keep on doing what you are doing, you can not expect to be having a different outcome. When you want to lose weight, and you find that only running is not enough, then try out Fat Loss 4 Idiots. It will provide you with a new way of thinking about food and could just be that little help you need to shed the pounds and start living the life you want. Click here for more information about Fat Loss 4 Idiots. |
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