(not so) SMART COACH
so i decided i was going to begin training for a marathon. i found one 15 weeks away. it also has a 15K and half marathon race choice so we’ll see what happens. anyway. i did my best internet researching to try and find a plan that was both do-able and challenging. i have set the goal to run a 4 hour to 4 hour 26 minute marathon time. which isnt fast but i get that. its fine. i want to improve my distance ability AND my overall time. is this possible? i would like to be able to run a marathon FASTER than my current 5k time. so i found this “smart coach” thing on active or cool running or something and plugged in the info it wanted and it seems like my runs are S-L-O-W! there are definitely some long ones but its SLOW. maybe there is a method to their madness? so im not sure what the calculator thinks my final marathon time will me. i am going to do some more investigative reporting at the library i think but any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 10/21/2008
- Time: 05:30:00
- Total Time: 00:41:00.00
- Distance: 3 miles
- Average Pace: 13:40.05/mile
